2022 Guide to expansion worker visa requirements by The SmartMove2UK

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2022 Guide to the UK Expansion Worker Visa
Requirements
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Table of content

1. What is the UK Expansion Worker visa?
2. Eligibility of UK Expansion Worker visa
3. Requirements for UK Expansion Workers
4. How can we help you in your UK expansion workers
   application?

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visa? Click here

• The United Kingdom is considered one of the best
  European countries to establish a business, and
  it is home to the worlds leading financial
  centre London, which employs over 6 million
  people.
• Britain attracts firms from all over the world
  because they offer so many opportunities, and
  were a top exporter of ideas, technology, and
  talent. Britain is one of the top European
  countries for entrepreneurs and business owners
  because of its taxation system, laws and skilled
  workforce.
• The UK has introduced a new category
  Appendix Global Business Mobility, with 5 new
  visa routes under it, namely
• UK Expansion Worker visa
• UK Senior or Specialist Worker visa
• UK Secondment Worker visa
• UK Graduate Trainee visa
• UK Service Supplier visa
• If you are looking to set up a global presence,
  the UK Expansion Worker visa allows the holder to
  enter the UK for groundwork and getting started
  with the business-setup!

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What is the UK Expansion Worker visa?

• A UK Expansion Worker visa allows you to travel
  to the UK to establish a branch of a foreign
  company that has not yet begun trading in the UK.
• To be eligible for the route, you must have
  formerly worked for an overseas company as a
  senior manager or a specialist.

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Eligibility of UK Expansion Worker visa

• To be eligible for a UK Expansion Worker visa,
  you must meet the following requirements
• having worked for your employer outside the UK
  and have a valid sponsorship certificate from
  your business
• You can also be a business owner working in your
  own business or be a majority shareholder in the
  company or partnership
• work in one of the acceptable vocations on the
  list
• get paid the legally mandated minimum wage for
  your position

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Following are the UK expansion worker visa
requirements 2022

• Since the UK Representative of an overseas
  business visa route has closed, and the UK
  Expansion Worker visa has replaced the route,
  there are certain modifications in requirements
  of UK expansion worker visa and other areas of
  the route.

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How long must you have worked for your employer
outside of the United Kingdom?

• Unless youre one of the following, you must have
  worked for your employer for at least 12 months
  outside of the UK
• over 73,900 in earnings
• a Japanese national working for a Japanese firm
  moving into the UK
• Unless youre one of the following, you must have
  worked for your employer for at least 12 months
  outside of the UK
• over 73,900 in earnings
• a Japanese national working for a Japanese firm
  moving into the UK

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When you apply, you must include the following
documents requirements for a UK Expansion Worker
visa

• A valid passport or equivalent document proving
  your identity and nationality, which your company
  will provide you with
• Your annual income and work title
• The occupation code for your work
• Evidence proving you have adequate personal
  savings to maintain yourself in the UK, such as
  bank statements, the name of your company and
  their sponsor licence number this will be on
  your certificate of sponsorship
• Your tuberculosis test results if youre from a
  specified nation proof of your relationship with
  your partner or children if theyre applying with
  you.
• You may also be asked to provide other documents
  like
• proof that youve worked for your company outside
  of the UK
• an ATAS certificate if your company says you need
  one because your job entails a PhD-level or
  higher research on a sensitive issue.

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What is the minimum wage for a UK Expansion
Worker visa?

• Following are the UK Expansion Worker salary
  requirements
• The candidate must earn at least 42,400 per
  year, or the going rate for that specific
  employment role, whichever is higher.
• The annual going rate for each profession code is
  different.

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Sponsor requirements for UK Expansion Workers

• After you apply, you may be asked to present
  proof of 12 months of employment with your
  current employer.If youre one of the following,
  you wont have to show this
• over 73,900 in earnings
• as a Japanese national working for a Japanese
  firm moving into the UK
• If requested, you must show that you were paid by
  your employer throughout this time period. You
  can offer
• Salary slips
• Online pay stubs with a note from your sponsor
  signed by a senior member of staff
• Statements from a bank or building society
• A passbook for the building society

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Financial Requirement for UK Expansion Worker visa

• You must have at least 1,270 in your bank
  account when you arrive in the UK to demonstrate
  that you can sustain yourself.
• You must have had the funds available for at
  least 28 days in a row. The 28-day period must
  finish within 31 days of the application
  deadline.

Know more  How the UK Expansion Worker visa will
help businesses to set up a branch in the UK
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Summary

• It is critical to meet the requirements of UK
  expansion worker visa to qualify for the route.
  The UK expansion worker visa requirements 2022
  are different from the (recently closed) UK Sole
  Rep visa, even though it is a replacement of the
  same. Among the 5 new routes, the UK Expansion
  Worker visa is suitable for ambitious business
  owners looking to expand to the UK.

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How can we help you in your UK expansion workers
application?

• Want to expand your business, get to know the UK
  Expansion Worker visa requirements? Contact The
  SmartMove2UK!
• Our UK immigration lawyers are aware of the
  end-to-end process involved in expanding your
  business. From filing for incorporation,
  registering your business, getting a sponsor
  licence to getting you there on the right visa!
• Expand your business with our team of experts
  equipped with all relevant information to guide
  you through the process without any hesitation.
• Our team has helped many clients expand their
  business to the UK from applying for a visa
  to set up in the UK we offer full
  representation as well as post-landing services.
• Our team of lawyers is based around all the major
  cities in India  Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. We
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