UK Tier 2 Intra Company Transfer Visa Entry Clearance Essentials

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UK Tier 2 Intra company transfer Visa can be
procured by an existing employee of a
multinational employer who is subject to be
transferred to the UK branch for either
vocational training or to bridge the gap of a
specific employment vacancy which cannot be
fulfilled by a settled or EEA worker required
for a long term basis or for frequent short
visits.

• This visa route is not applicable for an
  individual who is an employee of an overseas
  employer that is not linked by common ownership
  or control to the UK branch.
• Tier 2 Intra Company Transfer has two
  sub-categories
• Long term Staff
• This category is applicable for individuals who
  are working for the UK organization for at least
  12 months directly before their transfer and are
  being transferred to a skilled job in the UK to
  combat a post which cannot be fulfilled by a
  settled worker. The duration is for a period of
  up to a maximum of 5 years.
• Graduate Trainee
• This category is applicable for a recent graduate
  recruit being transferred to a UK branch of the
  deemed organization for vocational training. This
  visa route must not be used to fill long term
  posts. The graduate candidate must be coming to
  the UK for a maximum period of 12 months as part
  of a structured graduate training programme with
  clearly defined progression towards a managerial
  or specialist role within the deemed
  organization.
• Eligibility parameters for Tier 2 Intra Company
  Transfer
• You must be age-appropriate to start academic
  studies implying that you have turned at least
  18 when being issued a visa, or anticipating
  turning 18 within the visa duration.
• You must possess a job offer and a Certificate of
  Sponsorship from legitimately licensed
• companies in the UK that belong to the biggest UK
  Work Visa sponsorship
• industries catering UK Tier 2 Sponsor The job
  offer becomes rational only if you will not be
  displacing a suitable settled worker. The
  employer must be a multinational company.
• This implies that the employer cannot recruit a
  non-settled worker which indicates that a
  suitable settled worker cannot be turned down for
  the job or made redundant.

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• The job vacancy must have gauged through the
  resident labour market test.
• The prospective employee cannot own more than 10
  of the sponsor shares directly or indirectly.
• Your offered annual salary must be minimum
  41,500 (as a long-term staff) or the
  appropriate rate for such long-term job whichever
  is higher. Or a minimum of 23,000 annual
  salary (as a graduate trainee) or the appropriate
  rate for such graduate training, whichever is
  higher.
• The multinational company which is sponsoring
  your transfer in their deemed branch in
• the UK is bound to be listed amongst licensed
  Tier 2 sponsors offering Tier 2 Sponsor Visa.
• You cannot apply for this visa category unless
  you hold a certificate of sponsorship issued
  three months or earlier before your planned date
  of visa application.
• The job which has to be offered must comply with
  level 6 of the Regulated Qualifications
• Framework (RQF) or of the level 4 of RQF in the
  creative sector.
• The expected job position has to be genuine in
  its truest sense and the sponsor has to be
  qualified to offer services/products deriving
  from such position.
• You need to have sufficient and considerable
  amount of adequacy funds on your disposition for
  the living and accommodation costs in the UK,
  without having to depend
• on UKs public funds.
• Entry Clearance Essentials and Requirements
• Accomplishing 50 points for UK Tier 2 Intra
  Company Transfer Visa Attributes This consists
  of 30 points offered for possessing a valid and
  qualifying certificate of sponsorship from your
  employer.
• Acquiring 20 points for having been offered the
  appropriate salary.
• The applicant must earn a minimum of 10 points as
  maintenance funds. You must be in a position
  that you are equipped with 945 for yourself and
  630 for any dependent accompanying you if
  applicable.
• Certificate of sponsorship by an A-rated sponsor
  including an undertaking that such sponsor will
  be bearing your maintenance or subsistence costs.
• Formal bank statements showing adequate cash.
  This has to cover 90 days right before the
  application for the visa. It also contains ad hoc
  bank statements as well as electronic bank
  statements printed on the banks
  letterhead/stationary

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• 3. If your salary is 120,000 or higher per year,
  for the period to take your total leave granted
  under Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) to 9 years.
• Graduate Trainee
• You may be granted leave for whichever is the
  shorter of
• to the job end date shown on your Certificate of
  Sponsorship plus 14 days or
• for the period to take your total leave granted
  under Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Graduate
  Trainee Staff to 12 months Tier 2 (Intra Company
  Transfer) to 9 years.