Business and study

Key posts on business visas

GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES ON ENDORSED ROUTES
INNOVATOR GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding Innovator visa applications

INNOVATOR VISA ENDORSING BODIES

List of organisations that can endorse someone for an Innovator visa.

START-UP VISA GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding Start-up visa applications

START-UP VISA ENDORSING BODIES

List of organisations that can endorse someone for a Start-up visa.

GLOBAL TALENT VISA GUIDANCE

Notes for Global Talent visa applicants

GLOBAL TALENT CASEWORKER GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding Global Talent visa applications

THE ROYAL SOCIETY

Information from the Royal Society on the Global Talent route

THE ARTS COUNCIL

Information from the Arts Council on the Global Talent route

TECH NATION

Information from Tech Nation on the Global Talent route

GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES ON SPONSORED WORK ROUTES
SPONSOR A SKILLED WORKER

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Skilled Worker

SKILLED WORKER CASEWORKER GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding Skilled Worker applications

SPONSOR AN INTRA-COMPANY WORKER

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Skilled Worker

INTRA-COMPANY CASEWORKER GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding Intra-Company transfer applications

SPONSOR LICENSING: RENEWALS

Handbook for civil servants deciding sponsor licence renewals

SPONSOR LICENSING: MAINTENANCE

Handbook for civil servants on reviewing and monitoring sponsors

SPONSOR COMPLIANCE VISITS

Handbook for civil servants on compliance visits to sponsors

SPONSOR GUIDANCE, APPENDIX B

List of immigration offences that can prevent employers from getting a

GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES ON STUDENT VISAS
STUDENT ROUTE CASEWORKER GUIDANCE

Notes for Student and Child Student visa applicants

STUDENT ROUTE CASEWORKER GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding Student and Child Student visa applications

PARENT OF A CHILD STUDENT CASEWORKER GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding Parent of a Child Student visa applications

STUDENT SPONSOR GUIDANCE

Notes on how to apply for a student sponsor licence

SHORT-TERM STUDENTS CASEWORKER GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding short term study visa applications

GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES ON TEMPORARY WORK ROUTES
GUIDANCE ON T5 (TEMPORARY WORKER)

General handbook for civil servants deciding temporary work visa applications

YOUTH MOBILITY SCHEME CASEWORKER GUIDANCE

Handbook for civil servants deciding Youth Mobility visa applications

GOVERNMENT AUTHORISED EXCHANGE GUIDANCE

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Government Authorised Exchange worker

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT WORKER GUIDANCE

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring an International Agreement worker

CHARITY WORKER GUIDANCE

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Charity Worker.

Being somewhat of a dinosaur (55) I can remember when the UK had a work permit system specific to entertainers and sportspeople. A little team of civil servants beavering away

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19th July 2024
BY Steve Richard

The Migration Advisory Committee has published a review of the seasonal agricultural worker route, concluding that people in this route are “particularly susceptible to exploitation” and that “the current enforcement

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16th July 2024
BY Sonia Lenegan

As part of its recent “rapid review” of the graduate route, the Migration Advisory Committee commissioned a qualitative study of the experiences of people who use the route. That study

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10th July 2024
BY Sonia Lenegan

The High Court has again confirmed that mandatory sponsor licence revocation is, indeed, mandatory. One Trees Estates Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home

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9th July 2024
BY Jack Freeland

Currently a comfortable 23 points ahead in opinion polls with just under three weeks to the general election, the Labour Party has published its election manifesto. Sectors of the economy

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19th June 2024
BY Ross Kennedy

With EU free movement fading into memory, the main visa route available for non British and Irish nationals wanting to work in the UK is now the Skilled Worker visa. 

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6th June 2024
BY Joanna Hunt