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Secondment Worker — Global Business Mobility

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The pathway is for an existing employee of an overseas organisation that has a high-value contract with a UK sponsor, who is transferred to the UK to do an eligible job for a different organisation.

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  • Overview
    Apply for this visa if your overseas employer is transferring you to the UK to do an eligible job for a different organisation.
  • Eligibility
    be an existing employee of an overseas organisation that has a high-value contract with your UK sponsor that has been approved by the Home Office

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant must be an existing employee of an overseas organisation that has a high-value contract with a UK sponsor approved by the Home Office, and must have a certificate of sponsorship from that sponsor.

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  • Eligibility
    be an existing employee of an overseas organisation that has a high-value contract with your UK sponsor that has been approved by the Home Office
  • Eligibility
    have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your sponsor with information about the work you will do in the UK

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive professional characteristics are: the applicant must have worked for the overseas employer for at least 6 months outside the UK, and the job in the UK must be on the list of eligible occupations.

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  • Eligibility
    have worked for your overseas employer for at least 6 months outside the UK
  • Eligibility
    do a job in the UK that’s on the list of eligible occupations

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The holder can work for their sponsor in the job described in the certificate of sponsorship, study, bring their partner and children as dependants if eligible, travel abroad and return, and do voluntary work, which must be unpaid and for a registered charity, a voluntary organisation, an associated fundraising body or a statutory body. They cannot apply for most benefits (public funds) or the State Pension, or change jobs unless they update their visa.

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  • https://www.gov.uk/secondment-worker-visa
    With a Secondment Worker visa you can: work for your sponsor in the job described in your certificate of sponsorship study bring your partner and children with you as your ‘dependants’, if they’re eligible travel abroad and return to the UK do voluntary work
  • https://www.gov.uk/secondment-worker-visa
    Any voluntary work you do must be unpaid and for one of the following: a registered charity a voluntary organisation an associated fundraising body (an organisation that raises money for a charity or voluntary organisation) a statutory body (a government-appointed body, for example Historic England)
  • https://www.gov.uk/secondment-worker-visa
    You cannot: apply for most benefits (public funds), or the State Pension change jobs unless you update your visa

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Permission is granted for whichever is shorter of 12 months after the start date of the job in the certificate of sponsorship, or the time on the certificate plus 14 days. The visa can be extended by 12 months, with a maximum stay of 2 years on a Secondment Worker visa, and the listed Global Business Mobility and intra-company visas are capped at 5 years in any 6 year period. Applying to settle permanently (indefinite leave to remain) is listed among what the holder cannot do.

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  • https://www.gov.uk/secondment-worker-visa
    You can stay in the UK with a Secondment Worker visa for whichever is shorter of: 12 months after the start date of the job detailed in your certificate of sponsorship the time given on your certificate of sponsorship plus 14 days
  • https://www.gov.uk/secondment-worker-visa
    If you want to stay longer in the UK, you can extend your visa by 12 months. The maximum time you can stay in the UK on a Secondment Worker visa is 2 years.
  • https://www.gov.uk/secondment-worker-visa
    You can only stay in the UK for a maximum of 5 years in any 6 year period if you’ve spent time on any of these visas: Intra-company Graduate Trainee visa Intra-company Transfer visa Graduate Trainee visa (Global Business Mobility) Secondment Worker visa (Global Business Mobility) Senior or Specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility) Service Supplier visa (Global Business Mobility) UK Expansion Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
  • https://www.gov.uk/secondment-worker-visa
    apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’)

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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