If you are a UK-based organization looking to employ overseas skilled workers you need to sponsor them. In order to sponsor them you need to have a sponsorship license. You can apply for a UK sponsorship license through the UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) which is a division of the Home Office responsible for UK immigration. The Home Office will grant you a sponsorship license only if you meet the necessary
requirements.
There are different kinds of sponsor licence, however, the most popular
By visaandmigration.com - 4 days ago
You can apply to switch to a UK skilled worker dependent visa if you are already in the UK on a different valid visa and you also meet the eligibility requirements of a skilled worker dependent visa.
The following family members of the skilled worker qualify as the dependents who can apply as skilled worker dependents:
Husband, wife, civil partner or
Unmarried partner or same-sex partner
Children below the age of 18 at the time of application (including
By visaandmigration.com - 2 weeks ago
You can visit the UK for a short term up to 6 months on a UK visitor visa for study, tourism, business activities, etc. You can apply for a UK visitor visa for one of the following ‘permitted activities’:
By visaandmigration.com - 3 weeks ago
UK Partner Visa allows a non-British applicant to join their partner/spouse in the UK who is a British citizen or has settled status (such as one with indefinite leave to remain) in the UK. If you are already in the UK on a different visa, you can apply to switch to a UK partner visa once you enter into a civil partnership or get married to an individual who is a British citizen or has settled status in the UK. If you are applying from outside the UK your partner in the UK must sponsor you.
You
By visaandmigration.com - 4 weeks ago
If you are living in the UK on a UK spouse visa or partner visa and your relationship with your spouse or partner breaks down permanently as a result of domestic violence/abuse you may be able to apply to settle i.e. indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
Applicants living in the UK as spouse, or partner of one of the following can apply for permission to stay in the UK if their relationship broke down permanently as a result of domestic violence wit
...By visaandmigration.com - 1 month ago
If you are a UK organization (Public body, SME, Franchise, or Start-up) and are looking to employ foreign workers, temporary workers, or foreign students in the UK. Your organization will need to apply for a sponsorship licence. Once you are granted a sponsorship licence you can issue a certificate of sponsorship (CoS) to the foreign workers, temporary workers, or students who want to work for your organization through the sponsor management system (SMS).
By visaandmigration.com - 1 month ago
If you intend to remain in the UK with your partner (A British national or one with settled status in the UK) even after initial leave under a UK spouse visa, you need to apply for a UK spouse visa extension before your leave expires. If your extension application is successful, you will be granted leave to remain for another 30 months. After this on completing 5 years of continuous living in the UK, you should be able to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain provided you meet other eligibility r
...By visaandmigration.com - 2 months ago
If you are a UK organization (Public body, SME, Franchise, or Start-up) and are looking to employ foreign workers, temporary workers, or foreign students in the UK. Your organization will need to apply for a sponsorship licence. Once you are granted a sponsorship licence you can issue a certificate of sponsorship (CoS) to the foreign workers, temporary workers, or students who want to work for your organization through the sponsor management system (SMS). Read the blog to know about documents re
...By visaandmigration.com - 2 months ago
A UK family visa is a route to join your spouse, partner, parent, or child in the UK based on family life and Appendix FM is a comprehensive document that sets out the rules and requirements for overseas nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK on the basis of family life. Appendix FM sets out the legal requirements that applicants must meet to be eligible and granted permission to enter or remain under this route.
Relative in the UK that the applicant wants to join must be:
By visaandmigration.com - 3 months ago
You can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK if you have been working in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa.
A skilled worker visa is a route to settlement in the UK. ILR is a way to settle in the UK that allows you to live, work, and study in the UK for as long as you want to without any immigration restrictions. After ILR you also become eligible to apply for British Citizenship provided you meet the requirements of the British Nationality Act 1981.
Once you have lived for 5 yea
By visaandmigration.com - 3 months ago
