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VISA APPLICATION FEES Stay up to 3 Years
£610
Stay more than 3 Years
£1,220
if your job is in Shortage Occupation List stay for up to 3 years
£464
if job in Shortage Occupation List and you wish to stay for more than 3 years
£298
UK NARIC Fees
£49.50
Apart from the application fees you will have to pay a health surcharge of £624 when you apply which will be refunded in case your application is rejected.
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JOBS ON THE UK SHORTAGE OCCUPATION LIST (SOL) If a candidate has their job on the SOL, they can be paid 80% of the “going rate” for their job in order to qualify for the UK Skilled Worker visa. CODE
JOB TYPES
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JOB TYPES
2111
Chemical scientists (only jobs in the nuclear industry)
2431
Architects – all jobs
2112
Biological scientists and biochemists – all jobs
2461
Quality control and planning engineers – all jobs
2113
Physical scientists – only the following jobs in the construction-related ground engineering industry: geophysicist, engineering geologist, hydrogeologist
3411
Artists – all jobs
2113
Physical scientists – only the following jobs in the oil and gas industry: geophysicist, geoscientist, geologist, geochemist, technical services manager in the decommissioning and waste areas of the nuclear industry, senior resource geologist and staff geologist in the mining sector
3414
Dancers and choreographers (conditions apply)
2114
Social and humanities scientists (only archaeologists)
3415
Musicians (conditions apply)
2121
Civil engineers – all jobs
3416
Arts officers, producers and directors – all jobs
2122
Mechanical engineers – all jobs
3421
Graphic designers – all jobs
2123
Electrical engineers – all jobs
5215
Welding trades – only high integrity pipe welders
2124
Electronics engineers – all jobs
5434 Chefs (only skilled chefs, conditions apply)
2126
Design and development engineers – all jobs
2137
Web design and development professionals – all jobs
2127
Production and process engineers – all jobs
2139
Information technology and communications professionals not elsewhere classified (only cyber security specialists)
2129
Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobs
2216
Veterinarians – all jobs
2135
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers – all jobs
2425
Actuaries, economists and statisticians (only bio-informaticians and informaticians)
2136
Programmers and software development professionals – all jobs Healthcare and education occupations have a different shortage occupation list
2211
Medical practitioners – all jobs
2212
Psychologists – all jobs
2217
Medical radiographers – all jobs
2314
Secondary education teaching professionals [only teachers in maths, physics, science (where an element of physics will be taught), computer science and Mandarin]
2222
Occupational therapists – all jobs
2315
Primary and nursery education teaching professionals – only Gaelic medium teachers
2223
Speech and language therapists – all jobs
2442
Social workers – all jobs
2231
Nurses – all jobs
3213
Paramedics – all jobs
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