Please see the attached link which confirms that the November quota for Tier 1 applications has been reached.  This means that no applications will be approved until 1 December.

As this is the second consecutive month that the quota has been reached (and this time much earlier in the month) we anticipate that this is likely to be the pattern going forward with a real possibility that the backlog may mean that no new applications will be processed from early in the New Year.

We will keep you updated.

Please note that the Tier 1 (General) quota does not apply to applications submitted from within the UK.

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The original publication date for this article was 10/11/2010.