Department of Health issues guidance for doctors applying to Tier 2
13 July 2009
Guidance for overseas doctors
Following the recent decision to
allow some international doctors with specialty training job offers the
opportunity to take up their posts under the Tier 2 immigration
category without the resident labour market test being satisfied; the
Department of Health has issued instructions to doctors and employers
on how to complete the Tier 2 application forms correctly.
The
guidance issued relates to doctors in this year's recruitment round
only who would previously have applied to Tier 1 for further leave to
remain in the UK to enable them to take a specialty training post.
The
guidance includes the following instructions to employers (Tier 2
sponsors) on how to complete the certificate of sponsorship correctly.
In Section 8 of the Certificate of Sponsorship - 'have you met the
resident labour market test?' employers must tick the box.
In
Section 9 of the Certificate of Sponsorship - 'give details of the
resident labour market test including when and where the post was
advertised' employers must insert the following wording - 'postgraduate
doctors and dentists - Foundation Programme completed - exempt RLMT for
Tier 2'.
Doctors completing their Tier 2 application forms must
follow these instructions. In Section 4 - Attributes - K Tier 2
(General) and Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) - K1 - Certificate of
Sponsorship (select whether the applicant is claiming points for [tick
one box] only) they must tick 'completion of a resident labour market
test by the sponsor'. The reason for this is that the caseworker will
award 30 points for this. However, the applicant must also ensure that
they secure enough points through salary, qualification, maintenance
and English language.
Doctors must mark the front of the
application form very clearly with the following text or attach to the
form a separate sheet of paper with the following text written on it -
'Postgraduate Doctors and Dentists - Foundation Programme Completed -
Exempt RLMT for Tier 2'. This must be in either red or black marker and
should be in bold letters.
Once received the UK
Borders Agency will be able to recognise these applications and action
them first. If the employee does not mark the application in the way
described then it will not be processed in time for them to start their rotation on 5 August 2009.
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