Work Permit for UK

To apply for a work permit and work in UK it dependents on the skills and qualifications. People with a degree and work experience are eligible to apply via the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme can come to the UK and seek work. Those who will apply via the HSMP route can get the access to UK for 2 years also can get the chance to stay longer if they prove themselves as a full time employee once the two year period is up.

Another option is, here an employer choose candidate and apply for the visa on his behalf. In this case work permit is granted it is only specific to the employer who applied for it. There is no work permit for contract work.

Before issuing the work permit for a candidate the employer that has to prove the chosen candidate is enough experienced and eligible for work permit. The candidate should have either a UK degree equivalent qualification, senior level experience for three years or a HND level occupation or an NVQ at level three or above.

If you are granted with Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK then there is no need of applying for a work permit, they can stay and work in the UK for a longer period only they need to have been living and working in the UK for five years or more. Work permit are also not required for the people who are in the UK as a spouse or a work permit holder or commonwealth citizens with ancestry visas.

People of the European Union and European Economic Area can freely enter and work within the UK for an indefinite period of time; only they need three things an EU passport and or a National Identity Card and proof that they have the funds to support themselves.

People having the experiences as Engineering, Doctors, Teachers and Veterinary Surgeons should not have any difficulty to find job in UK.