Work in the UK

 A Business Visitor visa allows you to visit the UK for business and work-related reasons for a maximum continuous period of 6 months. Our expert immigration solicitors can help you or your employees get the visa you need to seize business opportunities in the UK. 

 If you own a UK company with an overseas business, you may need to employ overseas workers. If your overseas business is connected to the UK business, the employee could qualify for a Global Business Mobility Worker visa. 

 An Innovator visa (formerly known as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa or Tier 1 Innovator visa) allows you to start or take over a business in the UK. It’s a complex application process but our immigration solicitors will guide you through each step of the visa application and advise you on how to comply with the terms of your visa during your time in the UK. 

 We understand that navigating the UK's immigration system can be complex challenging. One crucial aspect organisations often grapple with is getting a Sponsor Licence. This licence lets your company sponsor migrant workers. 

 In the UK’s points-based immigration framework, a Skilled Worker visa is the most common visa type applied for in the UK. It allows migrant workers to be sponsored by a UK organisation to do a specific skilled job in the UK. This route also allows dependents, such as a spouse and/or children, to join the Skilled Worker in the UK. 

 You can come to the UK on a Representative of an Overseas Business visa if you’re an employee being posted to the UK on a long-term assignment. 

 You can apply for a visa to visit the UK with your employer if you: live outside the UK, are a domestic worker in a private household, have worked for your employer for at least one year, meet the other eligibility requirements

 You can apply as a representative of an overseas business if you’re an employee of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation posted on a long-term assignment to the UK. 

 Guidance for those working for a company based in Switzerland and your employer needs you to work on a pre-existing contract in the UK.

You can apply for a Seasonal Worker visa to come to the UK and work in: horticulture for up to 6 months - for example, picking fruit and vegetables or flowers, poultry from 2 October to 31 December, in the same year

You need to apply for poultry Seasonal Worker visas by 15 November each year.

You can apply for horticulture Seasonal Worker visas at any time of year. You’ll need to: have a sponsor, meet the other eligibility requirements, This visa has replaced the Temporary Worker - Seasonal Worker visa (T5).

You can apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange visa if you: want to come to the UK for a short time for work experience or to do training, an Overseas Government Language Programme, research or a fellowship through an approved government authorised exchange scheme; have a sponsor, meet the other eligibility requirements

This visa has replaced the Temporary Worker - Government Authorised Exchange visa (T5).

 You must apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa if: you’ve been offered work in the UK as a creative worker, you meet the other eligibility requirements

A creative worker is someone who works in the creative industries, for example an actor, dancer, musician or film crew member.

This visa has replaced the Temporary Worker - Creative and Sporting visa (T5). If you’re a sportsperson, you can work in the UK with the International Sportsperson visa.