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Apply for a Graduate route visa if you’ve been on a student visa and want to stay in the UK to work - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, bring your partner and children.

• Overview

  A Graduate visa gives you permission to stay in the UK for at least 18…

• The course you studied

  To be eligible for a Graduate visa, you need to have successfully…

• How much it costs

  When you apply for a Graduate visa, you’ll need to: pay the £880…

• Documents you'll need to apply

  When you apply you’ll need to provide: a valid passport or other travel…

• Apply

  You must apply online for a Graduate visa. Check which documents you’ll…

• Your partner and children

  If your partner and children joined you in the UK as ‘dependants’ on your…

• Updated: 1 January 2013

Reviews the results of social protection programmes which aim for beneficiaries to graduate out after they reach a certain level of assets or time

• Updated: 1 January 2013

Statistics on the employment outcomes and earnings of graduates in 2016 to 2017

• Updated: 28 March 2019

Apply for a Graduate Trainee visa if you are on a graduate trainee programme and you want to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, bring your partner and children.

Official statistics on longitudinal education outcomes showing university graduate earnings and employment.

• Updated: 26 June 2025

Applications are now open for SLC's Autumn 2026 Graduate Programme.

• Updated: 3 February 2026

• Updated: 1 January 2013

• Updated: 1 January 2011

This study examines whether ultra poor graduation enhances offspring’s economic mobility, human capital, and family formation.

• Updated: 8 January 2026