VISA DETAILS OF THE UK SKILLED WORKER
Visa details of the UK Skilled Worker
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Skilled Worker visa allows you to get an eligible job with an approved employer. Irish citizens do not need to apply for a visa or for the EU Settlement Scheme. You must be able to speak, read, write and understand English. The specific eligibility depends on your job. You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before the day you are due to start work.
You can include your partner and children in your application to stay in the UK if they are eligible. If you need to go to an appointment, you may be able to pay for a faster decision. The EU Settlement Scheme is open and you can apply now. The deadline for applying is 30 June 2021. If successful, you'll get either settled or pre-settled status.
You must meet all of the following requirements to be eligible for a Skilled Worker visa. You must have a job offer from an approved UK employer before you can apply for a Skilled Worker visa. Each occupation code has a different annual salary requirements and 'going rate' table. If you do not meet the usual salary requirements, you may be eligible if your salary is at least £20,480 per year.
You will need to provide papers if you apply for a job in the UK. These include sponsorship certificates and evidence of your English knowledge. If you apply from overseas, if you do not have a chip you will require a blank page in your visa passport. If you are under the age of 28, you will require a certificate from each nation you have spent 12 months or more since you were eighteen. If you are 28 or older, you must have a university degree which is taught in English.
You do not need to show your understanding of English if you have completed an English language assessment that is approved by the appropriate regulated professional organisation if you are a doctor, dentist, nurse, parent or vet. The table will make it simpler for non-specialists to explain the system.
Varying methods of immigration need different degrees of English language skills. The exam level that you require depends on the route. See the particular advice for your immigration path to find out which level you require. Find an authorised test provider and accept the test. If you need to show your degree of English language competence, visas and nationality services are for you.
The service you need depends on the kind of proof you need. There are three kinds of papers you need to request these services. Check the papers to be requested. Your partner or kids must apply individually. Some health professionals and their families are given free visas because of a coronavirus (COVID-19) if they have the same employment as when permission is granted to visit or remain in the UK.
You need to get at least £20,800 each year if you receive your sponsorship certificate on or after 24 November 2016. Your pay may also include allowances for the duration of your stay, such as London weighting. The minimum wage requirement of £10.10 per hour does not apply until 6 April 2021.
There is a separate tariff for the Skilled Worker visa for certain occupations. Scientists are getting £26,100 ( £12,55 an hour); specialists in social sciences receive £20,300 (€9,76 an hour); teachers are getting £33,000 (£15,87) If your application is approved, you will get a new visa to perform both occupations. You will be informed what you have to do when you apply and how supportive papers will be provided if you require them. You may utilise the UKVCAS if you apply for a visa, a settlement ("unlimited permission to stay") or a nationality in the UK. If you have coronavirus symptoms (COVID-19) or because you are self-isolating, your immigration status will not be affected.
Find more about additional UKVCAS costs and services. You may use your Biometric Residence Authorisation (BRP) to prove your identification. The name, date and place of birth, the fingerprints, and a picture of your face are included in your BRP. A national insurance number (NI) may be put on the back of your BRP.
If you reside in the UK and have the right to work, you may apply for a national insurance number. You must also search for employment or have an offer in the nation to start work. You may not have to apply if you have misplaced your National Insurance number. Get a quicker decision on your visa or settlement request if you apply from inside the UK. If you are qualified, the 'priority service' may be selected while applying for a visa.
If you want to send your application elsewhere, you will need to change your address before your application is accepted. Labor days are Monday to Friday, nor bank holidays included.
Overview
A Visa for a qualified employee enables you to enter or remain in the UK to obtain an eligible employment with a qualified company.
This visa has superseded the working visa of level 2 (General).
When your family or you come from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Iceland,
If you or your family members start living in Great Britain before 1 January 2021, you may apply for the EU settlement system free of charge.
Otherwise a visa is required to work in the United Kingdom.
There is no requirement for Irish nationals to apply for a visa or the EU Settlement Scheme.
Eligibility
Your work
You must be eligible for a Skilled Worker visa:
Work for a UK employer who has the Home Office authorised.
Have your employer's "sponsorship certificate" containing details on the job you have been given in the UK.
Do a job on the list of eligible jobs.
A minimum wage should be paid – how much depends on the kind of job you perform.
The particular eligibility depends on your employment.
Before you apply for a visa, you must have a confirmed work offer.
English Knowledge
You need to speak, read, write and comprehend English. English. Usually, you need to demonstrate your English skills while applying.
If you are not eligible for a visa for a qualified employee,
You may be entitled to work in the UK for another kind of visa.
How long do you think you can stay?
Your visa may last up to five years before it has to be extended. You will need to apply if it expires or if you change employment or employers to renew or amend your visa.
If you wish to remain in the UK longer,
You may apply for a visa to be extended as many times as you want, provided that you satisfy the qualifying criteria.
After five years, you may apply for permanent settlement in the UK (sometimes known as "indefinite permission to stay"). This grants you the right to live, work, study and seek for benefits, as long as you like.
How can I apply?
You must apply online. You must apply.
How you apply depends on whether you are:
Outside the United Kingdom and in the UK.
Extending your existing visa inside the UK
Switching from a different visa inside the UK
You must apply to amend your visa if you wish to change your work or employer.
If they are eligible, you may add your spouse and children to your application to remain in the UK.
How much time it takes
You may apply for a visa up to three months before the day you start working in the United Kingdom. This date is mentioned on your sponsorship certificate.
You will need to verify your identification and submit your papers as part of your application.
If you require an appointment to do so, you may need to give additional time. When you start your application, you will find out whether you need one.
Make a choice
Once you have submitted your application online, have shown your identification and supplied your papers, your visa will generally be decided within hours.
If you are outside the UK for 3 weeks
If you are in the UK, 8 weeks.
You may be able to pay for a quicker decision if you need to make an appointment. It depends on whether you are outside the UK or within the United Kingdom.
What is the price? What is the price?
Each of you, your partner or your children must:
Pay the application cost. Pay
Pay a medical supplement for every year of your stay.
Prove that you have enough personal savings.
If you work in the field of public health,
If you are a doctor, nurse, health care practitioner or adult social care professional, check if you are eligible to apply to get a visa for health and care workers instead. The application is cheaper and you do not have to pay the yearly health premium on immigration.
What you are not allowed to do
You may get a qualified worker visa:
Working in a qualifying job
Researching
Bring with you your spouse and children as 'dependents,' if they are qualified.
Under some situations, take on extra job.
Do voluntary work.
Travel abroad and return to Great Britain
Apply for permanent settlement in the UK (sometimes known as "indefinite residence permit"). If you have been in the UK for 5 years and satisfy the other criteria for eligibility,
You are not allowed to:
For most (public) benefits or State Pension applications.
Modify employment or employers until you seek for a visa update.
If your application is successful, you will get a complete description of what you can do with a qualified worker visa and what you can not.
EU Settlement Scheme Application (settled and pre-settled status)
Overview
If you are an EU, EEA, or Swiss citizen, you and your family may apply to remain in the UK after 30 June 2021 under the EU settlement scheme. You may also apply if you are a family member in Northern Ireland of an eligible individual.
You will get either a settled or a pre-settled status if your application is successful.
The EEA covers the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway as well.
You may stay in the UK without applying - e.g. if you are an Irish citizen or have an indefinite permission to stay.
Sign up for scheme email updates.
When can you apply?
The EU system of settlement is open. You may now apply if you fulfil the requirements.
The application date is 30 June 2021. Usually, by 31 December 2020, you must start residing in the UK.
In certain instances, the time limits are varied, for example:
You apply to be a close member of the family.
Member of the family of a British citizen ('Surinder Singh' application)
You are not immune from immigration control anymore.
Depending on the status you receive, when you apply.
Fees
You may apply for the programme free of charge.
Your work
To qualify for a Skilled Worker Visa you must fulfil all of the following requirements:
This visa is suitable for your work.
You will work for a UK employer authorised by the Home Office.
You will at least get paid the minimum wage for the kind of job you perform.
The minimum wage for the kind of job you perform is whatever of the three choices is the highest:
£25,600 annually
£10.10 an hour
The 'rates' for the kind of job you perform
Check whether you are eligible for your job.
You need to know its 4-digit professional code before you can find out whether your employment is eligible.
Ask your employer for your employment code if you already have a job offer.
Look up the code of your work.
You may look for your work using the ONS occupational coding tool if you do not know your code.
Not all job titles are listed. If your particular job title can not be found, try looking for related positions.
Make sure that the job description fits what you are going to perform. Some professions with identical codes have distinct codes, for example chefs and cooks. Chefs have the option of a visa for a skilled worker, but no cooks.
Check whether the occupation code for this visa is eligible.
Whether you know your professional code, check the eligible jobs table to see if it is listed.
The table is quite wide. It is ordered by the job code, with the lowest numbers on the top. You may use your web browser to search the page for your code.
Requirements for pay
Usually, at least £25,600 per year or £10,10 per hour is required, whichever is greater. If your job 'rates' are greater than these two, you will generally have to pay at least the current rate.
Illustrations
Your wages are £27,000 annually, while the yearly rate for your position is £30,000. You do not comply with the normal visa wage criteria.
Each occupation code has a distinct yearly rate. Check your current rate on the current rate table.
If you work in medicine or education,
When you work in certain healthcare and education professions, there are various compensation regulations where the current rate is based on national salary scales.
If you can pay less
You may still qualify if you do not satisfy your normal income criteria and do not work in health care or education provided the pay is at least £20,480 per year and at least £10,10 per hour.
Check whether less can be paid.
UK Endorsed Employers
Before applying for a Skilled Worker Visa, you need to have a work offer from a UK company accepted. Authorized employers are also known as sponsors as they sponsor you in the United Kingdom.
See the list of UK employers authorised.
If your employer is not already authorised, they are able to apply for a sponsoring licence.
They will have to pay a charge - £536 for small and charitable organisations or £1,476 for medium and big organisations. A licence application typically takes about 8 weeks.
If you have an already authorised employer's employment offer,
Your employer - also known as your sponsor - will verify that you satisfy the criteria for eligibility. They will offer you a 'sponsorship certificate' to verify this.
The sponsorship certificate is an electronic record, not a tangible paper. It has a reference number that you will need to apply for your visa.
You must apply for your visa within 3 months after receiving your sponsorship certificate.
Documents to which you must apply
You will need to provide: When you apply:
Your sponsorship certificate reference number - this is what your company will offer you.
Proof of your English knowledge
A valid passport or other paperwork that indicates your nationality and identity.
Your employment and your yearly pay
The job code for your job
Your sponsorship certificate will contain your employer's name and your sponsor's licence number.
Ask your employer if you do not have one for a copy of your sponsorship certificate.
If your sponsorship certificate was issued before 1 December 2020,
Your sponsorship certificate must be amended since it was issued to you prior to the Skilled Worker Visa being replaced by the Tier2 (General) work visa.
Ask your company to amend the UK immigration sponsorship system's 'sponsor note' area.
You may require further papers
You may be required to give, depending on your circumstances:
proof showing you have sufficient personal funds in the UK, e.g., bank statements (unless your certificate of sponsorship shows your employer can support you).
You must give evidence of your connection with your spouse or children if they apply to you.
If you are from a specified nation, your TB test results.
You have to obtain a criminal record certificate if you work in specific professions.
A genuine ATAS certificate if your company says you need one, since your work requires investigating a sensitive topic at or above the PhD level.
or your unique Ecctis reference number, your UK PhD certificate (formerly unique UK NARIC reference number) If your qualification is from outside the United Kingdom, you must apply through Ecctis.
If you are, then you are: If you are: You will need a blank page in your visa passport
Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein from outside the EU.
Whereas they have not a biometric passport with a chip inside the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
If your papers are not in English or Welsh, a certified translation will also be needed.
Certificate of criminal record
You must file a criminal record certificate if you apply from outside the UK and operate in the following industries:
Teachers, educational advisors and school inspectors, children and teachers are all instances of people who work in education.
Health, including nurses, physicians, paramedics, pharmacists, dentists and dental nurses and ophthalmologists.
Psychologists, speech and language therapists, advisers, for example. Therapy
Social services such as social workers, managers, probation officers, welfare officers and residential officers.
Check how to apply for checks on the criminal record.
If you work in the healthcare industry, you may apply for a visa for the healthcare worker.
If you have been living in more than one nation,
Depending on your age and your length of residence in each nation, you may need to submit a certificate from each country you live in.
You will require a certificate from each nation where you have lived for a total of 12 months or more since you were 18 years old if you are under 28.
If you are 28 or older, a certificate from any nation in which you have stayed during the past 10 years will be required.
When your papers are ready,
As soon as your papers are available, you may apply online.
How you apply depends on whether you are:
Outside the United Kingdom and in the UK.
Extending your existing visa inside the UK
Switching from a different visa inside the UK
Whether you read the advice, you can utilise a Home Office checking tool, and you are not sure if you are qualified. You will be asked to confirm that you satisfy all the criteria for qualifying.
English Knowledge
You will generally need to show your English language skills while applying, unless you have successfully applied for a visa.
English level
They must show that at the scale of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) you can read, write, speak and comprehend English at least at B1 level.
You may show your English knowledge by:
A Secure English Language Test (SELT) passed by an authorised provider
With GCSE, A, Scottish National Grade 4, and 5, Scottish Higher or Advanced Higher in English, you started studying at a UK school while you were under 18.
Having an academic degree that was taught in English - You will have to apply via Ecctis (previously UK NARIC) if you have studied overseas to prove that your qualification is comparable to a British bachelor, master's or doctorate degree.
Who does not have to show their English knowledge?
If you are a citizen of one of the following countries, you need not show your English skills:
Barbuda and Antigua
Australia
The Bahamas is a Caribbean nation.
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Malta
New Zealand New
Kitts and Nieves
Holy Lucy
The Grenadines and St Vincent
Tobago and Trinidad
USA
If you are a doctor, dentist, nurse, sister-in-law or veterinarian,
If you have previously completed an English examination that is approved by the appropriate regulated professional organisation, your knowledge of English does not have to be shown.
If you are a vet, you may need to demonstrate that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has passed the English language exam.
(CEFR 3.3): Common levels of reference
It is preferable that the common reference points be provided for various purposes in diverse ways. However, it might be useful for certain purposes to summarise in a holistic summary table the collection of suggested common reference levels. Such a basic "global" depiction facilitates the communication of the system with non-specialists and provides direction to instructors and curriculum designers.
USER C2 PROFICIENT can
Understand nearly anything that is heard or read with ease. Can summarise information in a cohesive presentation from various spoken and written sources, re-structure arguments and narratives. C1 can spontaneously, fluently, and accurately express itself, differentiating even in more complicated cases between finer shades of meaning.
comprehend and acknowledge a broad variety of difficult, lengthier texts. can speak freely and spontaneously without an apparent hunt for phrases Use language for social, intellectual and professional objectives flexibly and effectively. Can create transparent, well-structured, comprehensive writings, demonstrating regulated use of organisational patterns, connections and devices on difficult topics.
USER B2 INDEPENDENT can
comprehend the major concepts of complicated texts, including technical debates within its specialisation area, on both tangible and abstract issues. Can engage with a degree of fluidity and spontaneity, allowing frequent contact with native speakers without effort on either side. You may create concise, comprehensive writings on a broad variety of topics and express a relevant point of view with the pros and drawbacks of several choices. B1 may be used
Know key points of clear standard input on common issues that occur frequently in job, education, leisure etc. It can cope with most problems that may occur when travelling in a language-speaking region. A simple linked text on subjects of familiar or personal interest may be produced. It may explain experiences and events, dreams, aspirations and ambitions and provide arguments for views and plans succinctly. BASICUSER A2 is able to
comprehend phrases and often utilise phrases in the most immediate places (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). It can converse on basic and regular activities needing simple and straightforward information sharing on common and routine issues. You may explain elements of your history, immediate surroundings and issues in the areas of urgent need in simple words.
A1
It is able to comprehend and utilise common daily terms and very simple words designed to meet specific requirements. You may present yourself and others and ask and answer questions about your personal information, such as where you live, people you know and items that you have. You may engage simply, given that the other person speaks slowly and clearly and is willing to assist.
Prove your English skills with a safe English test (SELT).
If you apply for a visa or citizenship, you may need to verify your English knowledge by passing a safe English exam (SELT).
Applications requiring an English test
Two kinds of tests exist, since various immigration paths need different degrees of English language skills. The exam you need to do depends on what you apply for.
For the following application paths, you need a test to evaluate your ability to read, write, speak and listen:
Innovator
Start-up
Competent Worker
Religion Minister
Student
You will need to take a test to evaluate your speech and listening skills for the following application routes:
Sportsperson
Overseas Business Representative
Collaborators
Educators
Resolution (also known as indefinite leave to remain)
Achieving Citizenship
Depending on the route you take, the level of testing you require, known as the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) levels. See the particular advice for your immigration path to find out what level you need.
Providers of approved tests
If you are in Great Britain
Only with one of the following providers can you take a SELT:
IELTS SELT Consortium
LanguageCert
Pearson
London Trinity College
If you are away from the UK,
Only one of the following suppliers may accept a SELT:
IELTS SELT Consortium
LanguageCert
Pearson
PSI Services (United Kingdom) Ltd
Find a test authorised
In order to accept your findings, your test must:
Be on the authorised English test list.
I was seated in a test location allowed.
The two years prior to the date of your application were provided.
The list of authorised English tests has been evaluated in accordance with the safe English language testing arrangements as fulfilling the home office criteria. Only those defined tests and test levels are authorised. If you want to utilise an English language exam in your application for immigration or nationality, you must take one of the tests listed.
You should be sure that the exam you schedule is the one that SELT approves:
IELTS SELT Consortium: 'UKVI IELTS' or 'Life Skills IELTS'
'LanguageCert International ESOL SELT' LanguageCert.
'PTE Academic UKVI' or 'PTE Home' Pearson
PSI Services: 'English skills UKVI'
Trinity College Londres: 'Secure English Language Tests for UKVI' - Integrated English Skills or Graduated English Language Tests (GESE)
You have to select which exam to take.
The list of authorised exams lists the CEFR level and minimal standards for each level.
If 2 or more components, such as a combined examination and a certificate for reading and writing, (reading, writing, speaking and listening) for an exam are examined and awarded together, then you need to show that you achieved the required results in all relevant components during a single examination, unless you were exempt from sitting for one component on the basis of a disability.
Visas and services to nationalities
If you have to demonstrate to the UK Home Office the degree level and/or your English skills, visas and nationality services will be of assistance.
These services are available to you if you apply for one of the following visas or routes:
Family, settlement or citizenship / naturalisation (include spouse)
Tier 2
Competent Worker
Expert work: health and care
Innovation and start-up
Religion Minister
Two of the nationality visas and services offer PhD qualification checks for individuals who want to utilise their PhD in order to qualify for commercial points for the skilled worker route.
It is essential that you read the service descriptions below carefully and apply for the right service.
How does it work?
Three visas and national services are available:
Visas and citizenship (English proficiency)
Visas and citizenship (PhD verification)
Visas and citizenship (PhD verification with English proficiency).
The service you need depends on the kind of proof you need.
What do I have to do to apply?
The visas and nationality service should be applied online.
We may ask you to provide various papers, depending on the service you need. More information is available on the Frequently Asked Questions page for these papers.
Service
Required documents
Service of visas and nationality (English proficiency)
Transcript (script) translation(s) of your papers if not in English
Letter of instruction if you need to show your English skills.
Service of visas and nationality (PhD verification)
Transcript translations of your papers if not in English Certificate(s)
Service of visas and nationality (PhD verification with English proficiency)
Transcript (script) translations of your papers when they are not in English
Letter of instruction if you need to show your English skills.
Prices
Service of visas and nationality (English proficiency)
Pounds 140.00 + VAT *
Service of visas and nationality (PhD verification)
GBP 2210.00 + VAT. *
Service of visas and nationality (PhD verification with English proficiency)
+ VAT * £2210.00
Request from outside the UK
You have to apply for a Skilled Worker visa online.
Check the papers to be requested.
Your partner or kids must apply individually.
Proof of your identity and documentation
You will need to verify your identification as part of your application. How you do it depends on your whereabouts and what kind of passport you have.
You are going to either:
Have your fingerprints and images taken at a visa application centre - to acquire a biometric residency permit.
To scan your identification records, use the app 'UK Immigration: ID Check,' you will create or register for your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.
When you apply, you will be informed what you need to do.
If you require a rendezvous:
The centre may need to hold your passport and papers throughout the application procedure.
You may need to go to the closest visa application facility (this could be in another country).
Enlarge your visa
You are generally eligible to apply for an Expert Worker's Visa or a General Tier 2 Work Visa, if everything is true:
You hold the same employment as when your prior permit to enter or remain in the UK was granted.
Your work is in the same occupational classification as if you were previously allowed to enter or remain in the UK.
You continue to work for the employer who has given you your current sponsorship certificate.
Some health workers and their families are granted free visas due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
Your partner or kids must apply individually.
You cannot go beyond the United Kingdom, Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man until you have made a choice. If you do, your application will be withdrawn.
If you hold a visa from Tier 2 (General),
You may have to satisfy various criteria for qualifying, depending on:
Before and after November 24, 2016 you get your first Tier 2 visa sponsorship certificate.
Before 6 April 2021 you apply for your first Tier 2 (General) or Skilled Worker Visa.
Your professional code - some of them have varying prices.
The criteria are applicable if you do:
Have a work visa for Tier 2 (General).
He possessed a work visa from Tier 2 (General) that you extended to a worker's visa.
If you have your sponsorship certificate before 24 November 2016,
If you apply before 24 May 2023 to extend it, the minimum salary payable is at a reduced rate. You will need to pay at least £20,800 per year if the 'rates' for your employment are not greater.
If you get your sponsorship certificate on or after 24 November 2016,
You still need to satisfy the new salary criteria if you seek to extend before 1 December 2026, but your pay may include allowances such as London weighting. Any permissions for the duration of your stay must be guaranteed.
If you apply before 6 April 2021 for your first Tier 2 (general) or Skilled Worker Visa,
The minimum wage requirement of £10.10 per hour or the current rate is not applicable for the kind of job you perform.
Jobs at various rates
For certain occupations, the rate of visas for qualified employees is variable.
Code of occupancy
Skilled Worker Visa rate
90% of the current rate (for a relevant STEM PhD)
80% of the current rate (for a relevant non-STEM PhD or shortage occupation)
70% of the current rate (for new entrants)
2113 Physical scholars
£29,000 per hour (£13.94)
£26,100 per hour (£12,55)
23,200 dollars (11,15 pounds an hour)
£20,300 per hour (£9.76)
2119 Professionals in natural and social sciences
(£13.94 per hour) £29,000
(£12,55 per hour) £26,100
GBP 23,200 (GBP 11.15/hr)
£20,300 per hour (£9.76)
2311 Professionals in higher education
33 thousand pounds (£15.87 per hour)
Pounds 29,700 (14.28 per hour)
(£12.69 per hour) £26,400
GBP 23,100 (£11.11 an hour)
Update your visa when changing employment or employer
You will require a visa to upgrade your qualified worker or Tier 2 (general) if:
You wish to move employment, but with another business is your new job.
Your employment moves to another professional code and you are not in a graduate programme.
You left the job list for a position that is not in the list of shortages.
You do not have to apply again if you remain in the same work, although the restricted employment list has been removed.
If you are going to perform another work for your existing company, you only need to amend your visa if your new job is in a different job code.
Your partner or kids must apply individually.
You will have to apply for eligibility and documentation
You will need a new sponsorship certificate to show that your new employment must satisfy the eligibility criteria.
If you have been in the UK less than a year, you will simply need to submit additional proof again.
If you seek to add a second employment to your existing visa,
You must apply for a visa update if you accept a second employment, which is:
In addition to the work you are sponsored for, more than 20 paid hours each week.
In another code of employment,
Your second employment must satisfy the criteria for eligibility and a new sponsorship certificate is needed to demonstrate that.
You must also attach a letter with your application stating that you wish to modify your existing residence permit.
Your letter must be as follows:
Your name is yours
Your birth date
Your existing sponsorship certificate reference number
The date when your existing residence permit expires.
If your application is successful, you will get a new visa that allows you to perform both occupations.
When to apply for a visa update
You may apply for a visa update up to 3 months before your new employment starts.
During your new application, you may continue to work at your existing employment or work out your notice period - so long as you apply before the expiry of your current visa.
You should not start your new work until you get your new authorization confirmed.
Proof of your identity and documentation
You will need to verify your identification as part of your application. How you do it depends on where you are and how you hold a passport.
You are going to either:
Give the fingerprints and photos (biometric information) at a service station in the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS).
You will also have your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account scanned via the 'UK Immigration: ID Check' app.
When you apply, you will be informed what you need to do. If necessary, you will also be informed how to provide your supporting papers.
UK visa and application services for citizenship
Usually you need to utilise the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services when applying for a visa, settlement or citizenship for an unlimited visa (UKVCAS).
Use UKVCAS to supply:
Your biometric data (fingerprints and photos)
papers supporting your application
You will be informed whether you have to apply with UKVCAS.
What you have to do
You typically have to attend a rendezvous at a UKVCAS service centre to submit your biometric details.
You may either submit your supporting papers by:
Upload them to the online UKVCAS service
Scanning them during your UKVCAS visit.
You have to submit your supporting papers when you apply if you are applying for the EU settlement scheme. At your UKVCAS session you will not be able to scan them.
If you do not require a date
If you apply for a job, you may not need to visit a UKVCAS service centre.
Visa for students or children
Biometric Residence Card replacement (BRC)
Biometric residence permit replacement (BRP)
You also have to:
In the UK at present
You have already provided your fingerprints to the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) - it must have been since 2015 if you apply for the visa for a student or a student's child.
You will get an email to explain how to submit a picture and your papers if you do not require an arrangement. If you can not provide the information, an appointment may be scheduled.
Make an appointment
When you apply and make your appointment online, you will need to establish a UKVCAS account.
If you are unable to attend to a meeting because you have coronavirus (COVID-19), or because you are self-isolating, your immigration status will not be affected.
Locations and expenses of the service point
If you have an appointment, you can only visit a service location.
Check for changes to the location of your service point due to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The amount you pay depends on the kind of service point and the requirement for additional services.
You may pay additional fees for:
Weekend appointments
Appointments the following day or the same day if your application is urgent.
Extra services such as the translation of a document or an interpreter.
Find more about additional UKVCAS costs and services.
Biometric charge for information
If you seek to extend your visa or move to another visa in the United Kingdom it costs £19.20 to provide your biometric details. As part of your application, you will pay.
You will still have to pay the cost if the UKVI can utilise previous fingerprints.
If you apply for the EU settlement scheme, you do not have to pay the fee.
Your nomination
You will need to bring your appointment:
Printed copy of the confirmation of your appointment with a QR code
Your passport or document for travel
Other papers supporting them (unless you have already put them online)
You will get a list of supporting papers that you need to provide when you apply.
Members of the family
If your application involves family members, you all have to attend to a joint appointment.
Children under 16 Children
Children under 16 must make an appointment on their application with the person designated as the 'responsible adult.'
A responsible adult has to bring them a picture ID. This has to be done:
Travel passports are needed.
Photography driving licence
National card of identity
UK Biometric Residence Allowance
If the responsible adult is not a parent or legal guardian (for example, the adult is an employee of the school of the kid), the child must additionally provide written evidence of his or her responsibility:
The parent or legal tutor
Registered caregiver or representative of social services
Make a choice
At your appointment, you will not make a decision on your application. The duration of decision-making depends on the job you are applying for.
What is a BRP?
You may utilise a biometric residency permit (BRP) to prove your identification.
Individuality
right to study or work in Great Britain
The right to any public services or benefits to which you have the right.
Usually you will receive a BRP if you:
Apply for more than 6 months to come to the UK.
You may extend your visa for more than six months.
Application to UK settlement
Transfer to a new passport your visa
Apply for specific travel papers for the Home Office
What is your BRP about?
Your BRP should contain:
Your name, date and birth location
Your fingerprints and your face picture (this is your biometric information)
Your immigration status and your stay conditions
Whether you can receive public money, such as health services and advantages.
On the back of your BRP, you may have a national insurance (NI) number printed. Not all BRPs have this - it depends on variables such as the date and status of your visa.
If all the following applies, you must apply for an NI number:
There is no one on your BRP.
If you do not have one already, acquire one.
You intend to work, claim benefits, apply for a student loan or make volunteer national insurance payments in Class 3.
Request a National Insurance Number.
If you do not already have an NI, you only have to apply for one of them if you intend to:
work
National Insurance Contributions Pay Class 3
If you can show you have the right to work in the UK, you may start working without a national insurance number.
To apply for the EU settlement scheme you do not need a national insurance number.
Eligibility
If you live in the UK and have the right to work in the United Kingdom you can apply for a national insurance number.
You must also search for work or offer a job in the UK. You can still apply if you have already started working.
If you do not have to apply
Before you apply for a national insurance number, make sure you are eligible. You will not be issued a new one if you already have one.
You do not have to apply if:
lost your number of national insurance
They are a resident of the United Kingdom aged 19 or younger.
Have a biometric residence permit that has printed on it a national insurance number.
Applications for perks or student loans.
If your national insurance number is lost,
Check how to locate an insurance number missing.
If you are a UK citizen 19 years of age or younger,
In 3 months before your 16th birthday, you will usually be given an automatic national insurance number if both are true:
You are living in the UK.
A parent has filled out a claim form for the child benefit for you.
Call HM Revenue and Customs if you are 16 to 19 years old and do not receive one.
If you have a permit for biometric residency (BRP),
If you have a biometric residence permit, you may already have a national insurance number – if you do – it will be printed on the back of your BRP.
You have to apply for one if you intend to work if you do not have a national insurance number. You may only apply if you are in the United Kingdom.
When you apply for benefits or a student loan,
No national insurance number is required to apply for benefits or a student loan. If your application for benefits or a student loan is approved you will get one.
How can I apply?
You can only apply to work in the UK if you need a national insurance number.
To get a national insurance number, you need to verify your identification. You may use any of the following papers when you apply:
Any country's passport
A permit for biometric residency (BRP)
A national identity card may also be used for:
A State in the EU
Norway
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
If you do not have these papers, however, you may still have to participate in an appointment to verify your identification.
Get a quicker decision on your application for a visa or settlement.
Application from inside the UK
If you apply within the UK, you may be eligible to pay for a quicker visa or settlement decision ('indefinite permission to stay').
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), only a quicker visa determination is presently available.
To make a choice in five working days
You may choose the 'priority service' if you apply if you are qualified. In addition to the application fee, it costs £500.
A decision will be taken within five working days after your appointment of the UK Visa and Citizen Application Services (UKVCAS).
To make a choice before the end of the next working day
If you are qualified, when you apply you may select the 'Super Priority Service.' In addition to the application fee, it costs £800.
There will be a choice.
If your meeting occurs on a weekday, by the end of the following working day after your appointment,
If your appointment is on a weekend or on a bank holiday, two working days following your appointment.
Labor days are Monday to Friday, nor bank holidays included.
After the application you applied
You will get an email followed by a letter of decision (either in the post or by email).
If your application is accepted, you will be informed of the result via email. If your request is denied, the results will not be indicated in the email.
If you could wait for a decision longer
If you need to submit additional information, you may wait longer for a decision. You will be informed how and when to provide it.
If you receive your permission for biometric residency
You will typically be granted a BRP within 7 to 10 days after your choice. You may report your missing BRP online if it does not come.
Your BRP will be emailed to your application address. Before your application is accepted, you have to change your address if you want it to be delivered elsewhere.
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