Detailed explanation of the three most common visas in Britain

There are many kinds of visas in Britain, and different visas are required for different travel purposes. If you want to study in Britain, you need to hold a student visa; To work in Britain, you need to hold a work visa; Visiting the UK requires a visiting visa or a visiting visa.

These corresponding visa application requirements are also different, and the British Immigration Department updates and adjusts the visa types every year. 86 It is very important to know the timely visa information for preparing for studying abroad and traveling.

1. Study visas

You need different kinds of student visas to study short-term English courses, English language courses and various degree courses in the UK.

1. If you are over 18 years old, you need to apply for a Student Visitor Visa, which allows you to stay in the UK for six months, during which you can take short courses or English language courses in the UK. If you attend an English language course, you can extend your visa to 11 months.

2. If you are between 4 and 17 years old, you need to apply for a T4 child student visa. If you are under the age of 15, you must attend a private fee-paying school in Britain, and students aged 16 to 17 can attend a public school. T4 Junior Student Visa allows students over the age of 16 to take part-time jobs in the UK during their studies, but it shall not exceed the prescribed time.

3. If you are over 18 years old and want to study in the UK, you need to apply for a T4 general student visa. Proof of language proficiency test must be provided when applying for a visa. The T4 student visa allows you to take part-time jobs in the UK during your studies, but not more than the specified time.

II. Work visas

There are two types of graduate work visas currently available in the UK: T2 work visa and the newly announced T5 internship visa.

1. Tier 2 General visa: After graduating from a university certified by a British certification body, you can apply for a T2 work visa if you can get an employment notice issued by a guarantee institution recognized by the British Border Agency to engage in skilled jobs and at the same time reach the prescribed minimum annual salary, generally 2,5 pounds/year. With a T2 work visa, you can work in the UK for three years, which can be extended after the expiration. There is no upper limit on the number of applicants.

2. T5 internship visa (ISIS international student internship visa): In addition to the T2 work visa, if graduates want to work in the UK after graduation and can't find the job required by T2 visa, they can apply for T5 internship visa to stay in the UK for one year provided that the unit provides the minimum wage. T5 visa is not only for graduates from British universities, but also for graduates from 211 universities in China.

III. Entrepreneurial Visa

The entrepreneur visa for Ti graduates is relaxed, and graduates of any major can apply.

TIer 1 graduate entrepreneur visa

since April 214, the conditions for graduates of ti graduate entrepreneur visa have been relaxed, and graduates of any major can apply, with a quota of 2,/year. Graduates from British universities with real and feasible business ideas with bachelor degree or above can obtain T1 graduate entrepreneur visa if their entrepreneurial projects can be evaluated and supported by the British universities where the applicants are located or the UK Trade and Investment Agency (which needs to be formally issued by supporters in the form of letters).

the visa is valid for one year, and can be renewed for another year if you can continue to get support from relevant institutions after one year. After two years, the applicant only needs to prove that he has at least 5, pounds of funds that can be used for investment, and then he can change to an entrepreneur immigrant visa. At any time when you hold a graduate entrepreneur visa, you can directly change to an entrepreneur immigrant visa as long as you can prove that you hold at least 5 thousand pounds of funds that can be used for investment.