If you are scaling a UK company or bringing an overseas business here, the right route depends mainly on your UK presence and growth profile. The Scale-up route lets qualifying high-growth companies sponsor skilled workers for the first six months of a two-year grant. The UK Expansion Worker route under Global Business Mobility is for…
You can switch between many UK visa routes without leaving the country, provided the new route allows an in-country application and you meet its requirements. Visitors are commonly barred from switching into work or study routes, while people whose permission has expired face overstaying rules. A valid application made before your current permission expires can…
The key distinction is both the immigration route and where the worker is applying from. A Defined Certificate of Sponsorship is required for a Skilled Worker applying for entry clearance from outside the UK. An Undefined CoS is used for a Skilled Worker applying from inside the UK and for workers on other sponsored routes,…
A Standard Visitor visa costs £135 for up to six months. The Home Office must be satisfied that you are a genuine visitor: you will leave at the end of the trip, will not make the UK your main home through frequent or successive visits, are coming for a permitted purpose and can fund the…
