GRADUATE TRAINEE (GLOBAL BUSINESS MOBILITY)
A Graduate Trainee visa allows you to come to or stay in the UK to work for your employer in their UK branch. Your job must be eligible and part of a graduate training programme for a managerial or specialist role.
To qualify for a Graduate Trainee visa, you must:
- Be an existing employee of an organisation that’s been approved by the Home Office as a sponsor
- Have worked for your sponsor outside the UK for at least three months immediately before you apply
- Have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your employer with information about the work you will do in the UK
- Do a job that’s on the list of eligible occupations
- Be paid at least £23,100 per year
If you are granted a Graduate Trainee Visa, you can:
To qualify for a Graduate Trainee visa, you must:
- Stay in the UK for up to 12 months
- Bring eligible partners and children with you
- Work for your Sponsor in the job described
- Study
- Do voluntary work
- Travel abroad and to the UK
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To make an application, you must:
- Make a valid application online
- Provide biometric data (fingerprint and photograph)
- Pay the Fee
- Provide supporting documents
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.
To qualify for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa, you must:
- Be suitable for the route
- Be an existing employee of an organisation that’s been approved by the Home Office as a sponsor
- Have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your employer with information about the work you will do in the UK
- Do a job that is on the list of eligible occupations
- Be paid at least £42,400 per year

If you are granted a Senior Specialist Worker Visa, you can:
- Stay in the UK for up to 2 years
- Bring eligible partners and children with you
- Work for your Sponsor in the job described
- Study Do voluntary work Travel abroad and to the UK

