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

Long-term work visas

• Skilled Worker visa
• Health and Care Worker visa
• Senior or Specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Scale-up Worker visa
• Minister of Religion visa (T2)
• International Sportsperson visa

Short-term work visas

• Charity Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• Creative Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• Government Authorised Exchange visa (Temporary Work)
• International Agreement visa (Temporary Work)
• Religious Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• Seasonal Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• Youth Mobility Scheme visa
• Graduate visa
• High Potential Individual (HPI) visa
• Graduate Trainee visa (Global Business Mobility)
• UK Expansion Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Secondment Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Service Supplier visa (Global Business Mobility)

Investor, business development and talent visas

• Innovator visa
• Start-up visa
• Apply for the Global Talent visa
• Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1)
• Investor visa (Tier 1)

Other work visas and exemptions

• UK Ancestry visa
• Get an exempt vignette
• Frontier Worker permit
• British National (Overseas) visa
• Overseas Domestic Worker visa
• Representative of an Overseas Business visa
• Turkish Businessperson visa
• Turkish Worker visa
• Apply for a Service providers from Switzerland visa

Right to work checks

• Prove your right to work to an employer: get a share code
• 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

More on this topic

• Visas and immigration operational guidance