- Page Contents
- Overview
- Eligibility Requirements
- Points Table
- Points For Initial Application
- Period & Conditions Of Grant
- Priority or Super Priority Service
- How Can We Help?
- Our Fixed Fees
You can apply for switching into Global Talent visa from inside the UK if you are already in the UK under a different type of UK visa from which switching into Global Talent visa is permitted under the UK Immigration Rules. An application for switching into Global Talent visa is made in accordance with requirements as set out in Appendix Global Talent of the Immigration Rules. An application for switching into Global Talent visa can be submitted to the Home Office UKVI through Priority or Super Priority Service to get faster decision on the application.
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Requirements For Switching Into Global Talent Visa UK
An applicant applying for switching into Global Talent visa from inside the UK must meet the following requirements of Appendix Global Talent of the Immigration Rules:
- Valid application: The applicant must submit a valid application in accordance with requirements of a valid application as set out in Appendix Global Talent of the Immigration Rules;
- Endorsement letter or prestigious prize: The applicant must have been issued with an endorsement letter by a Home Office approved endorsing body or have been awarded a prize listed in Appendix Global Talent: Prestigious Prizes; and
- Date of application: If applying for the first grant of permission on the Global Talent route using an endorsement letter, the date of application must be no more than 3 months after the date on the endorsement letter; and
- Endorsement or prize not withdrawn or suspended: The applicant’s endorsement or prize must not have been withdrawn or suspended;
- Points requirement: An applicant applying for switching into Global Talent visa must be awarded 70 points based on the points table;
- Written consent to the application from the Government or agency: If the applicant has in the last 12 months before the date of application received an award from a Government or international scholarship agency covering both fees and living costs for study in the UK, they must provide written consent to the application from that Government or agency;
- Age of the applicant: The applicant must be aged 18 or over on the date of application;
- Immigration status requirement: A person applying for switching into Global Talent visa must be in the UK and must not have, or have last been granted, permission:
- as a Visitor; or
- as a Short-term Student; or
- as a Parent of a Child Student; or
- as a Seasonal Worker; or
- as a domestic worker in a private household; or
- outside the Immigration Rules.
- Suitability requirement: The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal;
- Not in breach of immigration laws: If applying for permission to stay the applicant must not be:
- in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph 39E applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
- on immigration bail.
- Other Related Pages
- Entry Clearance For Global Talent Visa UK
- Extension Of Global Talent Visa UK
- ILR As A Global Talent Migrant
- Global Talent Dependant Visa
Points Table For Switching Into Global Talent Visa
An applicant applying for switching into Global Talent visa must be awarded 70 points based on the points table:
| Requirement | Points available |
|---|---|
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An applicant making an initial application not relying on an endorsement:
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70 |
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An applicant making an initial application relying on an endorsement:
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70 |
| Total number of points required in each case | 70 |
Points For Initial Application On The Global Talent Route
Applicants relying on a prize in Appendix Global Talent: Prestigious Prizes to score points must meet both of the following requirements:
- they must be the named recipient of the prize (prizes given to an organisation or group the applicant is associated with are not acceptable); and
- the prize issued by the relevant body must not have been withdrawn or suspended.
Applicants relying on an endorsement to score points must meet both of the following requirements:
- the endorsement issued by the endorsing body must not have been withdrawn; and
- the endorsing body must continue to be approved by the Home Office on the date of decision.
If above given requirements are met, 70 points will be awarded for an initial application on the Global Talent route.
Period and Conditions Of Grant
Permission will be granted for the period of years the applicant requests, up to a maximum of 5 years on each application. There is no limit on the total period of permission that may be granted on the Global Talent route.
The grant will be subject to all the following conditions:
- no access to public funds; and
- work (including self-employment and voluntary work) permitted except for employment as a professional sportsperson (including as a sports coach); and
- study is permitted, subject to the ATAS condition in Appendix ATAS; and
- if Part 10 applies the applicant will be required to register with the police.
Priority or Super Priority Service
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide fast-track visa service to get you a decision on your application faster under the Priority Service or Super Priority service. This way, you will get a decision on your application faster and will not have to wait for a decision on your application for months (sometimes years).
Our fast track immigration solicitors can prepare your application faster and submit your application under the Priority Service or Super Priority Service to get you faster decision on your application.
As specialist immigration solicitors in London, we are registered with the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) and its commercial partners UKVCAS Sopra Steria to provide Priority Service or Super Priority Service for your application whereby decision on your application will be made by the Home Office UKVI faster. An application submitted through Priority Service is normally decided within 5 working days, and an application submitted through Super Priority Service is normally decided within 24 hours (usually by the end of the next working day).
One-Off Service For Submission Of Your Application Through Super Priority Service
Our specialist team of fast-track immigration solicitors can provide a one-off service to submit your completed UK visa and immigration application through Priority / Super Priority Service so that you get a decision on your UK visa and immigration application faster. We will submit your application through Priority / Super Priority Service on the basis of no submission no fee which means if we fail to submit your application through Priority / Super Priority Service within 48 hours of fees being paid to us, we will issue the full refund of the fees paid to us, without any deductions.
We will act for you under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA), under which we will issue a full refund of the fees paid to us, without any deductions if we fail to submit your application through Priority / Super Priority Service within 48 hours of payment being made to us.
If we successfully submit your application through Priority / Super Priority Service within 48 hours of payment being made to us, we will charge a fixed fee of £250 + VAT (£300 including VAT) on the basis of a conditional fee agreement (CFA) signed between you and us.
How Can We Help?
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on a fixed fee basis in relation to your application. Our fixed fee for your immigration application will cover all the work of our immigration solicitors on your immigration application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your application. The casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors in relation to your immigration application will entail the following:
- Advice on requirements: Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your immigration application to succeed.
- Advice on documents: Our immigration lawyers will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your immigration application;
- Assessment of documents: Our immigration lawyers will assess your documents to ensure that all the documents you provide in support of your application comply with the requirements of the immigration rules.
- Completing application form: Our immigration lawyers will complete the relevant application form for your immigration application.
- Submitting an application through Priority or Super Priority Service: Where possible, our immigration lawyers will submit your online immigration application through priority or super-priority service to get a faster decision on your immigration application.
- Booking an appointment with the application centre: After you submit your immigration application online, our immigration lawyers will book an appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.
- Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the immigration application to explain all the relevant legal requirements and how the applicant has satisfied such requirements with the documents submitted with the application.
- Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrollment date, our immigration lawyers will upload all the supporting documents online to be considered in support of the immigration application.
- Follow-up work: Our immigration lawyers will carry out all the follow-up work until the Home Office UKVI decides on the immigration application.
Our One-Off Services For Immigration Applications
Our immigration solicitors can also provide a wide range of one-off legal services for UK visa and immigration applications. Using our one-off services can help those who do not want to use our full service for immigration applications. You can use one of the following one-off legal services offered for UK visa and immigration applications:
Our Fixed Fees For Global Talent Visa Applications
Our fixed fees for Global Talent visa applications are as given in the fee table below:
| Our Service | Our Fixed Fees Range |
| Full service for Entry Clearance for Global Talent visa to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) | From £1,500 To £2,500 (no VAT) |
| Full service for switching into a Global Talent visa from inside the UK through Priority or Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £1,000 + VAT To £2,000 + VAT |
| Full service for the extension of Global Talent visa from inside the UK through Priority or Super Priority Service to cover our work until decision on your application | From £1,000 + VAT To £2,000 + VAT |
| Full service for ILR as a Global Talent migrant from inside the UK through Priority or Super Priority Service to cover our work until decision on your ILR application | From £1,000 + VAT To £2,000 + VAT |
The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of casework involved. In addition to our fixed fee, the applicant also has to pay the Home Office UKVI fees for the application.