The Senior or Specialist worker visa has replaced the UK ICT visa for workers to transfer temporarily on assignment to the UK.
What is the Global Business Mobility Senior or Specialist Worker visa?
The Global Business Mobility (GBM) visa is an umbrella visa comprising a number of different sponsored immigration routes for overseas businesses looking to either establish a UK presence or transfer staff to the UK, including the GBM senior or specialist worker route. Along with four other sponsored routes, the Global Business Mobility senior or specialist worker visa opened to applicants on 11 April 2022.
This category of visa replaced the Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) visa under the UK’s points-based immigration system, with applications under the ICT route no longer being accepted. However, ICT visa-holders already in the UK will not be affected, where their existing visa will continue until its expiry date.
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