New changes in UK visas in November, innovative visas, global elite visas, and work visas

• by EVOMT
• 2022-12-19

Innovation visa changes may be extended until the spring of 2023!

On October 18th, the official website of the UK internal government released the amendment HC719 to the immigration law this autumn. This amendment does not mention the innovative visa policy change that the industry is concerned about, and the remaining changes further amend the existing immigration policy.

Amendments to the Global Elite Visa Category

The Global Elite Visa category is intended for talented and promising individuals who wish to work in the UK in the fields of science, digital technology, art, and culture. Applicants need to be leaders or potential leaders in their respective fields. This amendment is amended as follows:

Changes in endorsements and evidentiary requirements

Changes have been made to the evidence of applicants in the field of art and culture: letters of support from organizations or individuals who have worked directly with the applicant are required, so that their skills can be reviewed through personal experience rather than through reputation. This is to ensure that the author has a first-hand knowledge of the applicant's work and to prevent submitting more general letters, as this does not fully support the claim of a particular talent or commitment.

Changes have been made to the evidence of applicants in the field of digital technology: Applicants are required to provide support letters from individuals who have detailed knowledge of the applicant's work for at least 12 months. This is to ensure that the author can fully consider the applicant's work to support the outstanding or potential talents proposed by the applicant.

Work visa fine-tuning

An error correction has been made to the current salary rate of CT3/ST3-5 medical professional registered practitioners in England;

Clarified that the treatment of additional wages for tax, pension, and national insurance purposes is the same as that of basic wages;

The maximum duration of the license is specified.

UK Innovation Visa

Innovator Visa is an entrepreneurial immigration channel officially launched by the British Ministry of the Interior on March 29, 2019, which replaces the Entrepreneur visa introduced since 2008 Visa), which aims to address the potential brain drain caused by Brexit and attract outstanding applicants with innovative perspectives, willingness, and ability worldwide.

Same as previous entrepreneur visas (Tier 1 Entrepreneur Compared to Visa, the new visa reduces the hard threshold for investment and can be converted to permanent residence within three years after meeting the conditions, making it one of the fastest routes to settle in the UK.

Innovation Visa Innovator Visa started in 2019, and applicants must be at least 18 years old, have a Class G IELTS score of 5.5, or have a bachelor's degree or above in an English speaking country, and have a minimum funding requirement of £ 50000 to £ 200000 to start an innovation project to apply for this visa.

Information source: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration