UK Expansion Worker Visa

Core Documents

To apply for an Expansion Worker visa, you must present the following documents:

• Your company will provide you with your certificate of sponsorship reference number.
• Identity and nationality proof in the form of a passport or other valid document
• Your yearly income and position
• A code that describes your employment
• On your certificate of sponsorship, you will see your employer’s name and sponsor licence number.
• supporting documentation (such as bank statements) demonstrating that you have sufficient funds to sustain yourself while in the UK
• If you are applying with a partner or children, you must provide evidence of your relationship with them.
• Your tuberculosis test findings (if your country is on the list)

Other Required Documents

Along with your visa application, you could be required to provide additional documents. Among these, you might find:

• Proof that you’ve spent at least a year working for a company outside of the UK, such as through:
  • Printed pay stubs
  • A letter from your sponsor signed by a top staff member and attached to your online payslips
  • Statements from a bank or building society
  • Passbooks for building societies
• If your job requires you to do sensitive research at the PhD level or above, you must have a valid ATAS certificate.

Unless you qualify under one of the exceptions, you won’t have to prove that you’ve worked for your company outside the UK for 12.

It should be noted that certified translations of any documents not written in English or Welsh are required for all of the documents you submit.