UK Visas. Services

Tier 2 Visa (General)

 

The skilled worker category (Tier 2 General) is for people coming to the United Kingdom with a skilled job offer to fill a gap in the workforce that cannot be filled by a settled worker.  The qualifying jobs, and minimum salaries pertaining to these jobs, are shown on a Code of Practice for graduate occupations and shortage occupations, see links below:

 

Graduate occupations, go to:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/employersandsponsors/pointsbasedsystem/graduate-cop/


Shortage occupations, go to:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/workingintheuk/shortageoccupationlist.pdf

 

Who can apply as a skilled worker?

Before you can apply for a (Tier 2 General) visa you must have a job offer from a UK firm, and that firm must have a Sponsor Licence and issue you with a Certificate of Sponsorship (this is a virtual document rather than a piece of paper).


There are two kinds of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS):  An unrestricted CoS and a restricted CoS.


An unrestricted CoS may be issued by employers to people already here in the UK on work permits, Tier 2 (General), post-study work or student visas.  There is no cap on the number of Unrestricted CoS.


A restricted CoS is needed by  those outside the country or here in the UK on a visit, dependant or other unqualifying visa. This must first be requested by the employer from the Sponsor Licence Unit, and points will be awarded according to salary on offer – so the higher the salary, the more likely a sponsor is to be awarded a CoS. There will be 1500 restricted CoS available each month.

 

Once you have a certificate of sponsorship you must still score a total of 70 points:

For initial applications the points are awarded as follows:

 

For the certificate of sponsorship

UK VISAS manages Tier 2 (General) visa applications on a weekly basis and has a 100% success record with these to date, so you can be confident you will receive correct advice and have your application prepared properly by employing us to make your application for you.

UK VISAS also offers a premium same-day service for Tier 2 (General) visa applications.  This includes our ‘Meet and Greet’ service the day before the application is made to assist clients have their biometric data enrolled.

 

Fees breakdown

Our fee for managing Tier 2 (General) visa applications is:

Postal application:

£525 + VAT

Premium two-day service:

£925 + VAT

Dependants:

£150 + VAT each

The Home Office charges are:

Postal application:

£550 plus £275 for each dependant

Same day service:

£850 plus £425 for each dependant

Overseas application:

£400 plus £400 for each dependant

 
PSW SAME DAY SERVICE
JUST £815 + VAT 

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