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Visas and immigration operational guidance – guidance
Business and commercial caseworker guidance
This publication was withdrawn on 23 June 2015
These documents are no longer current.
Casework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides business and commercial work permit applications for working in the UK.
Documents
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PDF, 500KB, 1 page
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Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU
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Advertising
PDF, 542KB, 10 pages
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Board level post
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Caseworker bulletin
PDF, 457KB, 2 pages
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Compliance and validation checks
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Contracts
PDF, 492KB, 4 pages
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Decision letters
PDF, 481KB, 3 pages
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Details on gLOBE
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EO pre-sift comments
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Establishing the employer
PDF, 568KB, 13 pages
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Establishing a genuine vacancy
PDF, 477KB, 6 pages
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Establishing the overseas national
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European agreements
PDF, 36KB, 3 pages
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Extension applications
PDF, 494KB, 4 pages
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Genuine documents
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Handbook to do list
PDF, 483KB, 1 page
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Intra-company transfers
PDF, 465KB, 4 pages
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Inward investment
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Multiple entry work permits
PDF, 473KB, 2 pages
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Postgraduate doctors and dentists
PDF, 527KB, 7 pages
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Post issue check enquiries
PDF, 458KB, 2 pages
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Previous TWES permit holders
PDF, 462KB, 1 page
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Qualification of the worker
PDF, 538KB, 5 pages
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Representatives
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Reprints of work permits and letters of permission
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Reviews
PDF, 498KB, 5 pages
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Shareholders
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Secondments
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Shortage occupations
PDF, 461KB, 2 pages
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Sponsored researchers
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Skills criteria (job)
PDF, 486KB, 4 pages
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Technical changes of employment
PDF, 516KB, 6 pages
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An overview of the work permit arrangements
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UK Visas and Immigration casework instructions for how decisions are made about applicants working in the UK.
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