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- how to get work permit for uk without job offer?
- Getting a work permit in the UK without a job in hand can be a cumbersome process, because usually the standard procedure is to find a job first before getting a work visa is issued. Nevertheless, there are of few countries where it would be possible to receive a work visa or work permit without employment invitation. Here are some possibilities:
- 1. Global Talent Visa
- Overview: GTI is aimed at talented persons with niche skills in science and engineering, humanities and digital technology, and arts.
- Eligibility: There is no requirement to have a job offer but you need to meet the definition of belonging to an endorsed ‘field’ for your nominated role – recognized by a UKensuring body in your field at the time of application (e.g., the Royal Society for science, or Tech Nation for digital industries).
- Requirements:
- You have to prove that you are the person to rely on in your field or that you are on your way to being one.
- In order to apply you need an endorsement from a recognizable organization of UK.
- Advantages: This visa has general work permit privilege and the candidate can work for multiple employers or as a contractor with out need for a specific employer to sponsor the visa.
- 2. Start-up Visa
- Overview: Another visa for entrepreneurs is for those who have no experience in setting up a business in the United Kingdom whatsoever.
- Eligibility: You don’t need job offer but should have a work ready business idea which is viable, innovative, and scalable, which should be supported by an approved recognized body of UK such as, university or business incubator.
- Requirements:
- It must be gotten and supported for your business idea to be approved and endorsed.
- You have to provide evidence that you can cater for yourself during the recognized period in the United Kingdom.
- Advantages: After achieving this visa you are free to start your own business without having to be employed by anybody.
- 3. Innovator Visa
- Overview: The Innovator Visa is for those business people with a higher level of experience and who would like to start or carry out a business in the UK.
- Eligibility: You also don’t require a job offer as you do with the Start-up Visa. However the candidate must propose a creative business idea that has been recommended by a competent authority.
- Requirements:
- The business to be seized has to be new, and ought to have the potentiality for growth.
- You need trading capital (these are usually minimum of £ 50, 000) to fund your business.
- Advantages: It allows you to fund a business and work in the United Kingdom without any requirement of a job offer.
- 4. ERASMUS for young people – Youths (Students, Newcastle University, Undergraduate, Postgraduate) registration for mobility in the United Kingdom under Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme.
- Overview: For those between 18 and 30 years, there is the Youth Mobility Scheme Visa available for application.
- Eligibility: Without job offer: The person should be the citizen of certain countries such as Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea and Taiwan.
- Requirements:
- You need to have some money for personal needs after arriving at the country of destination.
- Advantages: One, it gives permission to work and resid3 in the UK for up to two years (up to three years for some countries, and one doesn’t need an offer for a job to apply).
- 5. Graduate Visa
- Overview: If you have recently done your degree in UK you can apply for a Graduate Visa which enables one to work or look for a job at any level in UK for 2 years after completing your degree (3 years if you did a PhD).
- Eligibility: It stays that for you to apply, it is required that you were a student at a UK university and that you had valid student visa when applying.
- Advantages: You don’t need a job offer or sponsorship from an employer and you’re free to work in almost any industry.
6. Ancestry Visa
Overview: In case, you are a Commonwealth citizen and one of your grandparent was born in the United Kingdom then you may apply for an Ancestry Visa.
Eligibility: You do not have to have a job offer, however, you do have to prove that you will have enough money to support yourself and any dependents that you have.
Requirements: Your ancestry and that shows that you can work in the UK without an offer of a job from an employer.
Advantages: You can work, live and study within the United Kingdom with the prospects of obtaining the opportunity to settle within the country.
7. HCWV-Health and Care Worker Visa (If applicable)
Overview: Normally this visa categorically demands the applicant to have a certain job offer, but in some circumstances with special advanced education in medical services you may apply without a job offer.
Eligibility: To become a professional carer you must possess excellent academic record in a health or social care field.
Requirements:
It must be in an occupation on the shortage occupation list.
Some of the particular positions can let you submit an application without having an offer of employment.
Additional Considerations:
Visa Sponsorship: Some types of Visas for the UK mean that you have to have a job offer first, for example, Skilled Worker Visa. However if you are highly qualified or highly experienced one, then a work sponsor could be willing to employ you once you obtain a visa such as the Global Talent Visa.
Self-Employment: It is equally possible for you to become a freelancer or start your own business before arriving in the country than would require a job offer from your employer. The Innovator Visa and the Start-up Visa are uniquely aimed at the businessmen who do not have a job offer back in the United Kingdom but who yearned to establish their businesses in the country.
Steps to Apply:
Research the Visa Options: Check which of the work visa routes are relevant to you in order to determine which ones you qualify for.
Endorsement/Approval: To apply for the Global Talent, Start-up or Innovator Visa, get an endorsement or approval from an approved body.
Prepare Financial Evidence: Depending on the circumstances some visas will require one to demonstrate that you will be able to financially support yourself.
Complete the Application: It is recommended to apply on the official website of the UK Government: attach the necessary documents, and pay for the visa.
Their eligibility can be checked with reference to the details given on the website of the UK government or by consulting an immigration consultant or an immigration lawyer.
