Scale-up Visa
The scale-up worker visa is for migrant workers who have been offered employment with a fast-growing UK business (the ‘scale-up’ business). The UK employer must hold a valid scale-up worker sponsor licence.
The main requirements to be met are as follows:
- You must have a job offer to do a job that’s on the list of eligible occupations.
- Your employer must be an eligible fast-growing business (sometimes called a ‘scale-up business’).
- You must have a confirmed job offer to work for the scale-up business for at least 6 months. You must have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your employer with information about the role you’ve been offered in the UK.
- You must be paid the minimum income threshold for the scale-up worker route is or the ‘going rate’ for the SOC, whichever is higher.
- You meet the English language requirement.
