Post Study Work Visa UK and Spouse Visa

Author: fracaro | Posted: 24.01.2012

Post study work visa UK allow international students to stay and work in the country for up to 2 years after obtaining a degree from a UK institution. The schemes for post study work ends in April 2012. During your permission to stay, you can look for work without needing to have a sponsor. This category provides a bridge to highly skilled work.

You do not need to apply for post study work UK under the points based system if you are a national of a country in the European economic area or Switzerland the European nationals, you are a British overseas territories citizen, unless you are from one of the sovereign base areas in Cyrus, you are a commonwealth citizen with permission to enter or stay in the UK because at least one of your grandparent was born here, your partner or one of your parents has permission to stay in the UK under tier 1 post study work you should apply as their dependant or you have no conditions or time limit attached to your stay.

To qualify as a post study work visa you must meet the following requirements:

• You must not previously have been given immigration permission as a tier 1 post study work.

• You must not previously have been given permission under the international graduate scheme.

• You must have a minimum of 75 points for attributes

• You must have 10 points for English language

• You must have 10 points for meeting the maintenance requirements.

UK spouse visa enables your wife, husband, fiance or civil partner to apply for leave to enter or to remain in Britain. Spouse visa is for those married to a person who is present and settled in UK with no time limit on their stay. You must apply for entry clearance before entering UK. This visa is granted for an initial period of two years and after 2 years you can apply for an indefinite leave to remain UK. Once settled status in the UK is granted you can bring your spouse in the UK. The spouse is allowed to take up employment in the United Kingdom without the need to arranging for a work permit. There is no restriction upon the type of work that can be undertaken.

Before the UK spouse visa can be issued you must;

Have met each other

Be legally married to each other

Plan to live together

Be able to support themselves entirely without recourse to public funds.

Both must be over 21 years.



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