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Creative Worker Visa UK

Candidates for the UK Creative Worker visa can stay in the country for a maximum of twelve months if they have received offers of temporary employment in the creative industries.

If you require assistance with your visa, dial 02033844389 to reach us. In addition, you can fill out the form online here.

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What is a Creative Worker Visa UK?

A “UK Temporary Work – Creative Worker” visa is required for foreign nationals who have received employment offers in the creative industries in the United Kingdom. If they meet the standards, they will be allowed to work in the UK for their sponsor once approved. The sponsor could be a manager, an agency, a producer, a promoter or media company, a production company, or someone who plans events.

A creative worker is an international visitor to the UK who can make a unique addition to the country’s rich cultural life. For example, they could be an entertainer, singer, dancer, or actor, and their entourage includes any technical and support staff. Anyone involved in the fashion industry in the United Kingdom, whether as a model or not, can apply through the Creative Worker route.

How does the Creative Worker visa work?

With the Creative Worker visa UK, an overseas citizen who is supported can work for a UK sponsor. Some other things, like studying, will be allowed, though, and you might need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme license for that.

In addition to the job they are being sponsored to do in the UK, people with visas can work up to 20 hours a week at a second job in the same industry. This second job must be at the same level as their main job or on the Skilled Worker shortage position list. On the other hand, they won’t be able to get state funds or start their own business.

Immigration routes and rules are constantly changing in line with UK government guidelines. UK Immigration Solicitors strive to ensure that they are always well informed about any changes and how they may affect you and your next steps.

What are UK Creative Worker Visa Requirements?

You must show UK Visas and Immigration that the following is true in order to get a Creative Worker visa:

  • You have been offered a job as a creative worker by a sponsor who has a valid Temporary Work – Creative Worker sponsor licence. For this job, you need a valid Certificate of Sponsorship.
  • You will be paid at least the minimum wage set by Equity, PACT, or BECTU (unless you work as a model, singer, or in a circus);
  • You promise that you won’t take on any other jobs and that you’re fully capable of fulfilling the position for which you’re being sponsored;
  • In order to live in the UK, you have to save enough money;
  • The general reasons for failure do not apply to your application;
  • If asked, you have given a valid TB certificate;
  • If needed, you have an Electronic Travel Authorisation.

To get a Creative Worker visa, you may need to meet different exact standards, which will depend on your situation. You might want to get professional help from a visa lawyer.

Call our London immigration lawyers, at 02033844389 or fill out the form to talk to one of our immigration solicitors about your Creative Visit visa UK application.

Need a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) for a Creative Worker Visa

Before you can get a Creative Worker Visa, you need a valid Certificate of Sponsorship from a sponsor accepted by the Home Office for the job you want to do in the UK. This person must have a current Temporary Work – Creative Worker sponsor licence in order to be your sponsor.

In the creative field, your sponsor will work. To name just a few examples, there is the National Arts Council, event planners, producers, venues, agents, promoters, production companies, and media organisations. Potentially, your sponsor is your boss.

Your sponsor will prove that when they give you a Certificate of Sponsorship:

  • You will follow the Creative Worker Code of Practice that applies to your job if there is one.
  • The shortage occupation list included your position; or
  • Before giving you the Certificate of Sponsorship, your backer looked at the needs of the local job market and was sure that a settled worker would not be able to do the job.

Creative industry sponsors can give sponsorship badges to individual creative workers. For a performer and their crew, they can also give out group certificates of support. People whose jobs are directly connected to the work of an entertainer, cultural artist, or theatre production can be part of an entourage. Additionally, people who are part of a group must have proven technical or specialised skills.

Financial Requirement For a Creative Visa UK

The person applying must show that they have saved enough money to live on their own when they get to the UK. In other words, they need to have at least £1,270 in their bank account and have had that money for at least 28 days in a row. The 28th day must have been within 31 days of the date they applied.

When someone applies, they generally have to show proof that they have enough money, unless they are from the UK and have been there with a valid visa for at least 12 months. On the other hand, their sponsor can write on the sponsorship certificate that they will pay at least £1,270 to keep and house the applicant for up to the first month of their job in the UK if they need to.

Creative workers must also say what costs the sponsor paid and whether the sponsor will ask for a refund under new rules that went into effect in May 2024.