The Global Business Mobility-Graduate Trainee Visa is for the foreign workers who are transferred by their employer to the UK for a work placement as part of a graduate training course.
Graduate Trainee Visa does not lead to the settlement however workers have the option of switching to another immigration category leads to settlement.
Individuals applying for this route can be accompanied by their dependents (children and partner). Dependent Partner must be over the age of 18 and dependent children under the age of 18. The number of graduate trainees that the UK sponsor may sponsor has no limit.
This Graduate Trainee visa has replaced the previously known Tier 2(Intra-company Transfer) Graduate Trainee Visa. Morgan Smith Immigration has vast experience in assisting individuals and businesses their Graduate Trainee Visa and other Global Business Mobility categories. Contact your lawyer on 02039593335 or email you questions on [email protected] to discuss further.
Requirements:
In order to qualify for the Graduate Trainee Visa the following requirements should be met:
- Applicants have to be associated with an organisation that is linked to their UK sponsor by ownership or by joint venture.
- They must have worked outside the UK for this particular business for at least 3 months prior to the date of their visa application.
- For the job that applicants are planning to do they need to have a valid certificate of sponsorship issued by an employer holding a Sponsorship Licence under the Global Business Mobility category for Graduate Trainees.
- Applicant’s job has to be an eligible job at or above a minimum skill level and in most of the cases, applicants need to have a salary that equals or exceeds £23,100 per year and 70% of the pro-rata going rate for the occupation.
- The going rate requirement will be 100% of the pro-rata going rate if the applicant is being sponsored for a job in education or health occupation codes. However, they will not have to satisfy the need of an English language requirement.
- Upon approval the applicant will be granted leave as a Graduate Trainee for 1 year under the Global Business Mobility.
- A graduate trainee visa can be extended from within the UK for 1 year. However, applicants have to be careful and not spend more than the cumulative time permitted in the UK under Global Mobility routes.
Applicants are permitted to work in the UK for the sponsor in the job that is described on the Certificate of Sponsorship. Whilst working in the UK, applicants can also do voluntary work or undertake a course of study. If you are interested in applying for Graduate Trainee Visa, Morgan Smith Immigration can provide you with a tailored advice on it. For more information about Global Business Mobility routes and our immigration services please contact us on 0203 959 3335.
