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The International Sportsperson visa is for elite sportspeople and qualified coaches who will compete or work at the highest level in their sport in the UK. You need endorsement from your sport's governing body and sponsorship. Longer grants can lead to settlement.
Elite athletes and qualified coaches recognised at the top level of their sport coming to work in the UK.
Our licensed advisors assess your eligibility, build a strategy to strengthen your application, and manage the process end to end, so you submit a complete, competitive application with confidence.
Both. It is for elite, internationally established sportspeople and qualified coaches whose work will develop their sport in the UK at the highest level.
Yes, you can travel abroad and return to the UK, but if you are working towards settlement you should keep your absences within the permitted limits.
You can do a second job in certain circumstances, but only after you have started working for your sponsor, and you cannot start any second job before that.
Your visa is tied to your sponsor, so changing clubs usually means a new certificate of sponsorship, and losing your governing body endorsement can end your permission.
Yes. Your partner and children can apply as dependants if they are eligible, each making a separate application.
It can be granted for up to 3 years at a time and is renewable; after 5 years on the route, including at least one grant longer than 12 months, you may apply for settlement.
