The rollover of Tier 2 sponsorship certificates is getting bigger every month, and according to the latest information from the UK Home Office there are 11,040 sponsorship certificates available for January/February 2012. 

In November 2010 the UK Government announced that it was introducing an annual limit on the number of Certificates of Sponsorship that could be issued for Tier 2 workers.

This came into effect on 6 April 2011 and only 20,700 certificates were made available under the new annual limit for the first year.   

The annual limit of 20,700 certificates of sponsorship (CoS) were divided in 12 monthly allocations. In April 2011, 4,200 certificate of sponsorship were made available and thereafter a monthly allocation of 1,500 places is being made available. Unused places are rolled over to the next month. 

Due to the roll-over system, this means that 11,040 certificates of sponsorship are available for allocation in January/February 2012. We can safely assume that due to the roll-over system there will once again be a substantial number of certificates available for February/March 2012.  

This is thus a golden opportunity for employers who would like to employ non-EU workers on the Tier 2 scheme!

If you are interested or would like to find out more about Tier 2 sponsorship, please contact Hannes Breytenbach at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it