Visas: Overseas Students
(asked on 8th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many certificates of sponsorship were issued in respect of Scottish employers for students who switched from Tier 4 into Tier 2 in each of 2012, 2013 and 2014.
This question was answered on 24th June 2015
The number of certificates of sponsorship used in each of the calendar years 2012, 2013 and 2014 by migrants to switch from Tier 4 into Tier 2 employment in Scotland, is set out at Table 1 below.
Table 1: Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) Used per calendar year 2012 to 2014 for employment in Scotland
Year | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Tier 2 CoS used to switch from Tier 4 to Tier 2 employment in Scotland | 164 | 501 | 527 |