How Can You Get the UK Tier 5 Visa?

Jul 18
08:17

2011

Carla Jiroux Kaplan

Carla Jiroux Kaplan

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If you are eager to travel to England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland, then you probably already know that there is a wide variety of visa programs available to you. Especially if you live in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Monaco, you have several to choose from that will even allow you to work abroad.

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The UK Tier 5 Visa is a new working visa program that has undergone some changes in recent years. Once known as the Youth Mobility Scheme or the Youth Working Visa,How Can You Get the UK Tier 5 Visa? Articles it is now actually quite easy to get as long as you know the rules. Many people find that having a professional visa application agency helping them with the application is the easiest way to do it.

That being said, here are the basic requirements for the UK Tier 5 Visa:

1.    You must be a passport holder from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan or Monaco.
2.    You must be between the ages of 18 and 30 at the time your travel commences.
3.    You must be able to travel without dependents.
4.    You must have a bank account in your name with at least 1,600 GBP in place for up to three months prior to your application.

These requirements are easy enough and once you have filled in the application, you will also be required to undergo a biometric scan. From the time of application, you can expect to wait a week or two before you get your answer and if you are approved, you can travel immediately.

The greatest benefit of the UK Tier 5 Visa is that you don’t need to line up a job before you go! This is completely unlike previous visa programs that required you to have a sponsor and one job the entire time you were in the country. So if you want to travel first before you settle down and work, you can do that. Alternatively, if you do have a job lined up, then you can start working the day you arrive in the UK.

This visa is for a period of two years and is not available to people who have traveled to the UK under any other visa program. But if you meet the requirements, then you will have all the freedom you need to live and work anywhere in the UK – England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland – and change jobs whenever you like.




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