IELTS / English Language Requirements for Tier 1 Visa of UK

To submit an application for a Tier 1 visa, you have to show that you are proficient in English by proving one of the following:

• That you have cleared a test in English comparable to level C1 of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework for Language Learning (equal to a grade C or better at GCSE or an estimated general band score of 6.5 on an IELTS exam)

• If you are taking IELTS exam for Tier 1 visa of UK, you have to score at least 6.5 bands in IELTS General Training. Whereas IELTS Academic is also acceptable for Tier 1 Visa of UK

• You don’t require any English test If you come from a country where English is the primary language. This includes the USA, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

• If you have taken a degree taught in English from a list of select countries, verified by using the National Academic Recognition Information Centre data. The countries include Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK, the USA. Note: Canada is NOT included in this list.

• If your degree was earned in one more country, information provided by UK NARIC can verify if the English-taught degree is suitable enough to satisfy the English language requirement.

Winning proof of one of these criteria will make you the required 10 additional points for the English language requirement.

Highly Skilled Immigrants in UK are Engaged in Odd Jobs!

United Kingdom has the standing of one of the most well-liked immigration destinations in the world. Each year the nation welcomes thousands of immigrations from every corner of the world. People do immigrate to this wealthy nation to work, live and show the way to a better life. UK is a heaven for skilled professionals/entrepreneurs and it offers numerous scores in discovering the job market.

However, a current study has exposed that one-third of the highly skilled immigrants to the United Kingdom are occupied in odd jobs which are lower skilled jobs. The study took the UK Tier 1 Visa holders statistics into concern. The UK Border Agency’s report was published freshly, which stated that twenty-nine percent of the abroad skilled people entering the UK were busy in undervalue occupations. Only twenty-five percent immigrants were working in skilled jobs, at the same time as it was indistinct what the other forty-six percent of the immigrants were doing in the United Kingdom.

Tier 1 UK Visas is that type that let extremely skilled abroad people to live and work in the United Kingdom. Applicants are evaluated whether they are qualified for holding the visa or not on the foundation of numerous factors, counting their education, skills and experience. On the other hand, applicants are not necessary to possess an employment offer so as to immigrate different what does happen in case of Tier 2 UK Visas.

The UK Immigration Minister, Damian Green is discontented with the tendency and he wants to bring dissimilarity to it. He said that the populace who immigrate in the Tier 2 UK visa category as highly skilled migrant must connect in highly skilled jobs. He does not be grateful for when the system is used by people to enter the United Kingdom to connect in the low-skilled jobs market.

The study also stated a profession is classify as a skilled work if it pays more than 25,000 Euros per year and an occupation that offers less than 25,000 Euros per year is recognized as unskilled work in the UK!

UK Tier-1 Visa Started Again!

The UK Border Agency has started issuing Tier-1 (General) Visas yet again from 1 November 2010. On 19 July 2010, the UK Government introduced an temporary boundary on the figure of initial Tier-1 (General) Visa applications to 600 that can be issued each month; On 20 October 2010 the monthly limit had been reached and the UK Government closed Tier-1 (General) Visas.

As of 1 November, the Government is another time issuing Tier-1 General Visas. Applicants who were put on seize because of the cap will now be route in the order in which their visa application was received.

Tier-1 (General) is division of the UK's points-based immigration system. Applicants are attaining on criterion for instance age, past earnings, and qualifications. If you are a well skilled person, you may be entitled to receive a visa which will let you to work for any company in the UK or be self-employed. A job-offer from a UK employer is not necessary under the Tier-1 (General) visa.

Due to the new provisional limit on Tier 1 (General) Visa applications, Tier 1 General Visa dispensation times are probable to go up in future. If you wish to keep away from future delays in the processing of your visa application it would sensible to submit an application sooner rather than later.