I have received several messages from people asking me if their profession is qualified for the Global Talent Visa. Please ask your questions in the comment section so that others can benefit from my response. If I ignored your private messages regarding your eligibility for global talent, kindly read this post and follow the thread.
Global Talent applicant typically work in academic (research) and non-academic fields. You may be eligible for Global Talent endorsement if you work in the research field of science, engineering, medicine, the social sciences or the humanities, or for other academic and research roles.
The second category of applicants for Global talents are those who work in non-academic field of Arts and culture and digital technology. Typical leaders or potential leaders in art and culture include, combined arts, dance, literature, music, theatre or visual arts, architecture, fashion design, film and television, including animation, post production and visual effects. While digital technology covers sector like financial technology (‘fintech’)
gaming, cyber security, artificial intelligence, and related product-led companies
If you do not work in any of these sectors or fall under the academic and non-academic field for a Global Talent visa, there are other ways to work in the UK — for example a Skilled work visa, Startup visa, Scale up Visa and innovator visa. I am not an immigration lawyer, you can contact a registered UK immigration lawyer to discuss your options.
Now that we are clear about the category of applicants, I will elaborate on the typical applicants for people who work in the digital technology sector. As I mentioned in my previous post, the endorsement body for assessing applications in the digital technology sector is TECH NATION.
Tech Nation provides a guide for prospective applicants to see if they have the skills, experience and have evidence to show they meet the criteria for endorsement. You can apply for tech nation endorsement if you have technical skills and experience in the digital technology sector or as a business applicant if you have experience working in the digital technology sector or product-led digital technology company.
According to Tech nation, “digital technology sector” or “product-led digital technology companies” are defined as businesses that provide a proprietary digital technical service/product/platform/hardware as their primary revenue source. The creation of software, processing/storage of data, or the creation/application of technical computing hardware is often a central aspect of their business model.
Now that we are clear about the definition of a digital technology sector and a product-led digital technology sector, it is important to note that technical applicants (i.e. programmers) from non-technical organisations are eligible as well as non-technical applicants (i.e. business roles) from technical organisations are eligible for global talent visas. However, non-technical applicants from non-technical organisations are generally not eligible.
Tech Nation further clarifies that the following category of applicants are not eligible for endorsement under the digital technology sector: general consultancies, outsourcing and technology-related consultancy groups focused on process/service delivery or solutions/systems architecture. Such firms do not meet the guidelines, particularly those primarily serving large corporate or multinational corporate (MNC) customers.
See picture for typical skills for Technical and Business applicants.
**Also note that the following specialisms are generally not considered suitable**
Service Delivery, Process Delivery, Outsourcing, Consultancy (technical or management), ERP Consultancy, Systems Admin and all related fields. Corporate roles or experience of managing large corporate teams. Junior investors/analysts. Such specialisms must be supported by an investment track record made at a senior level and are not suitable for Global Promise.
Business skills apply to in-house work within product-led digital technology companies, not tech-enabled or service companies such as agencies, outsourcers, marketing firms etc.
In my next post, I will discuss the document checklist, eligibility criteria and examples of evidence you need to apply for endorsement.
Written by Francisca Chiedu
Reference: Tech Nation Visa Guide
#Japa #japaSeries #JapaThread09
