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This visa is especially designed for highly skilled migrants, entrepreneurs, investors and foreign graduates of UK educational institutions. This visa is basically designed to attract the top talent from outside the European Union who can contribute the most to the UK’s economy. One of the major benefits of this type of a visa is that migrants coming to UK under tier 1 do not require a job offer or a sponsor and are free to seek employment anywhere in the UK. Since it is a points based system a person must score 75 points to come to the UK under this type of a visa. If you are granted the tier 1 visa, you can stay upto three years in the UK and after three years you can easily renew the visa.
Eligibility:
In each category of Tier 1, points are earned according to three sets of criteria:
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Criteria specific to each category, such as age and past experience in regards to the General Highly Skilled Migrants sub-category. Migrants will need to score at least 75 points to pass.
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English language ability. Migrants will be required to score 10 points in an assessment of their English language competency.
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Ability for migrants to support themselves and any dependants. Migrants need to score 10 points in this area by demonstrating that they have sufficient funds for their stay in the United Kingdom until they find employment. Sufficient funds are judged against the latest standard of living figures.
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