Tag: Sponsorship

Tier 2 work-permit visa on the Overseas Nursing Program (ONP)

New Rules have come into play for nurses that will see more qualified professionals being qualified under the overseas nursing program to enter the profession and also allowed to enter the UK.   The Overseas Nursing Program (ONP) is for international nursing migrants that are registered nurses in their country of origin. You will need to…
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Immigration Rules and Sponsorship Arrangements – Changes

A written ministerial statement has been laid in Parliament outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules, on Thursday 13 March 2014. The following changes, will come into effect only on 6 April 2014, introduce better flexibility for businesses and support growth. Changes include: • Expanding the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category to allow…
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Urgent restricted certificates of sponsorship

If you have to request a restricted certificate of sponsorship (COS) urgently between 6 March and 16 April, you must submit an application and request exceptional consideration. To do this you must email the reasons for exceptional consideration to [email protected] Attention, the request for exceptional consideration must be made on the same day that you submit your application or…
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IT systems unavailable for OPC and Sponsorship

Online points calculator (OPC) and sponsorship IT systems were unavailable on 8 and 9 February 2014. Home Office apologise for any inconvenience this may has caused. In the last weekend, the online points calculator and sponsorship IT systems had been unavailable from: 16:30 on Saturday 8 February 2014 to 22:30 on Sunday 9 February 2014; were…
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Tier 2 Abbreviated Guidance

This is a simple explanation for employers looking to take on migrants and people that want to find out about getting sponsored by their employers under the Tier 2 Migrant Points Based (PBS) system. The full guidance is available on the Home Office website The first stage is the Licence Application. This is different from…
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