Seasonal Worker Visa UK Guide 2026
Section A: What is the UK Seasonal Worker Visa? The UK Seasonal Worker Visa is a temporary visa allowing foreign nationals to work in certain sectors in the UK for a limited period. It is one of a number of temporary work visas currently available to foreign workers and replaced the previous Temporary […]
Graduate Entrepreneur Visa: Guidance for Applicants
The UK Graduate Entrepreneur Visa was a specialist immigration route introduced in 2012 to attract and retain talented graduates with genuine and credible business ideas. The scheme formed part of the UK’s former Points-Based Immigration System under the Tier 1 framework, designed to bring innovation and entrepreneurship into the UK economy through individuals with the […]
Tier 2 Visa UK 2026: What It Was & the Skilled Worker Replacement
Section A: Tier 2 Visa Replaced by Skilled Worker Visa The Skilled Worker visa is the main UK work visa for overseas nationals who wish to work in the UK in eligible, skilled roles. Replacing the former Tier 2 (General) visa, this route enables UK employers to recruit international talent to fill jobs […]
Tier 5 Temporary Worker Visa
A Tier 5 Temporary Worker visa allows individuals to come to the UK for a specific purpose or for short term or temporary employment. Given the global nature of competition and range of options under the Tier 5 category, it is important that migrants looking to work in the UK are supported in achieving the […]
Working Over 20 Hours on a Skilled Worker Tier 2 Visa
The rules on working hours for sponsored employees in the UK are tightly defined. While the Tier 2 (General) visa has been replaced by the Skilled Worker visa, the underlying restrictions on secondary employment remain in force. Employers often face questions when sponsored staff request permission to take on extra work or additional hours, particularly […]
Representative of an Overseas Business Visa
Section A: What is the Representative of an Overseas Business visa? The Representative of an Overseas Business visa is a work route for employees of overseas newspapers, news agencies or broadcasting organisations who are being posted by their employer on a long-term assignment to the UK. It is the only part of the […]
UK Service Supplier Visa Guide
Section A: What is the UK Service Supplier Visa? The UK Service Supplier visa is one of five Global Business Mobility (GBM) immigration work routes introduced in 2022. The Service Supplier route allows employees of an overseas service provider (or contractual service suppliers) and self-employed people established outside the UK (or independent professionals) […]
Sole Representative Visa For Overseas Businesses
Section A: What was the Sole Representative visa? The Sole Representative visa, formally part of the Representative of an Overseas Business route, allowed a senior employee of an overseas company to come to the UK to establish and run its first UK branch or a wholly owned subsidiary. It was designed for companies […]
Ancestry Visa UK Application
The UK Ancestry Visa is a valuable route for Commonwealth citizens who can trace their family lineage to a grandparent born in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or Ireland before 1922. It provides an opportunity not only to live in the UK but also to work, study, and eventually secure […]
Ancestry Visa ILR Guide
The UK Ancestry visa offers Commonwealth citizens with a UK-born grandparent the opportunity to live, work and build a future in the UK. One of the most attractive aspects of this route is that it provides a clear, direct path to permanent settlement. After five years of continuous residence, holders may be eligible to apply […]