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UK High Skilled Worker Visa
What is the UK High Skilled Worker Visa?
A UK High Skilled Worker Visa allows you to come and stay in the UK to do an eligible job with an approved employer. The skilled worker visa permits one to reside in the UK to fill up job vacancies that could not be easily filled by UK residents. Such jobs include accountancy, teaching, IT, engineering, medical care, etc. This visa has replaced the Tier 2 (General) work visa.
Who can apply for the UK High Skilled Worker Visa?
Those who acquire skills in their relative fields and wish to live and work in the UK on the grounds of their skills are highly prone to take the UK skilled immigration route. You need a visa to work in the UK but if you or your family belong to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein and have started living in the UK before January 1, 2021, you may be able to apply to the free EU Settlement Scheme.
What are the eligibility criteria?
To qualify for a Skilled Worker visa, you must fulfill the following criteria:
- You need to prove that you work for a UK employer approved by the Home Office.
- You must have a confirmed job offer before you apply for your visa.
- You have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your employer with information regarding the role offered in the UK
- Your concerned job is mentioned on the list of eligible occupations
- You must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English. You will usually need to prove your knowledge of English when you apply.
However, some further specific eligibility requirements depend on your job.
What is the stay duration permitted on a skilled worker visa?
Your visa can last for five years before you need to extend it. You need to apply for an extension or update when it expires or if you change jobs or employers.
If you want to stay longer in the UK, you can apply to extend your visa as many times as you like, as long as you still meet the eligibility requirements.
What are the benefits of a skilled worker visa?
There are certain privileges that you may get on the Skilled Worker visas as follows:
- You would be able to study in the UK and work at an eligible job related to your skill for further enhancement
- You may also bring your partner and children with you as your ‘dependants’ if they are eligible
- You may also get yourself involved in additional work in certain circumstances
- You would be allowed to do voluntary work
- You can travel abroad and return to the UK without general restrictions
- You may also apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’) in case you have lived in the UK for five years and meet the other eligibility requirements
How Can We Help You?
- With a powerful team of dedicated professionals and trained counselors, we can meet the benchmarks set by the organizations while ensuring the provision of the best services.
- The highly committed and diligent immigration advisory team efficiently performs the whole corporate drafting and business plan development after having a detailed assessment of the client’s circumstances.
- We provide complete guidance regarding the documentation and other criteria required for a UK visitor visa.
- We prepare fully customized cases for our clients according to their situation and facilitate them by giving the best possible solutions for any problem.
- Our skillful immigration lawyers provide ultimate consultation to our clients from the beginning of application till completion, keeping them updated with their application processing.
- We duly complete the submission process of our client’s application and keep communicating with the immigration authorities until we get the successful results.
UK Scale-Up Visa
What is a UK Scale-Up Visa?
The scale-up visa launched on 22nd August 2022, was intended to make it easier for UK businesses experiencing rapid growth to hire the best-skilled labor from around the world. The scale-up worker visa allows foreign nationals to come to the UK to work in an eligible job for a fast-growing UK business (also called a ‘scale-up business’) for at least six months. Uniquely, the rules allow scale-up visa holders to leave their sponsored role after six months and switch to an unsponsored one.
As for the eligibility criteria for a UK scale-up visa, one of the requirements is that applicants must have a job offer and a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) issued by an approved sponsor/employer. The sponsoring business must also be in the scale-up phase with rapid growth. Unfortunately, as immigration lawyers, we cannot help you to find a job in the UK. Once you have a job offer from a scale-up business, We will be able to help you with the scale-up visa application.
What You Can Do, If you have UK Scale-Up Worker Visa?
If you fulfill all the requirements and can get the UK scale-up worker visa you can stay for an initial period of 2 years, after which they can extend their stay for an additional three years. After 5 continuous years of UK residence on a scale-up visa, holders can apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR). Continuous residence means you must not have been outside the UK for more than 180 days in any consecutive year.
UK Scale-Up Visa 2022 Requirements
Applicants must meet the below UK scale-up Work visa eligibility requirements:
- Have a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) from their employer
- Have sufficient funds to support themselves
- Meet the English language requirements
- Have a job offer from an approved scale-up business lasting at least 6 months
- Have a job on the list of eligible occupations
- Meet the minimum salary requirements: £33,000 per year or £10.10 per hour or the ‘going rate for the type of work
UK Scale-Up Visa 2022 Requirements
To meet the English proficiency for the scale-up visa, you must either:
- Come from an eligible country
- Have a degree or higher taught in English
- Have a school-level qualification gained by studying at a UK school that you began when you were under 18, or
- Pass an approved English test at CEFR level B1 or higher.
Getting a Decision
Once you have submitted your application and proved your identity, and verified your documents you can get a decision within the following mentioned time:
- 3 weeks, if you’re outside the UK
- 8 weeks, if you’re inside the UK
You may be able to pay to get a faster decision. How you do this depends on whether you’re outside the UK or inside the UK.
How Can We Help You?
- With a powerful team of dedicated professionals and trained counselors, we can meet the benchmarks set by the organizations while ensuring the provision of the best services.
- The highly committed and diligent immigration advisory team efficiently performs the whole corporate drafting and business plan development after having a detailed assessment of the client’s circumstances.
- We provide complete guidance regarding the documentation and other criteria required for a UK visitor visa.
- We prepare fully customized cases for our clients according to their situation and facilitate them by giving the best possible solutions for any problem.
- Our skillful immigration lawyers provide ultimate consultation to our clients from the beginning of application till completion, keeping them updated with their application processing.
- We duly complete the submission process of our client’s application and keep communicating with the immigration authorities until we get the successful results.
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