Neil Hughes Level 2, Vulcan House (Steel) Sheffield S3 8NU
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1. LPP cn Neil Hughes Home Office Level 2 UK Border Vulcan House Steel Sheffield Agency S3 8NU Email PBS Communications Web www ukba homeoffice gov uk 22 January 2010 Dear Tier 4 Sponsor We are writing to inform you on Monday 22 February 2010 the final phase of Tier 4 of the Points Based System PBS will be implemented What this means for Tier 4 Sponsors e Visa Letters become obsolete from 22 February 2010 it will be mandatory for all Tier 4 Sponsors to use the Sponsorship Management System SMS to issue Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies CAS to potential students applying from inside or outside the United Kingdom Applications from potential students for leave that do not contain a CAS number after the 22 February will fall for refusal Reporting via the SMS becomes mandatory for students who have used a CAS in an application for leave Please see our guidance at http www ukba homeoffice gov uk employers points sponsoringmigrants spon sorshipduties tierspecificduties studentspecificduties If you became a licensed Tier 4 sponsor before 5 October 2009 then you must have performed the transition exercise on the SMS before you can issue CAS This is an activity allowing you to split your CAS allocation between the two Tier 4 Categories Tier 4 General and Tier 4 Child If you have not yet performed the transition exercise full details on how to do so can be found using the following link http www ukba2. For information on using the SMS please view the SMS User Guides on the UK Border Agency website http www ukba homeoffice gov uk sitecontent documents employersandsponsors s ms user manual t4 Kind regards Neil Hughes Director of Temporary Migration Programme
3. homeoffice gov uk employers points sponsoringmigrants sms t ransition or by searching transition exercise on the UK Border Agency website You will need to provide potential students with a CAS number and your sponsor licence number You should also provide the potential student with the following information o Course title o Course start and end date o Details of any financial sponsorship deposits taken o Documents that should be included as part of an application to prove qualifications What this means for Tier 4 potential students e From 22 February 2010 potential students must be in possession of a CAS number from their prospective Tier 4 sponsor in support of their application for leave e Potential students in possession of a Visa Letter from their sponsor can only use it if they apply for leave before 22 February 2010 irrespective of whether the decision on that application is made after 22 February 2010 e Any application submitted on or after 22 February 2010 that does not contain a supporting CAS number will be refused Enhancements to the Sponsorship Management System e A facility allowing the sponsor SMS user to input the details of a CAS within a batch based on the details of the previous CAS within the batch This will pull through some of the data from the previous CAS thereby reducing the amount of data that needs to be entered e The main site study address will be mandatory for the assignment of a CAS
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