Steps To Winning the UK Visa Sponsorship Race

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A complete guide to winning the UK visa sponsorship race.

The United Kingdom, with the world’s sixth-largest economy and major transcontinental business hubs, is an admirable country for recent graduates to start their profession. Learn how to become a member of the working population who works here right away.

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Do you intend to work in the UK after your graduation? In this guide, Here are step-by-step guidelines on how to win that Visa sponsorship race. This blog post is for those who are exploring the Visa sponsorship race, which includes:

New international students who want to draw out a map of the journey after Tier 4 or PSW (PSW is an abbreviation for Post-Study Work).
International professionals who want to explore the UK job market through the SKILLED WORKER VISA OR SCALE-UP VISA

The UK Visa Sponsorship Job Race

Students from different countries dream of getting into the UK’s leading universities and finding a job in the UK owing to their alluring salaries and numerous job prospects. However, in time past the UK do not grant work permits (PSW visas) to foreign students after they started their studies.

The exciting news is that the UK government in September 2019 announced that it will offer post-study work visas. However, it could be quite a hassle to obtain a post-study work visa. Not to worry, in this blog post, we will outline simple and incredibly proven steps to actualise your dream of getting a sponsorship visa come through.

For international professionals who intend to work in the UK, an approved employer can offer you a skilled worker visa so you can work in the UK. There is no longer a Tier 2 (General) visa. In place of Tier 2 (General) visa, the Skilled worker visa is in use.

Requirement For Skilled Worker Visa

To be eligible for a skilled worker visa, you must generally meet the following requirements:

Be employed by a UK employer who has been certified by the UK Home Office
Possess a certificate of sponsorship from the employer detailing the position you’ve been offered
Be paid basic wages- depending on the type of work you do
Have your sponsor submit a letter of sponsorship from your employer

The Scale-up visas are intended for highly qualified individuals recruited by a UK Scale-Up Sponsor who have the skills needed for the Scale-up to continue its continuous growth. The Scale-up visa enables talent to settle in the UK to enable businesses in the UK to continue to flourish.

If you are exploring the Visa sponsorship process, as an international student who is planning your journey after a Tier 4 or PSW visa, or as an international professional who wishes to explore the UK job market through the Skilled Worker Visa or Scale-Up Visa, here are simple and yet benefit-rich steps to follow:

1. Market Research vis a vis skill or Expertise Audit

Where do I fall in the job market? – Because the UK is highly globalised, the labour market is quite competitive. The London job market is booming, however, there is also much more competition for available jobs. Graduate job competition is fierce, but candidates with the right qualifications, skillset, and experience have a better chance of getting hired.

Using educational qualifications the job market can be categorized into skilled labour and unskilled labour. Unskilled labour refers to professions that involve only a General Certificate of Secondary Education or can be filled by a college dropout who masters specific skills.

Unskilled labour typically has no special education requirements for its people employed, implying that unskilled jobs can be performed by the majority of people. Examples of unskilled labour occupations: Farmworkers, food store clerks, hotel maids, and general cleaning staff and sweepers.

Skilled labour is defined as work that requires employees to have specialised training or a trained skill set to undertake. These workers can be classified as blue-collar or white-collar, with varying levels of training or education. Electrical engineers, law enforcement personnel, computer programmers, accounting techs, and admin staff are examples of skilled labour occupations. Skilled labour necessitates additional knowledge or education.

Does my experience fall under highly skilled work? In the United Kingdom, who qualifies as a highly-skilled worker? – A highly skilled worker is a non-UK citizen or EU member whose entry into the UK as a temporary or permanent residence is expedited due to a labour shortage in a particular field.

Highly skilled labour are all characterised by advanced education (college and higher), possession of skills and understanding to do complex tasks, adaptability quickly to technological changes, and innovative application of knowledge and skills obtained via training in their job. Skilled workers are individuals who are actively involved in the creation, growth, dissemination, and utilisation of ideas.

Is your job on the UK skilled worker eligible occupation list? – The UK skilled worker eligible occupation list is a list of vocations and codes that are qualified for the Skilled Worker visa. Click here to see your job eligibility status.

Is your job on the shortage list (an extract of the skilled occupation list)? -The UK’s shortage occupation list includes jobs that the UK government considers to be increasingly scarce in the UK resident jobs market, and for which more lenient eligibility conditions for sponsored work visa applications apply. Check which jobs are on the shortage occupations list in the UK.

Suggestions for the occupation to be included in the list are made by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to fulfil the needs of UK businesses and best represent the selective character of the UK points-based system and sponsored visa applications.

Do I have the industry in-demand skills or tools experience for the role? – The job market has shifted dramatically for both qualified and unskilled workers. Talents, particularly specialised skills, are in high demand.

2. Acquire Relevant Skills

This is next after you have done the earlier stated if your research and audit show you need to acquire skills that will enable you to transition or gain in-demand skills or tools for the target role or industry.