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Immigration Skills Charge process guidance

This staff guidance tells the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) Administration Team how to process all transactions relating to the ISC.

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Immigration Skills Charge

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This guidance tells staff how to process transactions relating to the Immigration Skills Charge.

Updates to this page

Published 24 February 2020
Last updated 8 February 2023 + show all updates
  1. New ISC exemption for Global Business Mobility EU added and removed exemption under the Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee (formerly the Intra-Company Graduate Trainee route).

  2. References to Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) amended to Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker (GBM) to reflect route name change.

  3. Immigration skills charge process document updated.

  4. Updated guidance on who is exempt from paying the immigration skills charge, priority visa details and the ISC refund process.

  5. First published.

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