Guide to visa application for PSW graduates in Britain

The PSW graduate visa is open for application in July, but there are still some problems that you need to know urgently.

First of all, we should know who this visa is for and what requirements are needed to apply for this visa.

Graduate visa 1. purpose

The new postgraduate visa will be opened on July 1 20265438, so that Britain can retain the brightest and best international students and let them continue to contribute to society and economy after graduation.

This will help the government to realize the ambition put forward in the international education strategy, that is, to increase the number of international students in British higher education to 600,000 by 2030. This will also ensure that enterprises can recruit the most qualified talents from all over the world to promote economic development.

2. Targeting people and needs

International students who have successfully completed a bachelor's degree or above in the UK and have a good immigration record (no criminal record, no overstaying and no violation of immigration regulations).

The visa period that an applicant can obtain is related to the degree obtained:

Undergraduate and graduate students can apply 2 years after graduation;

You can apply 3 years after graduation.

The postgraduate visa will be unsecured, which means that the applicant can apply for the visa without obtaining the company offer. There is no minimum wage requirement, and there is no upper limit on the number of people. Graduates who have obtained this visa will be able to work flexibly, without limiting the type of work, and freely change jobs. ?

Graduate visas will apply to all corners of the UK, ensuring that communities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can benefit from talents who want to stay after graduation.

3. Qualification under the epidemic situation!

Students who started school in the autumn of 20 years must enter the UK before June of February1year and complete the follow-up courses before they are eligible to apply;

Students who started school on or after 10/2 1 may apply for a postgraduate visa if they need to enter the UK and complete the follow-up courses before September 27th, 2 1 year.

4. How to apply?

Postgraduate visas are not automatically extended, and visa applications need to be re-submitted.

The earliest application time is July 1, and the latest application time is after this date before your T4 visa expires.

When you apply, you need to provide the proof of study you obtained when you applied for the latest degree.

(CAS number). That is, when a graduate student applies for a graduate visa, he needs to provide the CAS provided by the school when you apply for a graduate visa.

The official link of the specific application website has not been announced. When the application opens, you can also find it on this website: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

5. Visa fee

700 visa fee +624/ year immigration health surcharge service.

6. Other precautions

You should still have a valid T4 student visa when you apply, which means that the student visa has not expired when you apply.

Postgraduate visa can only be applied in the UK! If you have left the UK with a degree, you can't apply locally, whether at home or abroad.

If doctoral graduates have applied for DoctorateExtensionScheme before, they can't apply for this graduate visa.

Students who have obtained a postgraduate visa can apply for a formal T2 work visa after finding a job.

Family members applying for a family visa

(dependent), which can be converted into the dependent of the graduate visa together with the graduates to obtain the validity period of the visa with the same length. But I haven't applied for family members before.

You cannot apply for a visa.

After getting a postgraduate visa, you can freely enter and leave the UK within the validity period of the visa.

Postgraduate visas cannot be extended.

Postgraduate visas will not be counted in the years of permanent residence. However, after completing two to three years of overseas study, graduates can apply for other routes, such as the skilled worker route, the global talent route or the innovative route.