Secondment Worker

This is employee of an overseas business who have been seconded to the UK as part of a high value contract or investment.

Apply for the Visa if your overseas employer is transferring you to the UK to do an eligible hob for a different organisation. Your overseas employer must have a high-value contract with the UK organisation.

Eligibility

You must:

Be an existing employee of an overseas organisation that has a high-value contract with your UK sponsor that has been approved by the Home Office

Have worked for your overseas employer for at least 12 months outside the UK

Have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your sponsor with information about the work you will do in the UK

How long you can stay

You can stay in the UK with a Secondment Worker visa for whichever is shorter of:

• 12 months after the start date of the job detailed in your certificate of sponsorship
• the time given on your certificate of sponsorship plus 14 days

If you want to stay longer in the UK, you can extend your visa by 12 months. The maximum time you can stay in the UK on a Secondment Worker visa is 2 years.

You can only stay in the UK for a maximum of 5 years in any 6-year period if you’ve spent time on any of these visas:

• Intra-company Graduate Trainee visa
• Intra-company Transfer visa
• Graduate Trainee visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Secondment Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Senior or Specialist Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)
• Service Supplier visa (Global Business Mobility)
• UK Expansion Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)

What you can and cannot do

With a Secondment Worker Visa, you can:

• work for your sponsor in the job described in your certificate of sponsorship
• study
• bring your partner and children with you as your ‘dependants’, if they’re eligible
• do voluntary work
• travel abroad and return to the UK

You cannot:

• apply for most benefits (public funds), or the State Pension
• change jobs unless you update your visa
• apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’)
• do a second job

If your application is successful, you’ll get a full list of what you can and cannot do with a Secondment Worker visa.

How to Apply

If you wish to apply, talk with our team who will advise you on your position and complete the form and collect any necessary documentation from you that will help make the application successful.

Why choose Hallmark Solicitors

Our team will collaborate with you to make sure that your application is filled in correctly and that all the correct supporting documents to evidence your eligibility.  We typically also provide a supporting letter setting out your circumstances in detail to Home Office which puts the Application in the best position on submission.

Our assistance is based on a considered and knowledgeable understanding of UK Business Immigration.  We can save you time and to reduce your stress.  Please contact our solicitors on 01482 616 616 or via our online contact form and we will get back to you.