Guidelines for UK skilled sponsored (provisional) Visa (subclass 489)

This type of visa is available for the people who are sponsored by family member or relative living in a designated area in United Kingdom.in order to apply for this visa, candidate first need to submit an expression of interest and this can be done living in United Kingdom.

Application eligibility Criteria

For applying, applicant should be invited to apply by his relatives and applicant should be younger and medically fit. There should be appropriate matching between qualification and skills. Skills are also assessed by the relevant assessing authority and applicant should also be competent of speaking English.

Visa Sponsorship by UK family member

The sponsorship of a family member is compulsory for applying for visa. Temporary visa will be valid only for 4 years.

Skilled sponsored visa process

It is three steps application process which is as follows:

Step1.      First of all, skill set is being tested by government body to check either the applicants requires skills or not to work in United Kingdom.

Step2.      After getting skills assessment, candidate submits Expression of interest.

Step3.      In third step, this application is got submitted for approval from department of immigration and border protection.

Eligible Criteria Sponsors

Following are the sponsors:

• Sponsors must attain the age of 18 years
• Sponsors must be a permanent resident of United Kingdom
• Sponsors may be father, child, sister, brother, nephew, cousin or grandparents.

Entitlements

Following Are The Entitlements Allotted On You After Getting Visa:  

• Once applicants got visa they are allowed to live and work in UK freely.
• They are also allowed to get the opportunity to continue their studies.
• Sponsored applicants can travel anywhere in the world on this visa.
• They are also allowed to get permanent residence under certain circumstances.