Service supplier route

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A service supplier route visa is given to ian ndividual who has a contract to provide services in the UK based company.
The individual can be an employee of the overseas business or can be a hired self- employed professional from overseas.

The job you are applying for is not in the list.

One can still apply for a service supplier route visa even though their service is not in the list of jobs by showing relevant qualifications and experience.
One normally needs.
A bachelor’s degree
A relevant certificate that proves his authenticity
3 years of experience if he is an overseas employee.
6 years of experience as a self-employed professional.
Some services need different qualifications:

Services, Qualifications, and Experience

Advertising or translation, Relevant qualifications

Chef de cuisine, Advanced technical qualification, and 6 years of experience

Entertainment services
(excluding audio-visual No qualification is required
services under the
CARIFORUM-UK
Economic Partnership
Agreement)

Fashion and modelling: No qualifications required

Management consulting
services Bachelor’s degree

Technical testing and a Bachelor’s degree, analysis, or relevant technical qualification

Eligibility:

Should have a certificate of sponsorship from the employer
Has to be an employee of the overseas business or a self-employed service provider based overseas.
Must be doing an eligible job in the list of occupations.
Has to show that he has worked for at least 12 months under the employer of the overseas business, or must have 12 months of experience if he is a self-employed service provider in the relevant field.

How long can you stay?

The time given in your certificate of sponsorship plus 14 days.
Or
For 6 or 12 months, whatever is in the contract to provide the service has been agreed upon.
You can stay for 5 years or 6 years if you have spent time on one 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 do and cannot:

Can:
Work with your sponsored employer
Study
Bring your spouse and children as your dependents.
Travel abroad and return tothe UK
Can do voluntary work.

Cannot:
Apply for permanent citizenship
Do a second job
Apply for benefits. Public funds.
Change of jobs, unless you are eligible.

Your partner and children:

Your dependent partner and children can apply to join you or to stay in the UK if they are eligible. Their tenure will end on the same date as yours, which is given in the certificate of sponsorship.
Partner:
Must be able to prove a civil partnership or marriage that is recognized in the UK
You have been living together in a relationship for at least 2 years.
Children:
Must be 16 or over
Who lives with you
Not married, or in a civil partnership, or doesn’t have his own children
Should be financially supported by you.