Secondment Worker Visa

Apply for this visa if your overseas employer is transferring you to the UK to do an eligible job for a different organisation.

Your overseas employer must have a high-value contract with the UK organisation.

To be eligible for a Secondment Worker visa, you must:

• Be an existing employee of an overseas organisation that has a high-value contract with your UK sponsor that has been approved by the Home Office.

• Have worked for your overseas employer for at least 12 months outside the UK.

• Have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’.

• Do a job in the UK that’s on the list of eligible occupations.

You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before the day you are due to start work in the UK. This date is listed on your certificate of sponsorship.

You’ll usually get a decision on your visa within:

• 3 weeks, if you’re outside the UK.

• 8 weeks, if you’re inside the UK.