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    How to set up and update your eVisa

    The Home Office is replacing hard copy immigration documents with digital immigration status (an ‘eVisa’) by 1 January 2025. This is what you need to know

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    Absences from the UK during your visa

    In this post we look at the issue of time spent outside of the UK whilst here on a visa. We look at why you should track your absences, and how to work out whether you’re within the prescribed limits on absences for your visa limit

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    UK Global Talent visas for philosophers

    Exceptionally talented philosophers, or those who demonstrate exceptional promise, may be eligible to apply for a UK visa

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    The UK Global Talent visa for comedians

    Exceptionally talented comedians, or comedians showing exceptional promise, may be eligible to apply for the gold standard of UK visas

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  • Cover image for The UK Global Talent visa route for leading geographers

    The UK Global Talent visa route for leading geographers

    You may be eligible to apply for a UK visa if you are acknowledged as an exceptionally talented Geographer (or one who shows exceptional promise). This includes geographers demonstrating exceptional talent or promise within Economic, Historical or Human Geography.

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  • Cover image for The Chemist's visa: the UK's Global Talent route for those working in chemistry

    The Chemist's visa: the UK's Global Talent route for those working in chemistry

    You may be eligible to apply for a UK visa if you are recognised as an exceptionally talented chemist, or a chemist demonstrating exceptional promise

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    The Potter's Visa

    If you are a potter recognised as a leader in the field or showing exceptional promise you may be eligible to apply for a UK Global Talent visa

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    The Jazz Musician's Visa

    If you are a jazz musician recognised as a leader in the field or showing exceptional promise you may be eligible to apply for a UK Global Talent visa

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    UK visas for leading historians

    Historians recognised as leaders, or showing exceptional promise, in their fields may be able to apply for a UK visa under the Global Talent scheme

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  • Cover image for A UK visa for leading poets? It's a thing

    A UK visa for leading poets? It's a thing

    If you are a poet recognised as a leader in the field or showing exceptional promise you may be eligible to apply for a UK Global Talent visa

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    Visas for leading anthropologists: a pathway to the UK for exceptional talent

    If you are an anthropologist recognised as a leader in the field or showing exceptional promise you may be eligible to apply for a UK Global Talent visa

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    If Labour wants growth, it should reimagine the Global Talent visa

    The government has correctly identified that global leaders are very likely to bring growth to the UK, and that as many as possible should be encouraged to apply. And yet, in its execution, the policy is profoundly lacking: our offer to global leaders shouldn’t be that we are making our immigration system slightly less bad.

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