Global Talent Visa
UK Talent visa allows its holders to work in the UK if they are leaders or potential leaders in arts and culture, academia and research, or digital technology. Before you decide to apply for a Talent visa Tier 1, you need to apply for an endorsement that proves you are a leader or a potential leader in the abovementioned fields. Only after you receive your endorsement successfully, you can apply for a Global Talent visa. The earliest it can be is three months before you travel to the UK. For example, you can apply from 17 April if you plan to travel on 16 July. Typically, applicants get their visa decisions within three weeks if they are outside the UK and eight weeks if they are inside the UK. Faster visa decision services are available for an extra fee, both outside the UK and inside the UK.
It is possible to apply for the Global Talent visa at the same time as you apply for the endorsement. Though, it can be safer to apply after you have your endorsement confirmed. It is also worth mentioning, that if your permission to stay in the UK is about to expire, applying for the visa will extend it.
If you apply for your visa and your endorsement at the same time, and your endorsement is refused, your Global Talent visa will be refused as well. Unfortunately, you will lose the fees for both services.
The fee for a UK Global visa application is £152, and £97 for nationals of Turkey or North Macedonia. Your partner and children (‘dependants’) can be included on the same application form if they are eligible for this. An extra cost of £608 must be paid for each of your dependants. Healthcare surcharge is another obligatory payment as it is a part of your visa application. Usually, it is £400 per year for each person applying, but you can calculate the amount you will need to pay.
When applying for your Global Talent visa you need to provide: a valid passport or other travel identification, your tuberculosis test results (if needed), and a blank page in your passport for your visa. Certified translation of any documents that are not in English or Welsh is a must.
UK Global Talent visa allows its holders to work in the UK in academia or research if they are leaders or potential leaders in science, medicine, engineering and humanities. You may be eligible for the UK Global Talent visa if you have a job offer as a senior academic or researcher; an individual fellowship or a research grant approved by UK Research and Innovation. Also, you can apply without a job offer, but by having your application peer-reviewed, though your application will take longer.
The Global Talent visa allows its holders to work in the UK if they are leaders or potential leaders in combined arts, dance, literature, music, theatre or visual arts; architecture; fashion design; film and television, including animation, postproduction and visual effects.
The Global Talent visa allows its holders to work in the UK if they are leaders or potential leaders in digital technology, for example in financial technology, gaming, cybersecurity or artificial intelligence. You may be eligible for the UK Global Talent visa if at least one of the following requirements is met: you set up or had a senior position in a product-led digital technology company, which has a record of innovation; you worked in a new digital field or concept, and have a record of innovation. Also, at least two of the following criteria must be true about you: you worked in a product-led digital technology company, which has made technical, commercial, or entrepreneurial contributions in the digital technology sector; you are recognised as a leader in the field; you developed new digital skills throughout your career; you had research published or endorsed by an expert; you showed that you do things outside work to help in the digital technology sector.
UK Global Talent visa allows you to choose its duration (for up to five years); to do self-employed work or start a business as well as your main job and even change jobs without telling the Home Office. Most importantly, if you want to prolong your stay in the UK, you are allowed to renew your Talent visa as many times as you wish, you can also apply for settlement after three years if you are applying as a leader or five years if you are applying as a potential leader. There are no language or minimum salary eligibility requirements for this visa. You are not allowed to apply for benefits with a work visa. Applicants with a valid Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) endorsement given under the old rules can use it to apply for a Global Talent visa.
You can apply for the UK Talent visa both online and at a visa application centre. You are obliged to have permission to live in the country you are applying from for at least six months. Also, you need to check if there is a UK visa application centre that you can travel to that accepts Global Talent visa applications. Your fingerprints and photograph will be taken at a visa centre as part of your application. Please, collect your biometric residence permit within 10 days of when you said you would arrive in the UK.
People who are already in the UK with Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 5 on an exchange scheme, Start-up and Innovator visa holders can apply to switch for the UK Global Talent visa. They are allowed to choose how long they want to apply for, up to a maximum of five years. People who are in other visa categories, need to leave the UK and make their application from abroad.
Global Talent visa holders can apply to extend their visa if the organisation that endorsed them has not withdrawn its approval; they earned money in their expert field (arts and culture, academia and research, or digital technology) during their last period of leave in the UK. It is important to apply for the visa extension before the current visa expires. UK Global Talent visa lasts between one and five years, each extension can last from one to five years, and their number is not limited. You can apply for extension inside and outside the UK.
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