PREP TASK 1
1. Eliminate Monroe from most of these routes on the limited
facts we have to date. The rest should remain possibilities to
investigate further with him. Flag them up as things to be
checked in due course
Make notes including a brief explanations for each route as to
why, on the known facts, we can either remove it from
consideration or why it should remain for further consideration
with Monroe
CONTEXT:
Citizen of Singapore
Bachelor’s degree in Queen Mary university
Been with current employer 5 years
Wans to come to the UK to work
(a) Skilled Worker visa
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An applicant must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation from
a UK based employer which holds an appropriate sponsor’s licence
from the Home Office.
This is present on the facts given that he has had a job offer
(b) Senior or specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
Page 122 Textbook
There are five Global Business Mobility routes. Each concern existing
workers of overseas businesses with a presence in the UK who wish to
enter or remain in the UK to work either as a senior worker [graduate
trainee, UK Expansion worker, service supplier or secondment worker]
The Senior or Specialist Worker route is for overseas workers who are
undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker
is a senior manager or specialist employee and is being assigned to a
UK business linked to their employer overseas.
This does NOT apply on the facts because he is not undertaking
temporary work
(c) Temporary Work – Creative Worker visa
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The Creative Worker route is for a person who wants to come to the UK
to work within the creative sector. A Creative Worker is someone who
can make a unique contribution to the UK’s cultural life, for example,
as an artist, dancer, musician or entertainer.
, This does NOT apply
(d) Youth Mobility Scheme visa
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The Youth Mobility Scheme is a cultural exchange programme that
allows a young person from designated participating countries and
territories to experience life temporarily in the UK.
This does NOT apply
(e) Graduate visa
PAGE 122 OF THE TEXTBOOK
The Graduate Trainee route is for overseas workers who are
undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker
is on a graduate training course leading to a senior management or
specialist position and is required to do a work placement in the UK.
This does NOT apply to the facts
(f) High Potential Individual visa
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A HPI applicant must be an international graduate awarded an
overseas degree-level academic qualification that is equivalent to a UK
bachelor’s or postgraduate degree. The qualification must have been
awarded no more than five years before their application from a
university on the UKVI’s Global Universities List (see 7.5.3). UK
universities are not eligible for inclusion on the list.
(g) UK Expansion Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
PAGE 123 TEXTBOOK
The UK Expansion Worker route is for overseas workers who are
undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker
is a senior manager or specialist employee and is being assigned to the
UK to undertake work related to a business’s expansion to the UK.
This could apply on the facts because…
(h) UK Ancestry Visa
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A Commonwealth citizen, aged 17 or over, who can show that one of
their grandparents was born in the UK (and Islands) and who intends to
take or seek employment in the UK and support themselves without
needing public funds, may be granted entry clearance on this route.
Entry clearance is compulsory, and permission is given of five years.
Thereafter an application can be made for settlement.
, Most likely routes on the facts
1. Skilled worker job offer from a UK based company + appears to be
skilled
2. UK Ancestry rule Commonwealth citizen (Singapore) whose late
grandfather seems to have spent his childhood in Oxford and may have
been born in the UK
3. UK expansion worker (Global Mobility) the company he currently
works for is very keen to expand to Europe where it currently has no
commercial presence and has spoken to him about representing in the
UK
1. Eliminate Monroe from most of these routes on the limited
facts we have to date. The rest should remain possibilities to
investigate further with him. Flag them up as things to be
checked in due course
Make notes including a brief explanations for each route as to
why, on the known facts, we can either remove it from
consideration or why it should remain for further consideration
with Monroe
CONTEXT:
Citizen of Singapore
Bachelor’s degree in Queen Mary university
Been with current employer 5 years
Wans to come to the UK to work
(a) Skilled Worker visa
PAGE 109 TEXTBOOK
An applicant must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation from
a UK based employer which holds an appropriate sponsor’s licence
from the Home Office.
This is present on the facts given that he has had a job offer
(b) Senior or specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
Page 122 Textbook
There are five Global Business Mobility routes. Each concern existing
workers of overseas businesses with a presence in the UK who wish to
enter or remain in the UK to work either as a senior worker [graduate
trainee, UK Expansion worker, service supplier or secondment worker]
The Senior or Specialist Worker route is for overseas workers who are
undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker
is a senior manager or specialist employee and is being assigned to a
UK business linked to their employer overseas.
This does NOT apply on the facts because he is not undertaking
temporary work
(c) Temporary Work – Creative Worker visa
Page 108 TEXTBOOK
The Creative Worker route is for a person who wants to come to the UK
to work within the creative sector. A Creative Worker is someone who
can make a unique contribution to the UK’s cultural life, for example,
as an artist, dancer, musician or entertainer.
, This does NOT apply
(d) Youth Mobility Scheme visa
Page 108 TEXTBOOK
The Youth Mobility Scheme is a cultural exchange programme that
allows a young person from designated participating countries and
territories to experience life temporarily in the UK.
This does NOT apply
(e) Graduate visa
PAGE 122 OF THE TEXTBOOK
The Graduate Trainee route is for overseas workers who are
undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker
is on a graduate training course leading to a senior management or
specialist position and is required to do a work placement in the UK.
This does NOT apply to the facts
(f) High Potential Individual visa
Page 105 TEXTBOOK
A HPI applicant must be an international graduate awarded an
overseas degree-level academic qualification that is equivalent to a UK
bachelor’s or postgraduate degree. The qualification must have been
awarded no more than five years before their application from a
university on the UKVI’s Global Universities List (see 7.5.3). UK
universities are not eligible for inclusion on the list.
(g) UK Expansion Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
PAGE 123 TEXTBOOK
The UK Expansion Worker route is for overseas workers who are
undertaking temporary work assignments in the UK, where the worker
is a senior manager or specialist employee and is being assigned to the
UK to undertake work related to a business’s expansion to the UK.
This could apply on the facts because…
(h) UK Ancestry Visa
Page 133 TEXTBOOK
A Commonwealth citizen, aged 17 or over, who can show that one of
their grandparents was born in the UK (and Islands) and who intends to
take or seek employment in the UK and support themselves without
needing public funds, may be granted entry clearance on this route.
Entry clearance is compulsory, and permission is given of five years.
Thereafter an application can be made for settlement.
, Most likely routes on the facts
1. Skilled worker job offer from a UK based company + appears to be
skilled
2. UK Ancestry rule Commonwealth citizen (Singapore) whose late
grandfather seems to have spent his childhood in Oxford and may have
been born in the UK
3. UK expansion worker (Global Mobility) the company he currently
works for is very keen to expand to Europe where it currently has no
commercial presence and has spoken to him about representing in the
UK
