The Global Business Mobility visa is a combined new category of sponsored routes for overseas businesses seeking to establish a presence in the UK or to transfer staff for specific business purposes. There are FIVE Global Business Mobility Routes:
Senior or Specialist Worker
The Senior or Specialist Worker route is for overseas workers undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker is a senior manager or specialist employee and is assigned to a UK business linked to their employer overseas.
Graduate Trainee
The Graduate Trainee route is for overseas workers who are undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker is on a graduate training course leading to a senior management or specialist position
UK Expansion Worker route
The UK Expansion Worker route is for overseas workers undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK. The worker is a senior manager or specialist employee and is assigned to the UK to undertake work related to a business’s expansion to the UK.
Service Supplier route
The Service Supplier route is for overseas workers undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker is either a contractual service supplier employed by an overseas service provider or a self-employed independent professional based overseas. They need to undertake an assignment in the UK to provide services covered by one of the UK’s international trade agreements that is
Secondment Worker route
The Secondment Worker route is for overseas workers undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK. The worker is being seconded to the UK as part of a high-value contract or investment by their employer overseas.
Dependent partners and children
Dependent partners and children can apply for these routes with the main applicant. The Global Business Mobility routes do not lead to settlement, but once your business is established, you can switch to the Skilled Migrant Route.