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Requirements Of Tier 1 Skilled Visa
Here you can find the latest updated information of Requirements Of Tier 1 Skilled Visa as per Home Office and UK Border Agency (UKBA). We update our website on daily basis to get the latest about Requirements Of Tier 1 Skilled Visa along with UK immigrations, UK student visas, PSW, Work permits and other UK Visas.
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Requirements For Tier 1 Skilled Visa
Tier 1 Skilled Visa is designed to allow highly skilled people to come to the United Kingdom to look for work or self-employment opportunities, without any restrictions. Professionals can take advantage of this scheme as unlike UK work permits or business people schemes, you do not need a job offer or detailed business plan to be eligible to apply. Successful Tier 1 Skilled Visa candidate are granted permission to live and work in the UK along with their dependents for an initial period of 3 years after which they apply for a further 2 year extension.
On completing 5 years, Tier 1 migrants are eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK thus, making them Permanent Residents of the UK. To be eligible for this scheme, applicants need to demonstrate the score 75 points in addition to meeting other specific English Language and Maintenance requirements.
Points awarded are based on the applicants:
Qualifications
Earnings over the previous 12 months
Age
Work experience or qualification
To apply under points based system and be accepted into the highly skilled worker category, you must pass a points-based assessment.
Points distribution is as follows:
Age Assessment – Max 20 points:
You will gain these points if you are still under 31 years of age the day the application under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme is received:
Under 28 years of age: 20 points
Between 28 & 29 Years of age: 10 points
Between 30 & 31 Years of age : 05 points
Above 31 years - No Bonus Points ( It does not mean that you are not eligible)
Educational qualifications - 50 points (maximum), Except for MBA Provision (75 points):
You will receive points for one of the following:
Bachelors degree - 30 points
Masters degree or a Diploma, Vocational Course, Industrial Training course of minimum one year - 35 points )
Doctoral / Ph.D degree - 50 points (maximum)
MBA recipients from one of 50 eligible schools will automatically receive 75 points.
Other Points:
10 points for English language.
10 points for available maintenance (funds).
If you do not score a minimum of 75 points for your attributes and 10 points for English language and 10 points for available maintenance (funds), your application will be refused.
Use the points based calculator to calculate how many points you have and whether you are eligible to work in the United Kingdom as a highly skilled worker under the points-based system.
How the points differ for first-time applications and extension applications:
The requirements that you must meet in order to be awarded points differ depending on whether you are:
Applying to enter the highly skilled worker category for the first time (initial applications) ; or
Applying to extend your existing permission to stay in this category (extension applications), or
Applying to extend existing permission to stay given to you under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP).
You should read all the information in this section before you apply. You must pay the correct fee with your application, and send the correct supporting documents and evidences to support your application. If you make an application and it is unsuccessful because you do not meet the requirements, your fees will not be refund. See the section fees for Tier 1 HSMP Visa for detail information.
If you have an HSMP approval letter, you should read about the transitional arrangements for the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme.
If you meet the requirements in this section, read the requirements for initial applications which will give you the information about how to apply.
If you are in the United Kingdom now under a different immigration category, read the requirements for initial applications which will help you to find out either you will qualify or not, because you can only switch into this category in certain circumstances. |
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