Scale-up
Scale-up company must be approved by the Home Office.
Requires sponsorship for the first 6 months only; unsponsored thereafter.
The rest of the key points ↓↑
- Increased minimum salary threshold applies.
- Leads to settlement after 5 years.
Eligibility Checker
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Issued by a licensed UK employer
1 question still to answer
- Do you have a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)?
How an answer is produced
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What you enter
Your dates, visas, absences and circumstances.
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What we apply
The published Immigration Rules in force for those dates.
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What you see
A calculation, an explanation, and the rule it came from.
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What it cannot tell you
Whether an application will be granted, or what you should do.
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How we produce our answers →Where the rules come from
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The Scale-up worker visa allows you to come to the UK to do an eligible job with a fast-growing UK business.
Continuous Residence & Absence Tracker
Calculate your exact ILR eligibility date against the 180-day absence rules.
Scale-up Updates & Policy Breakdown
No published updates for this category yet.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The Scale-up route requires a sponsored period at the start, after which you are not tied to that employer for the remainder of the permission. That is the feature that distinguishes it from Skilled Worker.
What you do after the sponsored period still affects any extension or settlement application, so check the requirements before changing direction.