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Skilled Worker visa

Context
Applying outside the UK
Goal
Understand the route and prepare a reliable evidence plan
Published time
Usually 3 weeks

Evidence categories to understand

  • Valid passport or travel documentIdentity and nationality
  • Certificate of Sponsorship referenceRole, sponsor and sponsorship details
  • English-language evidence, if requiredThe permitted evidence depends on the rules
  • Financial evidence, if requiredCheck maintenance and sponsor certification
  • Criminal-record certificate, if requiredApplies to specified occupations and circumstances
  • TB certificate, if requiredDepends on residence history and application location
  • Certified translationsFor evidence not in English or Welsh

General stages

  1. Confirm the current official route
  2. Organise evidence
  3. Submit and prove identity
  4. Wait for the decision
  5. Read the decision and digital-status steps

Consider regulated advice when

  • The occupation code, salary or sponsorship dates are unclear
  • You are changing employer, job or immigration route
  • There is a refusal, compliance concern or previous immigration problem
Plain-English guide →Official GOV.UK route ↗

General information only. This summary does not assess eligibility, approve evidence or replace the official process or regulated advice.