What are the different types of Intra-company Transfer visa?
There are currently two categories to the Intra-company Transfer visa. i. Long Term Staff; or ii. Graduate Trainee.
Due to the recent changes to the Immigration System for the UK, the previously known Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) Visa/ Intra-Company Transfer Visa has now been replaced by the Global Mobility Visa.
Please note that no new applications for the ICT Visa will be accepted. You should choose the most appropriate visa for your circumstances, which may include one of the following:
There are two sub-categories for the Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) visa; long-term staff and graduate trainee.
Long-term staff
This is for an employee who needs to be transferred to a job which cannot be filled by a UK recruit; they must have worked for their employer overseas for at least 12 months (unless they are going to earn at least £73,900 in the UK or more, based on working a maximum of 48 hours per week).
Graduate Trainee
This route is for workers taking part in a structured graduate training programme who are being transferred by the overseas entity to a role in the UK. The job must be part of a structured graduate training programme, with clearly defined progression towards a managerial or specialist role within the sponsor group.
The trainee must have worked outside the UK for the group for a continuous period of at least 3 months immediately before the date of their application.
To apply for an ICT visa, the applicant must be able to provide:
ICT (Long Term visa) migrants can stay in the UK for a maximum total stay of:
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There are currently two categories to the Intra-company Transfer visa. i. Long Term Staff; or ii. Graduate Trainee.
The UK sponsor will need to pay:
Long-Term staff visa holders can stay in the UK for a total period of:
Family members are permitted to join the main applicant as a dependant. A ‘dependant’ is any one of the following:
Yes, you can study on an ICT visa provided that this does not interfere with the job you have been sponsored to do.
In some circumstances, you will need to obtain an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate for the particular course/ research and present it at the educational institution before you start studying.
Long Term Staff migrants must be paid at least £41,500 per annum, or the going rate for the job (whichever is higher) Graduate Trainee migrants must be paid at least £23,000 or 70% of the going rate for the job (whichever is higher) Each occupation code has its own annual going rate, therefore if you require assistance, please contact us.
If your sponsor is certifying maintenance on your Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), you do not need to provide any evidence of savings.
If maintenance has not certified, you will need to demonstrate that you have personal savings of at least £1,270. You must have control of the funds you are relying on and show the funds have evidence to show the funds have been held for 28 days, must be from the 31 days before you submit the application. The 28 day is calculated from the date of the last transaction in the last dated bank statement.
Previous convictions can affect the outcome of an application. It is important that all sections of a UK visa application are completed accurately, as any omissions could result not only in the refusal of an application, but also a 10-year ban on any future applications.
If you applied for permission to enter, and it was refused, you may be given a right to make a request for a review of the decision. Alternatively, if you applied for permission to stay, and it was refused, you may be given full rights of appeal, subject to meeting the requirements.
In either circumstance, please contact us so we can advise you accordingly.