Work in the UK

Skilled Worker visa, Graduate visa, other work visas, right to work

Find the right work visa

• Check if you need a UK visa

Popular work visas

• Health and Care Worker visa
• Skilled Worker visa

Visas you can apply for without a job offer

• British National (Overseas) visa
• Graduate visa
• Youth Mobility Scheme visa
• India Young Professionals Scheme visa
• Apply for the Global Talent visa
• UK Ancestry visa
• High Potential Individual (HPI) visa

Work in the UK for your overseas employer

• Senior or Specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Overseas Domestic Worker visa
• Graduate Trainee visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Secondment Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Service Supplier visa (Global Business Mobility)
• UK Expansion Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Representative of an Overseas Business visa
• Apply for a Service providers from Switzerland visa

Temporary work visas

• Seasonal Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• Government Authorised Exchange visa (Temporary Work)
• Creative Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• Religious Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• Charity Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• International Agreement visa (Temporary Work)

Start a business

• Start-up visa
• Innovator visa

Other work visas and permits

• International Sportsperson visa
• Minister of Religion visa (T2)
• Scale-up Worker visa
• Frontier Worker permit
• Get an exempt vignette

Work visas that are closed to new applicants

• Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1)
• Investor visa (Tier 1)
• Turkish Businessperson visa
• Turkish Worker visa

Right to work checks

• Checking a job applicant's right to work
• Check a job applicant's right to work: use their share code
• Check if a document allows someone to work in the UK

Sponsors and sponsorship

• Employees: if your visa sponsor loses their licence
• UK visa sponsorship for employers
• UK visa sponsorship management system

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