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What is it and how does it operate?
The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)was introduced by the Home Office as a new immigration category in January 2002 to allow highly skilled individuals to enter the UK to seek and take work in their particular fields. The programme was subsequently incorporated into the UK's Immigration Rules. The object was, and remains, to attract highly skilled workers to live and work in the UK, thereby making a positive economic contribution.
Successful applicants are granted permission to enter the UK and may work in an employed or self-employed capacity or in a combination of both. The approval is for an initial period of 24 months, but can be extended by application for a further period of three years. After a total of five continuous years in the UK in this capacity the applicant may be eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (commonly referred to as 'permanent residence').Applicants do not have to have employment in place when applying to enter the UK as highly skilled migrants and nor do they have to have employment arranged before entering the UK once their application has been approved. Once approved in this immigration category, it is permissible to enter the UK to seek and take employment and/or to start self-employment. In addition, the successful applicant may change employment at will and does not require Home Office permission to do so. There is, however, a requirement that highly skilled migrants should work in their particular field/s of expertise.
The HSMP operates on a points-based system and success depends upon scoring a minimum number of points, as well as satisfying some further requirements.
Our success in this area
AIA has had, and continues to have, an exceptionally high level of success in respect of HSMP applications and we are widely experienced. We have obtained approval for applicants in a broad range of areas of professional practice -from the financial sector to marketing, management and industry, as well as in academia/education, art history, sciences, law and even modeling.
Please download our Preliminary Enquiry Questionnaire from this site and email it back to us along with your detailed resume outlining your job descriptions and dates of employment for an accurate of assessment of your chances under this program. Upon receipt of the requested information, we will revert to you with our opinion that will include the probabilities of success, service charges, processing times and the range of our services tailored according to your needs.
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