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A qualified-employment route for applicants with a qualifying German job offer.
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Skilled Worker visa
Employer-sponsored permission for an eligible job in the UK.
Start here: A confirmed offer from an approved sponsor, a certificate of sponsorship, eligible work, salary and English requirements.
What does this route allow?
- Work permission and limitations
- Work in the sponsored eligible job. Changing employer or job can require a visa update; extra work has conditions.
- Family questions
- Partner and child applications depend on the occupation and individual rules; do not assume every sponsored role permits dependants.
- Costs to verify
- Budget for application fees, any healthcare surcharge and required savings. Verify exemptions and amounts on GOV.UK.
- Duration and next stage
- Up to five years before extension; validity depends on the application. Settlement has additional conditions.
Application sequence
Use these steps to organize your research, not as a replacement for your authority’s current procedure.
- Confirm the sponsor and eligible role.
- Check salary, English and dependant conditions.
- Collect the required evidence and use the official application route.
Evidence to investigate
This is a preparation prompt, not an exhaustive consular document list. Your nationality, application location and circumstances determine the final requirements.
- Certificate of sponsorship reference
- Passport or identity evidence
- English-language and other required supporting evidence
Common planning traps
- This is not an unrestricted remote-work visa.
- Changing employer is not simply a travel-ledger update.
Residence permission, permission to work, tax residence and short-stay travel rules are separate questions. No approval probability or settlement guarantee is calculated here.
Check the official instructions
- GOV.UK: Skilled Worker overview and application guide ↗
- GOV.UK: Skilled Worker documents ↗
- GOV.UK: Skilled Worker partner and children rules ↗
Reviewed 2026-10-22; editorial review due 2027-01-22. This date is not a promise of live monitoring. Verify fees, eligibility, quotas and appointment availability again before paying or applying.