High Potential Individual Visa: Employer Guide
Section A: Can You Hire Someone on an HPI Visa? The High Potential Individual (HPI) visa gives the visa holder permission to work in the UK unsponsored and independently of a specific employer. This means, as a UK employer, you can hire someone who holds valid High Potential Individual visa without sponsoring them […]
Skilled Worker Visa UK: Applicant Guide 2026
Section A: Can You Get a Skilled Worker Visa? The Skilled Worker visa allows an overseas worker to come to the UK, or remain in the UK after an eligible in-country application, to work in a specific sponsored role. The sponsoring employer must hold a valid sponsor licence and assign a Certificate of […]
Skilled Worker Visa: Sponsorship Guide for Employers
Section A: Can Your Business Sponsor a Skilled Worker? The Skilled Worker route allows licensed UK employers to recruit overseas nationals into specific eligible jobs. To sponsor a Skilled Worker, the employer needs to hold the appropriate sponsor licence, confirm that the vacancy qualifies for sponsorship, check that the salary meets the applicable […]
UK Graduate Visa 2026: Eligibility, Duration & How to Apply
Section A: What is the UK Graduate Visa? The Graduate Visa is a post-study work route for international students who have successfully completed an eligible course in the UK and want to remain after their studies. Unlike most UK work visas, it is an unsponsored route, so you do not need a job […]
Hiring Global Talent Visa Holders: Employer Guide 2026
Section A: Hiring Global Talent Workers Without Sponsorship The Global Talent visa allows UK employers to recruit eligible international talent without sponsoring the worker. Unlike the Skilled Worker route, the employee is not sponsored for a specific job and their immigration permission is not tied to the employing organisation. For employers, this removes […]
High Potential Individual Visa UK: Applicant Guide 2026
Section A: Can You Get a High Potential Individual Visa? The High Potential Individual (HPI) visa is open to people aged 18 or over who have recently been awarded an eligible qualification by a university appearing on the relevant Home Office Global Universities List. The route is for graduates of qualifying overseas universities. […]
Global Talent Visa UK: What Applicants Need to Know 2026
Section A: Can You Get a Global Talent Visa? The Global Talent visa is open to people aged 18 or over who can demonstrate exceptional talent or exceptional promise in an eligible field. The route covers academia and research, digital technology and arts and culture, including specialist pathways for architecture, fashion, film and […]
North Sea Energy: HR & Immigration Priorities in 2026
North Sea Workforce Planning for 2026 Onwards For decades, North Sea operations benefitted from immigration arrangements that supported flexible overseas recruitment, workforce mobility and long-term platform employment, underpinned by an informal understanding between industry and government. But UK immigration policy has since moved on, with many of the hiring and deployment models the […]
Does Section 3C Leave Give You the Right to Work?
Section A: What is section 3C leave? Section 3C leave protects a person from becoming an overstayer where their existing UK immigration permission expires while a qualifying application to extend or vary that permission remains outstanding. It operates automatically under section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971. There is no separate application for […]
Skilled Worker Visa Occupation List: Is Your Job Eligible?
Section A: Is Your Job on the Skilled Worker Visa Occupations List? A job can qualify for the Skilled Worker route only if it falls within an eligible four-digit SOC 2020 occupation code. The code must accurately describe the work the sponsored worker will actually perform. Finding a similar job title on the […]