A Graduate visa gives you permission to stay in the UK for at least 2 years after successfully completing a course in the UK. You must be in the UK
Privity Partners specializes in supporting international students with Home Office applications for the UK Graduate Visa. This post-study work visa allows students to remain in the UK for a fixed period after completing their studies. It’s crucial to understand the eligibility criteria and application process to maintain lawful status after your student visa expires.
The Graduate Visa is designed for international students who have successfully completed a UK bachelor’s degree or higher. It allows them to work, or look for work, in various job roles without needing a job offer or Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS).
Applicants must meet specific criteria under the points-based system, totalling a minimum of 70 points:
Applications are submitted online. Applicants must be in the UK with valid student leave and should not have previously been granted leave under the Doctorate Extension Scheme or as a Graduate. The application should be initiated after the education provider confirms course completion.
The Graduate Visa typically takes up to 8 weeks to process, with applicants permitted to stay in the UK during this period.
Dependents can apply to continue to remain the Graduate Visa holder if they are already present in the UK. Family members cannot be invited from overseas.
Post-Graduate Visa, the holder cannot extend their stay under this route and must switch to another visa category, such as the Skilled Worker route, to avoid overstaying.
The Graduate Visa offers international students the opportunity to gain work experience in the UK and transition to other visa categories for longer-term stay or settlement. Privity Partners provides comprehensive guidance and support for applicants navigating this process.
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UK Family Visa allows you to bring family members (eligible foreign nationals) to join you in the UK for an extended period of 6 months or more. You can bring your spouse or partner, fiance or proposed civil partner, child, parent, or a relative to who you will provide long-term care.
The Global Business Mobility visa is an umbrella category of five different types of UK work visas. These visas are designed for employees of overseas companies to undertake specific types of work or assignments in the UK.
Our lawyers act for schools, colleges and universities across the world. We understand your context and are able to advise on any legal and regulatory matters, as well as international projects.
The UK Temporary Worker Visa is a work visa that permits you to work in the UK temporarily. The time you can stay in the UK for a Temporary Worker Visa varies depending on the category you apply for and ranges from 6 months to 2 years.
EEA nationals are required to obtain leave to enter or remain in order to visit or live in the UK. Unless a person is coming to the UK for a short visit, they will need to apply for a visa in advance of their arrival.
Whether you wish to recruit a foreign worker, establish a UK branch of an overseas company or effect an intra-company transfer, our immigration barristers can assist. Our expertise covers immigration routes for individual investors and entrepreneurs, small and medium businesses, as well as multinational companies.
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Often people want to come to the UK to settle in the UK, without a specific idea as to what they want to do when they are here. In fact, our clients regularly ask us, what is the quickest way to settle in the UK?
With British citizenship you can apply for a British passport and you will be free of immigration control, allowing you to travel into and out of the UK freely without the need for a visa.
The UK Graduate visa allows international students to remain in the UK after completing their studies for up to two years, or three for doctoral graduates.
If your UK visa or immigration application has been refused, our immigration appeal lawyers can advise you on the merits of appealing to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), prepare your immigration appeal and represent you at your immigration appeal hearing.
Applications for leave to enter or remain in the UK can be made, in certain circumstances, on the basis that to require the individual to leave the UK or to not allow them entry into the UK would be a breach of the individual’s human rights.
Applications for leave to enter or remain in the UK can be made, in certain circumstances, on the basis that to require the individual to leave the UK or to not allow them entry into the UK would be a breach of the individual’s human rights.
The Hong Kong BN(O) route allows BN(O) status holders and certain family members to live, work and study in the UK. After 5 years, applicants will be able to apply for settlement, and after a further year, British citizenship, providing they meet the requirements.
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