United Kingdom · National (United Kingdom)
Work
Senior or Specialist Worker Visa
For employees of an overseas business being assigned to work at its UK branch, subsidiary, or joint venture.
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Pathway overview
For employees of an overseas business being assigned to work at its UK branch, subsidiary, or joint venture.
Verified directly from GOV.UK: you must have a certificate of sponsorship from the UK branch of your overseas employer, be paid at least £52,500 per year or the job's own published going rate (whichever is higher), and your job must be on the list of eligible occupations (5 specific creative-sector codes are excluded, not modeled separately). You must also have worked for your employer outside the UK for at least 12 months, unless you're paid £73,900 or more, in which case there's no minimum — this tool checks a single self-declared yes/no for that requirement rather than the salary-conditioned branch.
Eligibility requirements
- Intended applicant
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- Job offer
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- Age
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- Language
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- Experience
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Costs and financial requirements
- Main financial requirement
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- Government fee
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Application process
Apply online after your employer issues a certificate of sponsorship, within 3 months
Status, validity and rights
- Current status
- Open
- Initial validity
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- Renewal
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- Work rights
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- Study rights
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Family inclusion
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Permanent residence and citizenship
Permanent residence
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Citizenship
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Eligibility to apply for permanent residence or citizenship never guarantees approval.
Required documents
An official pathway-specific document checklist has not yet been confirmed in structured format.
Official sources and verification
No reviewer-confirmed official source is available for public display yet.
- Last published
- 2026-09-05
- Last source verification
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- Effective from
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- Effective to
- No end date published
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