Work visas
Skilled Worker
The Skilled Worker Visa is available to individuals of all nationalities who have a job offer for an eligible skilled position from UK employer that’s been approved by the Home Office (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers). This visa can lead to settlement and applicants may bring dependent partners and children with them. Before applying, the UK sponsor must issue a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to confirm that both the individual and the role meet the necessary sponsorship criteria. If the Skilled Worker Visa is not suitable for you, there are alternative work routes you can explore. For expert advice and assistance on work visas, contact our immigration specialists through our contact form.
Global Business Mobility
The Global Business Mobility visa is an umbrella category of five different types of UK work visas. These visas are designed for employees of overseas companies to undertake specific types of work or assignments in the UK. The five visas under the Global Business Mobility route are:
1. Senior or Specialist Worker – For employees with specialist knowledge transferring to a UK branch.
2. Graduate Trainee – For graduates on specialised training programmes in a UK branch.
3. UK Expansion Worker – For employees setting up a new UK presence for an overseas company.
4. Service Supplier – For individuals delivering specific services to a UK client under a contract.
5. Secondment Worker – For employees temporarily assigned to work in a UK branch.
Each Global Business Mobility visa has its own specific eligibility and application requirements. Contact Immigration Advocates for a comprehensive eligibility assessment.
Global Talent
This visa route is available for talented and promising academics, researchers and specialists who are working in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, the social sciences or the humanities. Before you can apply to the Home Office for a Global Talent visa, you must first either obtain endorsement from the relevant authorised endorsing body, or have been awarded qualifying industry recognition, as listed in Appendix Global Talent: Prestigious Prizes, to prove that you meet the necessary standard of professional achievement.
Graduate
A Graduate visa gives you permission to stay and work in the UK for 2 years after successfully completing a course in the UK. You cannot extend your Graduate visa, however, you may be able to switch to a different visa, for example a Skilled Worker visa if you already have a job offer from a UK approved sponsor .
Innovator Founder
The Innovator Founder Visa is for start-up entrepreneurs and experienced business persons seeking to establish a business in the UK. Applicants do not need to have any specific level of funds to invest in their proposed business, but must have an innovative, viable and scalable business idea, supported by a business plan, which has been approved by an endorsing body.
Scale-up Worker
The Scale-up Visa is for talented individuals recruited by a UK Scale-up Sponsor, who have the skills needed to enable the Scale-up business to continue growing. You will need to have a highly-skilled job offer from a qualifying Scale-up business at the required salary level.
High Potential Individual
The High Potential Individual Visa is available to recent graduates of top global universities who wish to work, or look for work, in the UK. See global universities list – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-potential-individual-visa-global-universities-list/high-potentialindividual-visa-global-universities-list-2023. The exact requirements you will need to satisfy may vary depending on your circumstances. Contact Immigration Advocates for expert advice.
Youth Mobility Scheme
The Youth Mobility Scheme visa is for young adults from participating countries and territories who wish to live and work in UK for a period of up to two years (or three years for Australian, Canadian and New Zealand citizens).
Charity Worker
The UK Charity Worker Visa route is for individuals who have a job offer to undertake voluntary work in the UK for up to 12 months.
Religious worker
The UK Religious Worker Visa is for persons who want to support the activities of a UK religious institution by conducting religious work such as working in a religious order or undertaking nonpastoral work for a religious order, for no more than 2 years.
Seasonal worker
The UK Seasonal Worker Visa is for workers who have a job offer in the UK to do seasonal horticulture work or poultry production work with a sponsor who is an approved scheme
operator.
Government Authorised Exchange/ Interns
Government Authorised Exchange Visa is open to individuals who wish to come to the UK for a period of 12 or 24 months to take part in an approved internship, training, work experience or research programme.
Creative Worker visa
The UK Creative Worker visa allows individuals who have been offered short-term work within the UK’s creative sector to work in the UK for up to 12 months. A creative worker is someone who works in the creative industries, for example an actor, dancer, musician or film crew member.
Sponsor licence application
If you are an employer seeking to employ an overseas national who is not a settled worker and who does not otherwise have immigration permission to work for you in the UK, you will need to apply to the Home Office for a sponsor licence. The type of sponsor licence application you will need to make will depend on the immigration route that the overseas worker is seeking to be sponsored to work on. Each licence type has its own specific requirements. Businesses of all sizes, operating in all sectors, can apply for a sponsor licence, providing they are able to satisfy the business eligibility and job suitability requirements for the category of sponsor licence they are applying for.
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