Preparing For The Immigration Quota: Update

There has been a flurry of activity over the last few days in preparation for the roll-out of the new permanent quota on 6 April 2011. 

Recent announcements include:

Unrestricted CoS – requesting the annual allocation

The UKBA has now contacted Sponsors to ask them to submit their estimates of the number of unrestricted CoS they will need for the year 6 April 2011 to 5 April 2012.  Please see the text of the attached letter.

Key Points

• The request must be filed by 11 March 2011 to guarantee that the allocation is available for use on or after 6 April 2011 when the quota comes into force;
• If the request is not received by 11 March, the Sponsor's annual allocation will automatically be reset to zero;