Switching into the Tier 5 (Temporary Worker)
Sports or entertainer visitors, or visitors (excluding visitors for permitted paid engagements, marriage or civil partnerships or transit) who entered the UK undertaking permitted activities in the sports or creative sectors on or after 24 April 2015, are allowed to switch into the Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Creative and Sporting sub-category if they have a valid Certificate of Sponsorship that was assigned to them before they came to the United Kingdom.
Qualifying Work Permit Holders are allowed to switch into theTier 5 (Temporary Worker) international agreement sub-category provided their Certificate of Sponsorship shows that they are being sponsored as an overseas government employee in the international agreement subcategory and they will be continuing in employment with the same organisation.
Overseas Government Employees (granted under paragraphs 160-162 and 164-165 of the Immigration Rules) are allowed to switch into the Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) –InternationalAgreements sub-category of the Points-Based System.
Qualifying Work Permit Holders are allowed to switch into the Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) GovernmentAuthorised Exchange sub category provided they were previously issued with a work permit for the purpose of employment as a sponsored researcher and have been granted a Certificate of Sponsorship to continue this employment.
Students (paragraphs 57-62 of the Immigration Rules), Students Re-Sitting an Examination (69A-69F), Student Nurses (63- 67), Student Union Sabbatical Officers(87A-87F), People Writing up thesis, PostgraduateDoctors and Dentists or Tier 4 (General) Migrants (245ZT-245ZY) can apply to switch into the Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) GovernmentAuthorised Exchange sub-category provided them:
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have lawfully obtained a UK bachelors, masters degree, PGCEor PGDEduring their last grant of leave; and
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are being sponsored to undertake postgraduate professional training or work experience which is required to obtain a
professional qualification or registration in the same professional field as their qualification described above; or -
are being sponsored to undertake an internship for up to12 months which is directly related to the qualification described above;
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and will not be filling a vacancy such that their employer does not intend to employ them at the end of the period of work experience or training.
All other switching into Tier 5 (Temporary Worker), or between sub categories of Tier 5 (Temporary Worker), is not permitted
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Our speciality lies in the field of Immigration, Nationality and EU Law, so it means we always are dealing with this side of the law. We are able to support you in making a correct decision, avoid delays on your case, save money and time, not forgetting the stress of any doubts with your application.
There are many routes available to come to the UK, extend or switch, some of them do not allow extension or even switching. Knowing what is right can be a difficult task and this is why we are here. Simple task of not using the prescribed forms can mean your application is invalid, which means if you have no valid stay, you would have to return back and there is no appeal rights.
Our initial consultations are a chargeable service. We initially discuss the requirements of the application to ensure you meet the requirements and have the documentation required at hand for the submission. It gives you an opportunity to meet us and ask questions.
Each case will be checked thoroughly, everything will be cross referenced so guidelines are met and we will also add our legal document which would outline the Immigration Rules and how the client has satisfied the rules. We use documents that are used by Home Office case workers, so we know exactly what they would look for in your case.
The most important fact is that law constantly changes, policy guidelines and requirements are always changing, so it is best that you always use specialised services to support you. We never compromise our services, our fees remain very competitive but our expertise is at the very highest standard.
We place our clients first, so when you sign the customer care letter and we go through your case file, and we believe that the case would not be successful, we will terminate the agreement and return your documents. We will also provide alternative solutions with no added costs. We also have a cancellation period should you feel you want to withdraw your file.
Please note that all cases cannot be guaranteed as circumstances depends and whether you met guidelines, however the Home Office caseworker can still refuse cases on the balance of probabilities and other factors. Our job would be to prepare your case in the best possible way.
1) You contact us through e-mail or phone.
2) We take some basic information, we ask some relevant questions to understand the type of query and what type of support is required.
3) Your case then gets passed to a case worker.
4) Case Worker would contact you to set up an initial meeting.
5) You attend a consultation, an action plan is drawn up and we find out whether ICS Legal can support your case. A report would be sent where there is a requirement to outline what was discussed and what to do next.
6) You authorise us to be your legal representative by signing our customer care letter.
7) We will then start to request documents and information about your case this will build up your case pack.
8) We will then write our legal report and use Home Office caseworker’s documents to ensure everything has been checked and all requirement have been met.
9) Where possible we will go through every aspect of your case before case submission.
10) We will continue to update you throughout the case life cycle .