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Senior or Specialist 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 designed for an existing employee of an approved sponsor organisation to do an eligible job at the employer's UK branch.

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  • Overview
    A Senior or Specialist Worker visa allows you to come to or stay in the UK to do an eligible job at your employer’s UK branch.
  • Eligibility
    be an existing employee of an organisation that’s been approved by the Home Office as a sponsor

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 organisation approved by the Home Office as a sponsor and have a certificate of sponsorship from that employer.

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  • Eligibility
    be an existing employee of an organisation that’s been approved by the Home Office as a sponsor
  • Eligibility
    have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your employer 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 job must be on the list of eligible occupations and the applicant must be paid at least £52,500 per year.

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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, change jobs unless eligible and updating the visa, have a second job unless they previously had an Intra-company Transfer visa or a Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) Long term Staff visa, or apply to settle permanently (indefinite leave to remain).

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  • https://www.gov.uk/senior-specialist-worker-visa
    With a Senior or Specialist 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/senior-specialist-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/senior-specialist-worker-visa
    You cannot: apply for most benefits, public funds, or the State Pension change jobs unless you are eligible and you update your visa have a second job - unless you’ve previously had an Intra-company Transfer visa or a Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) Long term Staff visa apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’)

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

The permission is granted for whichever is shorter of the time on the certificate of sponsorship plus 14 days or 5 years. It can be extended as many times as desired up to the maximum total stay, which is 5 years in any 6-year period if paid less than £73,900 per year, or 9 years in any 10-year period if paid £73,900 or more. Time spent on certain other Global Business Mobility and predecessor visas counts towards the maximum. There is no maximum stay for those who have been in the UK since 6 April 2011 on specified visas.

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  • How long you can stay
    You can stay in the UK with a Senior or Specialist Worker visa for whichever is shorter of: the time given on your certificate of sponsorship plus 14 days 5 years
  • How long you can stay
    You can apply to extend your visa or apply for another one as many times as you like up to the maximum total stay.
  • How long you can stay
    The maximum total stay allowed for a Senior and Specialist Worker visa is: 5 years in any 6 year period if you’re paid less than £73,900 a year 9 years in any 10 year period if you’re paid £73,900 a year or more
  • How long you can stay
    Any time you spend in the UK on one of the following visas will be included in your maximum total stay: 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)
  • How long you can stay
    If you had a Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) Long-term Staff visa before 6 April 2011 You can stay in the UK for as long as your employer is sponsoring you if you’ve been in the UK since 6 April 2011 on any of the following visas: Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) Long-term Staff visa Intra-company Transfer visa Senior or Specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility) There is no maximum stay.

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

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