How I got my UK Tier 1 Global Talent Visa (Exceptional Talent Visa)
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In this video, I share my experience of applying and getting the Tier 1 Global Talent visa (which used to be called Tier 1 Exceptional Talent visa).
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Wow! Have just come across your videos ,it's very educational and good contents as well. Keep it work!
Can a 1st year PhD Student that have been awarded the Horizon Europe Studentship apply for GTV ?
bro, just after listening to your Bio till 1 min , 3 countries 3 degrees , superb
Thanks Sravan. :)
This wasn't meant to sound intimidating in any way. I know others who have got this visa without having a single degree!
Thank you so much, you really gave me hope...honestly man, thanks for this little video, I'm gonna work hard on making my profile stronger as you said and will look forward to apply
Glad to hear it! Good luck! :)
Thank you for the motivation
PHD in Engineering , Nice! You are exceptional.
Thank you for the information
Thanks Mate. Feeling motivated.
All the best!
Great Video. Very insightful. Thanks a lot
Please check email when possible, thanks
Great video.
But also in my definition of exceptional is a foreign student accepted to study engineering at Cambridge.
Thanks Adam! :)
Thanks a lot, mate. I am actually looking forward to apply for the same. I also thought that it might require me to be the exceptional in my field. Now I am clear what that mean. I also got to know that they interview the candidate! Is that right??? Home office as well the Tech Nation. My contact in UK told me so.
I'm not aware of the interview aspect unless it is a fairly new thing. I can't see any mention of interview in their website: technation.io/visa-tech-nation-visa-guide/#overview
The only small kink with your case is the following:
"Tech nation endorsed "exceptional promise" route requires you to wait for 5 years before applying for settlement"
In your case, you could have applied for the RAE endorsement, which has a wait-time of just 3 years before applying for ILR even for exceptional promise
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Secondly, some other points about the content in the video which may be of help to others:
For science endorsing bodies, you just need one recommendation letter. My endorsing body was the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Also, the endorsement review does not generally help. Stage 1 is not an immigration application. Therefore, it is not a formal visa appeal protected by immigration laws, but rather merely an administrative review, which clearly states that all that they will do is to independently investigate whether your application was handled in a neutral way, and that all the proper procedures have been followed.
They will not review any new evidence/documents that were not part of the original endorsement application. Also, admin review is not a repeat assessment/peer-review of your application in detail, but rather just an internal auditing to confirm that their standard internal procedures were followed, and there was no lapse of following the formalities as laid out in the guidelines (by either the endorsing body or the Home Office). For example, a review is likely to be successful if the Home Office did not correctly forward a supporting document (such as a conference publication citing that you are just the 17th author in the list, or that they goofed up in conveying the incorrect ATLAS UAN number/decision overlay to you etc.). They will not study the merits of your case again!
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Question to OP:
You said you were working in software engineering field prior to applying for your visa. In the later section, you also say you had to apply for GTV from your home country since you were on a Tier 4 visa. Did you mean Tier 4 DES?
If you are on a Tier2 visa in the UK, you can switch from within the UK, and whatever time you already spent on Tier 2 counts towards this 3 years limits. This could be crucial. A friend of mine spent 2 years, 11 months on Tier 2 and switched to global talent just a month ago, and has already been approved for ILR.
Thanks Krishnakumar for the detailed comment!
Since I changed my field and was no longer doing research at the University, applying for Tech Nation route made more sense. As RAE would have expected me to still be working in research in Engineering unless I am mistaken. Also the rule of 3 years for exceptional promise is a more recent rule. It wasn't there when I applied.
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Is your point that the documents aren't checked as thoroughly as one might expect or something else? I didn't get it fully. Since I didn't apply through the RAE route, I can't comment much on that.
It would be great if you can give more details about your journey in another comment and I can simply pin the comment for others to see!
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- Yes I meant Tier 4 DES.
@@SatyajitSatoDas RAE does endorse software engineering research. See page 19 of the global talent guidance PDF. You don't even need recent papers or patents. Even pre-prints on ArXiV will do. Yes, 3 years ILR for exceptional promise from RAE/Royal Society is introduced for global talent visa. However, if you had been endorsed under the old T1 Exceptional Talent by RAE/Royal Society, you can still benefit from the accelerated settlement (see the global talent transition section for T1 endorsement/visa holders in the guidance).
Tech nation based endorsements (be it GTV or the old T1 scheme) absolutely require you to wait for 5 years before ILR is granted, and your T2 visa time doesn't count. This means not only a longer wait time for settlement, but also you have to pay the IHS surcharge for 5 years instead of just 2 or 3 years. This is now a whopping £600 per year beginning from Oct 2020.
My journey was simple. BTech from India, MS from Virginia Tech, PhD from Imperial College London. About 6 years of full-time industry experience. Applied for stage 1 endorsement on Feb 20, 2020 when the scheme was introduced. Just one reco letter needed from a UK-based academic. Submitted that from my PhD prof. Currently post-docing at UCL. Standard 3 page CV. Had only 2 journal papers, but additionally had a couple of pre-prints pending acceptance. A couple of conference articles. 2 patents. So, managed to get the overall number to about 9 out of the 10 possible placeholders. Wrote a standard 500 word personal statement. Got peer-reviewed and endorsed in mid-April 2020. Submitted stage 2 application, and after a few months of Covid-19 biometric delays, got visa approval decision on Sep 7, 2020. BRP is on the way.
@@KrishnakumarGopalakrishnan Thanks for all the details of your journey! Having 2 patents and 6 years of industrial experience is certainly impressive.
Yeah RAE endorses Software Engineering research. But when I applied, I wasn't sure if they only endorse those who plan to continue doing research. But I guess in retrospect, I could have applied RAE endorsement and gotten an accelerated settlement as you mentioned.
But one thing about Tech Nation endorsement which may not be obvious from outside is the access to the network of Tech Nation visa alumni. It is definitely a nice group of people who come from various Tech/Business background and that can help one in future!
Is there similar group for RAE endorsed people?
@@SatyajitSatoDas Good points. There is no equivalent mentorship cohorts for RAE funded folks, but universities and research organizations typically make up for somewhat this through on-campus groups, as well as networking opportunities through national and international conferences. I assume it would take quite a bit of voluntary push to reach out to these successful alumni and eke out time in their diaries. Given all the pros and cons, in my viewpoint, the shorter settlement time of Royal Society/RAE endorsed applications seems to slightly outweigh the access to tech nation visa alumni. Finally, do you mind renaming your video title to "T1 exceptional talent visa" with (now rebranded as Global Talent Visa), or something similar? It is slightly misleading to those landing here to hear rules about the T1 visa (for example 5 years settling time for RAE is no longer correct). Even if you pin my original comment, most people viewing on mobile devices will not see the comment. For the benefit of such viewers, it may be worthwhile to consider an overlapping annotation block with a one-line of updated info played at the relevant time-step.
🤙🏽Very informative, Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing. You said you did your studies in mech engineering but worked in different field as software engineer. I am in same category. How much experience you had as software enginner and were you able to mix documents/recommendations from both fields or just about your current field (software) ? Do they stamp the visa for "digital" field or you are free to work in any field (except health/sports)?
Sorry for the late response!
I had about 1-2 years of professional experience but I also had 3-4 years of "learning" experience. This resulted in me being able to make a few small software products (e.g. games, apps) which probably added up in the application.
Yes you can have a mixture of documents from multiple fields.
You can work on most fields but not all as you mentioned already.
Hi thanks for sharing 👍, though I have one question. Any specific reason to choose ecole polytechnic? I'm soft engineer planning my masters so i was looking up good universities in uk. Would you suggest this university to others?
Thank you for sharing the important details.. Please let me know is the recommendation letter need to be from topmost person from organization required? Or recommendation letter from IT project manager is also works? Also please guide is we require some Migration consultant help or we can do all process our self, which one is better?
1. Recommendation from anyone works but you will also need to prove that the person giving recommendation is successful himself. So you will have to figure out the balance of how successful the person is and how good of a recommendation he can give you.
2. You can in theory do all the process yourself. But if one can afford, getting help from Migration consultant can significantly reduce the work from your side as they will help in finalizing the top documents as well as for the personal statement among other things. If you are interested I can refer you to one, just email me at tennexas@gmail.com
Even I m trying to apply for this visa.., but y you didn’t submit PVC(police verification certificate).... by the way awesome video.... very helpful
PVC is probably not for every nationality. Just my guess. I have heard some people requiring that but it wasnt the case for me.
Great information 👍
Glad it was helpful!
HELLO. Please my name is Andrews from Ghana. I work as an artist painter Please I will like to ask what should I do if I don't have any endorsement to prove .
i am working in banking industry for over 15 years can i apply for talent visa.
Hi Tennexas, Thank you. I am about to apply for endorsement but need some guidance on the personal statement. Do I need to write a story about all my achievements at different organizations I have worked? Can I use a write up I did with a Digital Payment Magazine company as evidence of my contribution?
Good morning Dare, am also a Nigerian. Did you get the endorsement ?
Sorry for late response. Sounds like yes you can use that as an evidence.
You may or may not write as a story. If it makes it easier for others to follow then sure you can write as a story with logical sequence of events and achievements.
@@SatyajitSatoDas I got endorsed this month and I have applied for my visa. Thanks.
@@dareayanwale6214 congratulations!
@@be184 yes i did last month
Why didn't you apply for the US O1 talent visa instead as you were already studied in the US?
I don't know much about that visa. :)
Thank you for the information.Can you please tell me that, do you need the job offer letter to apply this visa. Can we apply for this visa without having any job offer.
Yes one can apply without job offer as far as I remember.
Great video
Thanks Zahroor! :)
Thank You
Hai . I would like to ask doubts and is it possible to online meet
Hi- the recommendation letter should be from top most positions of the company or any management position can recommend?
Anyone can recommend, but more successful the person recommending, the better it is. Just from my personal experience.
@@SatyajitSatoDas Appreciate for your quick reply Dr. and amazing schooling for new roomy...
Pls who is the endorsing body for art and culture
Can you tell us how you network with other visa holders, is there like a forum or something or does the UK govt put you in contact with other visa holders
Sorry for the late response.
There is no govt official way as far as I am aware. It is mainly though this link: technation.io/tech-nation-visa-alumni-network/
Sir you didn't explained about global promise 😶
Hi sir, very informative video. I would like to know that I am in UK on ICT visa and about to end this month. I need to go back to India. So, for applying for Tier 1. Is it still mandatory to serve cooling off period of 1 year or can apply for this?
Hi Archana,
Sorry I am not aware of the cooling off period since I went from Tier 4 to Tier 1 so.
Can you show any links which describes about this?
@@SatyajitSatoDas as per UK govt rules! Usually need to serve cooling off period before switching to other visa. I read on multiple websites.
@@archanayadav1546 you don't need to serve cooling period if you get endorsed for exceptional talent visa
@@shzshi Thank you 😊
Do you need 10 supporting documentation or can you apply with less?
It is mentioned "up to 10 pieces of evidence...", so I would imagine less documents should be fine as long as the criterias are satisfied.
technation.io/visa-tech-nation-visa-guide/documents-evidence/document-checklist/
@@SatyajitSatoDas Thank you for response! Another quick question, can you upload the documents in a PDF format?
@@KJ2191 Yes
Does endorsement body asks specific documents or it’s our choice to submit any document(s). What are chances for persons have no Masters or PhD.
Yes, there are specific examples of possible documents. There is a link to it in the description. You can also download as pdf from the same website.
No, one doesn't need a master or PhD for Digital Technology sector. I just mentioned my background. One can be of any background as long as one can give documents that fall under the specified requirement.
Hey mate! Do you think photography talent is needed and i can apply with it!?
Sorry for the late reply.
I am not entirely sure if photography falls under digital technology section. It would probably depend on what you have done with the skillset and how it relates to the requirements set by them.
Good day brother, I am from ASIA and my question is >> could I still apply for this visa without any help of UK companies such as there are some companies which helps to get you this visa after you pay them around 5 to 15 thousand dollars ) thank you for your attention
Yes you can
Could you please help with Endorsement thing.
You can email at info@ufvisas.com
I have sent email on same. But didn't receive any response.
Ok, you can email to tennexas@gmail.com with your CV.
Sent you cv.
how to get recommendation letters on company's letterhead? Does experience letter from the employers work for First stage for Global talent visa? I am a seasoned Cybersecurity Professional based out of India.
If i remember correctly they are normally okay with recommendation letters without letterhead if it is a big company where they can't provide the letterhead that easily.
I don't know what an "experience letter" is. If it mentions that you did good enough work in a product then that should be acceptable. But I am not fully on top of any recent change to their criteria. For this you can always check on the website:
technation.io/visa-tech-nation-visa-guide/#typical-applicants
@@SatyajitSatoDas Experience letter is basically which an employer gives you once you complete your notice period after resignation where in they mention what designation you were at with that employers. Or from where one can get the recommendation?
Recommendation can be from any senior official or an ex colleague.
@@SatyajitSatoDas But how can that be taken like on platforms like LinkedIn or ?
Please share the link for the list of documents required for Royal Academy of Engineering
I don't have a lot of knowledge regarding Royal Academy of Engineering yet since I went under Digital Technology sector which has a different endorsing body.
Great Video. How can I contact you? I have some questions regarding this
Thanks.
For specific questions you can contact UNIVERSAL FORTUNE LIMITED at info@ufvisas.com
Bhai i am interested to apply for it can you help me
Thanks a lot. Can someone switch from tire 4 student Visa to exceptional talent Visa?
Yes, you can. First step generally is to apply for endorsement and that you can do at any stage from anywhere. If you get endorsement, then the technicalities come into picture whether you can apply for it from UK or outside of UK. Good luck!
Is there any way I can have an appointment with you to discuss my application?
You can email at tennexas@gmail.com
Sir kindly tell if MBBS qualified from Abroad is eligible for Globak talent Visa?
The website mentions the following as one of the endorsers:
"The Royal Society, for science and medicine"
So if you fall under this category then it should be possible.
Here is the link which you can explore: www.gov.uk/global-talent/eligibility
Hey, thanks for the informative video. I've just sent you an email regarding some questions. Hope you will respond soon :) Thanks
Is it needed to have all 3 LoRs on letter head?
Sorry for late response. If I remember correctly, they understand if some can't get letterhead as some big companies don't do that. As long as it is verifiable by having email address of the recommender.
I have a PhD in Physics. can I apply for the Visa
You can if you satisfy the criteria they mention in the Tech Nation website.
So let me get this...today where you are..is because you are an IITian
Thanks but not 100% correct. :) One has to keep on going forward at every stage.
Are you Bengali?
No