Scale-up Business and Scale-up Worker Visa

From 22 August 2022, a new Scale-up visa is launched by the UK government to help UK employer to benefit from talented overseas workers who can help them scale up business especially those fast-growing businesses.

An eligible scale-up businesses

The sponsor (employer) must be an eligible fast-growing business (AKA a ‘scale-up business’).

In the 3 year period immediately before they were approved by the Home Office to sponsor scale-up workers, they must have:

• grown by on average of 20% in each year in either employment or total sales (turnover)
• had at least 10 employees at the starting of the 3 year period

Qualified job

You must meet all of the following requirements to be eligible for a Scale-up Worker visa:

• your job is eligible for this visa (Match the published Occupation code (Table of eligible occupations )
• you’ll be working for a UK scale-up business that’s been approved by the Home Office
• you’ll meet the salary requirements
• you’ll be working in your sponsored job for at least 6 months

Salary requirements

You’ll need to be paid whichever is the highest out of the following 3 options:

• £33,000 per year
• £10.10 per hour
• the ‘going rate’ for the type of work you’ll be doing

No Immigration Skills Charge for the sponsor.

A great benefit for the sponsor.