Interim Limits on Tier 2 (General) Certificates of Sponsorship (HC 96)

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited Kingdom

Operative dateJuly 19, 2010

CategoryAdmission / skilled labor migration

Policy toolSponsor quota / numerical cap on certificates of sponsorship

Affected groupSponsored skilled workers under tier 2

Policy effect

Inserted paragraph 63A into Appendix A of the Immigration Rules to enable the Secretary of State to place numerical limits on the total number of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) available to be assigned to licensed sponsors under Tier 2, and to limit allocations to individual sponsors.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Inserted paragraph 63A into Appendix A of the Immigration Rules to enable the Secretary of State to place numerical limits on the total number of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) available to be assigned to licensed sponsors under Tier 2, and to limit allocations to individual sponsors.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

In Appendix A, after the heading “Sponsorship” and before paragraph 63, insert: “63A. The Secretary of State shall be entitled to limit the number of Certificates of Sponsorship available to be assigned to Sponsors in any one period, and to limit the number of Certificates of Sponsorship assigned to any specific Sponsor in any one period. These limits will be specified in the Points Based System guidance.” … The changes in this Statement shall take effect on 19 July 2010. … The purpose of these changes is to set out provision in the Immigration Rules for the Secretary of State to limit the number of migrants who may be sponsored under Tier 2. … These limits will be specified in the Points Based System guidance.

assets.publishing.service.gov.ukOpen official source

Retrieved from https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c5341e5274a1b0042301d/hc96.pdf

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

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Other United Kingdom changes operative in 2010

2010-01-13Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009
2010-03-03Employment restricted for dependants of specified Tier 4 students
2010-03-03Minimum course duration introduced for Tier 4 family applications
2010-03-03Term-time work limit reduced for specified Tier 4 students
2010-04-06Asylum-interview record signature requirement removed
2010-04-06Consent safeguards added for sponsored workers under 18
2010-04-06Earlier qualifying grants recognised for specified Tier 1 English-language criteria
2010-04-06Higher duration limit for older Tier 4 Child students
2010-04-06ICT Graduate Trainee sub-category introduced
2010-04-06ICT Skills Transfer sub-category introduced
2010-04-06Lower partner-visa age threshold for serving HM Forces
2010-04-06Monaco added to the Youth Mobility Scheme
2010-04-06Sponsored researchers permitted to switch from qualifying work permits into Tier 5
2010-09-09Permission to Work for Asylum Applicants and Fresh Claimants (Cm 7929)
2010-11-29Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (Cm 7944) - English Language Requirement for Partners
2010-12-21Tier 2 General interim certificate allocation specified in the Immigration Rules
2010-12-23Tier 1 General closed to new entry-clearance applications