FOR RECENT GRADUATES FROM OVERSEAS WHO ARE APPLYING FOR
WORK PERMITS IN THE UK.
To apply for this visa, eligible candidates do not need to receive an
employment offer from a UK business.
Despite UK government plans to crackdown on overseas students’ recruitment abuse by foreign agents, it is to be noted that the current UK government has recently announced that, subject to further assessment,
it will maintain the graduate work visa pathway in its current form for international students.
The government notes that the pathway mostly fulfilled the initial goals put
forth by the UK government.
Launched in July 2021 as an unsponsored visa route, the UK Graduate route
(formerly known as the Post Study Work visa) permits international students to
remain in the UK and work in most jobs or hunt for employment.
The route aims to draw in talented people. Employers in the UK are able to
hire new graduates with this visa without needing to fulfil the financial or
legal prerequisites for employment sponsorship.
Notably, 66,000 visas were
issued during the program's first full year of operation in 2022, and
144,000 last year.
1.26 million travels were made in the previous year. This was slightly less
than the 1.28 million in 2022, but it was 76% greater than in 2021 when travel
was still restricted because to the COVID-19 epidemic.
The majority of foreign migrants' journeys to the UK begin with stops for
employment or education. In the past, yearly research routes accounted for
around half of all new journeys; in 2022 and 2023, this percentage fell to 42%
and 43%, correspondingly.
Graduates residing in the UK on a graduate visa do not need to be
sponsored by an educational institution or an employer, nor do they require a
Certificate of Sponsorship.
Key Takes of the Visa:
PROS
Successful applicants are eligible to:
Work in most jobs
Look for work.
be self-employed
do voluntary work
travel abroad and return to the UK
Their partner and children can apply to stay in the UK if they are
eligible.
CONS
Successful applicants are not eligible to:
Extend their graduate visa. However, they may be able to switch to a
different visa, for example, a Skilled Worker visa.
to apply for most UK benefits (public funds), or the State Pension
to work as a professional sportsperson in the UK
We have more than ten years of experience helping immigrants in the UK.
A legitimate request for complimentary legal application support can be made
through associated agencies, subsidiaries, and through our main website.
Please be advised that at this time, qualifying candidates who are
switching—that is, changing their leave to remain application from the graduate
route to another UK immigration application route—are not eligible for our free
legal support.
Skilled Worker visa, Graduate visa, other work visas, right to work.
Visas you can apply for without a job offer
You can apply for the following without a job offer in the UK: British
National (Overseas) visa, Graduate visa, Youth Mobility Scheme visa, India Young
Professionals Scheme visa, Apply for the Global Talent visa, UK Ancestry visa
and High Potential Individual (HPI)
Learn more
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immigration, employment and on-demand educational support services to
those in need in the UK and overseas for over a decade.
FAMILY SUPPORT
For: UK Leave To Remain and Settlement, ILR
Leeds Immigration Advice Centre, LIAC have been providing personal
immigration, employment and on-demand educational support services to
families in need in the UK and overseas for over a decade.
BUSINESS SUPPORT
UK Sponsors: Employment and Education
Leeds Immigration Advice Centre, LIAC have been providing business
immigration, employment and on-demand educational support services to
those in need in the UK and overseas for over a decade.
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