I am planning to move to UK for seeking job opportunity. However, I have gathered all information regarding documents and sponsorship. But I’m confused if the single status certificate is required or not.
United Kingdom (UK) is one of the favourite foreign destinations where most of the Indians love to settle temporarily. Besides lovely climate, it has the numerous job opportunities that can easily lure the brilliant brains to settle there. Like the US, the government of UK issues a visa called Tier 2 visa. It is categorized into General, Minister of Religion, Sports Person and Intra-Company Transfer. Here we will specifically focus on the Tier 2 visa of general category. Why Tier 2 Visa (General)? This visa allows seamless immigration for carrying on job in the UK under sponsorship program. It’s a mandatory provision to follow for settling & doing job temporarily. There are two conditions applicable for seeking it. These are:
The visa is an essential document to carry along for the non-European job seekers in the UK. Therefore, the applicant must have a sponsorship in his/her hand. It implies that you have to search the authentic sponsor who will be licenced to recruit in that country. For example, An Indian aspirant must search for the ethical sponsor, like 2degrees Limited & 2-DTech Ltd.. And when he qualifies for the job after meeting eligibility criteria, including education and skills, the UK employer will offer the sponsorship in the form of a certificate. The application should be submitted 3 months prior the day when the applicant is about to fly there. The best part of this visa program is its short processing period. The petitioner can get it within 3 weeks. Is it valid for lifetime? This visa is valid for maximum of five years which is a year less than the H1B visa for the US. The applicant can extend his stay for 14 days only. And if the sponsorship certificate states shorter than 6 years of working authority, the applicant can extend his/her stay for one more month. In the nutshell, a fair comparison is made to analyze which duration is shorter. Suppose an IT professional won sponsorship certificate to dedicate his skills there. But he was allotted it for 3 years only. When his visa expired, he did not manage to come back within 14 days (which is a provision to follow when the visa expired, but only if it is for maximum of 6 years). Meantime, he stayed there for one month. Since his maximum duration was shorter than 5 years, his extended stay of one month would be valid by the books of visa policies. Which documents are required for it?
Why criminal check certificate? As per new rules in visa policies of UK, April 2017 would be the month of change. The criminal check certificate is added to the list of other essential visa documents. It is done to unfold the history of the visa applicants. If it has any mention of conviction, the competent authority holds every right to cancel it. The chemistry teachers are exception since they fall short there. But this certificate will be mandatory for the nurses, lawyers, ITians and other professionals.
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