Intra Company Transfer Visa UK

To be eligible for an Intra-Company Transfer Visa, you must meet the following requirements set out by UK Visas and Immigration:

• You are at least 18 years old;
• Working for a company that has been approved by the Home Office as a sponsor;
• You have worked for your sponsor or a business owned by your sponsor outside of the UK for at least 12 months unless you will make at least £73,900 in the UK;
• Moreover, you can legally work in the country because your sponsor has given you a Certificate of Sponsorship;
• You intend to do a genuine job;
• You have the right amount of skills for the job you want to do;
• Also, you’ll get at least £41,500, or the “going rate” for your job, whichever is higher;
• Your employer has paid any necessary Immigration Skills Charges;
• You don’t need any public money to pay your bills because you have enough money;
• Must possess a valid TB certificate, if needed.

There are different requirements that you may need to meet based on your situation. Consult an immigration lawyer if you need legal assistance.

To discuss your intra company visa UK application you can call our immigration lawyers at 02033844389 or fill out the form below.

Employment Requirement for UK ICT Visa

The person applying for an Intra-Company Transfer Visa must be making less than £73,900 a year and must have been working for their sponsor or a business owned by their sponsor outside of the UK for at least 12 months.

Work experience from outside the UK can be built up over time if you worked continuously for the sponsor group for 12 months before the application date, either in the UK or abroad, and any breaks were only for legal parental, maternity, paternity, or parental leave, adoption leave, sick leave, helping with a national or international humanitarian or environmental crisis, or legal industrial action.

As long as you make at least £73,900 a year, you don’t have to have worked for a certain amount of time.

What is the Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) Requirement for Intra Company Transfer Visa UK?

You need a legal Certificate of Sponsorship for the job you want to do to get an Intra-Company Transfer Visa. In order to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship for an intra-company transfer, your prospective employer must be one that the Home Office has approved to sponsor such a job.

If you applied for permission under the Intra-Company routes and want to keep working for the same sponsor, your sponsor must be named as A-rated on the Home Office’s register of licensed sponsors.

Your Sponsorship Certificate must have been given no more than three months before you applied for an intra-company transfer.

Your Certificate of Sponsorship must have the following information:

• Your name, family name, job description, and salary information;
• Proof that you have worked for your company outside of the UK for at least 12 months unless you make a lot of money;
• You can’t start working for the same company more than three months after applying for the intra-company transfer visa.
• It is important to note that the Certificate of Sponsorship cannot be used for another application, whether it was approved or denied. Additionally, neither the sponsor nor the Home Office have the authority to withdraw or cancel the sponsorship.

You can’t:

• Get public funds
• Start working before you get a visa
• Do voluntary work
• Study as long as it doesn’t interfere with the job you’re sponsored for
• Travel abroad and return to the UK
• Bring family members with you

Consult this page for more information about Certificate of Sponsorship.

Genuine Job Requirement

You need to:

• Have a valid certificate of sponsorship for your job
• Be paid an ‘appropriate salary’ for your job
• Have personal savings so you can support yourself when you arrive in the UK
• Show you can travel and your travel history over the last 5 years
• Have tuberculosis test results if you’re from a listed country
• Be able to show you have worked for your employer outside the UK

Requirement of Job Skill Level

To get an Intra-Company Transfer Visa, the job you are being sponsored for must be an eligible job that requires at least a certain amount of skill.

An Intra-Company Transfer Visa can be used for certain types of employment that have been made public by the Home Office. The list has the appropriate job type, occupation code, and related job titles.

If the position you are applying for is on the list, you likely have the necessary skills to be sponsored.

However, your sponsor needs to pick a good occupation code. Your application for an Intra Company Transfer Visa UK will be turned down if the Home Office has a good reason to think that your sponsor did not pick the best work code.

The Home Office will decide if your sponsor chose the right occupation code by looking at things like whether they have shown a real need for the job as described, whether you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to do the job as described, and the sponsor’s history of following the rules governing immigration.

Requirement of Immigration Skills Charge

Additionally, your sponsor is fully responsible for paying any necessary Immigration Skills Charge.

If a company wants to hire a foreign worker, they have to pay a fee called the Immigration Skills Charge. Every time a company gives a migrant a Certificate of Sponsorship, they have to pay the Immigration Skills Charge.

Appropriate salary

You usually need to be paid at least the minimum salary for your type of visa or the appropriate rate for the job you’re offered – whichever is higher.

The minimum salary is:

• £41,500 for Long-term Staff
• £23,000 for Graduate Trainee

The salary you need might be different, for example, if:

• You’re extending your Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) visa
• You’ve been working in the UK for less than a year
• You’ll be paid at an hourly rate
• You’ll work a set number of hours

Financial Requirements for Intra Company Transfer Visa UK

You will need to have at least £1,270 in cash on hand, with the exceptions listed below.

You must have had the money for at least 28 days in a row, ending no more than 31 days before you apply for an Intra-Company Transfer Visa.

As long as your sponsor is ready to pay at least £1,270 for your living expenses until the end of the first month of your job, you won’t have to worry about the financial requirement. Your sponsor must sign your Certificate of Sponsorship to prove this.

You will not need to show proof of funds if you have been in the UK legally for 12 months or more at the time of your application for permission to stay.