Sponsorship
Confirm your employer is licensed and can issue a Certificate of Sponsorship.
Work visas overview
Work visas include sponsored routes, talent pathways, and temporary work. Many routes require a job offer and a Certificate of Sponsorship from a licensed sponsor.
Role + pay
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Dependants
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Common work routes
Find the route that matches your job offer, skills, or temporary work plan.
Work visas
Sponsored routes, talent pathways, and temporary work.
Popular work routes
- Health and Care Worker visa
- Skilled Worker visa
Work visas without a job offer
- British National (Overseas) visa
- Graduate visa
- Youth Mobility Scheme visa
- India Young Professionals Scheme visa
- Global Talent visa
- UK Ancestry visa
- High Potential Individual (HPI) visa
Work for an overseas employer (Global Business Mobility)
- Senior or Specialist Worker visa
- Graduate Trainee visa
- Secondment Worker visa
- Service Supplier visa
- UK Expansion Worker visa
- Overseas Domestic Worker visa
- Representative of an Overseas Business visa
Temporary work visas
- Seasonal Worker visa
- Government Authorised Exchange visa
- Creative Worker visa
- Religious Worker visa
- Charity Worker visa
- International Agreement visa
Start a business
- Innovator Founder visa
Other work visas and permits
- International Sportsperson visa
- Minister of Religion visa (T2)
- Scale-up Worker visa
- Frontier Worker permit
- Exempt vignette
Closed to new applicants
- Entrepreneur (Tier 1) visa
- Investor (Tier 1) visa
- Turkish Businessperson visa
- Turkish Worker visa
- Start-up visa
Official starting points
Use the official links below to confirm eligibility, fees, and application steps for your exact route.
Check if you need a visa
Use the official checker to confirm whether you need a visa or ETA.
Fees finder
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Guidance hub
Route checkpoints, evidence patterns, and process notes.
Full visa directory
Browse all UK visa categories on one page.