UK Global Talent

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Leading & Promising Tech Entrepreneurs Wish to Work in the UK?

Are you a promising leader of your industry? Are you a mentor for others? Are you one of the brightest and best tech talent in your country? Do you wish to open your own company in the UK and are seeking funding from an innovative accelerator program?

Are you a founder or a Senior employee with technical or business background? Does your business plan fall under any type of tech sub-sectors like fintech, AI, cyber, and games.

Are you more of a technical expert with skills and can demonstrate proven technical expertise in building, using, deploying or exploiting a technology stack Or are you more of a business founder who can demonstrate a proven commercial, investment, or product expertise in building digital products or leading investments in significant digital product businesses.

In order to answer the above, all foreigners must abide by the UK Immigration Rules while you are subject to immigration control. Review below the list of current UK work visas available for leading and promising entrepreneurs in all field of Science, Tech, business, art, fashion, medicine, engineering and more and DRSI Law shall be happy to expand on further details relevant to your case.

Main Most common UK Work permits Options

UK Visas and Immigration runs two visa systems – a Point Based System aka PBS work visas, and a Non PBS system. They are divided by your legal employment status. Tier 1 Options are divided into options for Entrepreneurs, Investors, Startups and Directors Tier 2 Options are for employees of a UK company.

Point Based UK Visa Options

  • Tier 1 – Innovator visa –  You must have at least £50,000 in investment funds and you want to set up a new business and you have been endorsed by a Home Office Approved Endorsement company – see list https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/endorsing-bodies-innovator.
  • Tier 1 – Start-up visa – You have the vision to start up a new company and want to work at the same time for a UK employer and you have been endorsed by a Home Office Approved Endorsement Company – see the list:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/endorsing-bodies-start-up
  • Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1) – This visa category has been closed – but EXTENSIONS can still be made until 5th April 2023.
  • Tier 1 – Investors who have made an investment of 2,000,000 or more in a UK Company.
  • Tier 1 – Global Talent/promise in the science, humanities, engineering, medicine, digital technology or the arts as: as a recognized leader or an emerging leader or with a talented Promise – through an endorsement company.

 

Global Talent visa

The recent Global Talent visas are very diversified and separated to subcategories:

To get a Global Talent visa, you need to apply to be endorsed:

  • as a leader (exceptional talent)
  • as an emerging leader (exceptional promise)
  • under the UK Research and Innovation endorsed funder option
  • hold an approved peer-reviewed fellowship
  • are a senior academic or senior researcher at a UK university, college or research institute – check with your employer whether your role is eligible
  • will be hosted or employed in an approved UK research organisation and will provide critical contributions to work supported by a research grant or award from an approved endorsed funder

 

DRSI Law has a vast range of experience filing cases to the British fashion Council , Tech Nation, Royal College of arts, Royal Society, for science and medicine, Royal Academy of Engineering, The British Academy, Arts Council England and the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), for research applicants. 

We evaluate your eligibility, guide you on the documentation to collect, edit the package in accordance to the strict requirements and follow through the entire process starting with an endorsement, till the visa stage. A recent case approval is attached here.

A recent article explaining in detail the process can be found here. 

 

The endorsing bodies are:

  • The Royal Society, for science and medicine
  • The Royal Academy of Engineering, for engineering
  • The British Academy, for humanities
  • Tech Nation, for digital technology
  • Arts Council England, for arts and culture
  • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), for research applicants

In Arts – If your qualifying field is fashion, architecture or film and television, Arts Council England will pass on your application for review to:

  • British Fashion Council, for fashion
  • Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), for architecture
  • Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT), for film and television

The Academia

There are four routes for eligible academics and researchers to obtain endorsement for a Global Talent visa. 

The Home Office Guidance sets these out under the heading Science, engineering, humanities and medicine applicants, though a full range of academic and research disciplines are covered. 

  1. Senior appointments – fast-track endorsement for individuals who have accepted a job as a Professor, Associate Professor, Reader, or equivalent position such as Senior Group Leader, at an approved UK higher education institution or research institute, provided certain recruitment requirements are met. This route is administered by the British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society.
  2. Individual fellowships – fast-track endorsement for individuals who have been awarded an individual fellowship on the list approved by the British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society. The fellowship must be held currently or within the last 12 months.
  3. Endorsed funders* – fast-track endorsement for researchers and specialists whose name or job title is specified in a successful grant application from an endorsed funder approved by UKRI. In order to be eligible, researchers must be hosted or employed by eligible institutions named in Annex 2 of the Global Talent Immigration Rules.
  4. Peer review – standard endorsement for individuals who submit an application for full peer review by the British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering or Royal Society.

 

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