APPLYING FOR YOUR VISA
Please select the relevant option below:
Please note, if your query is about a visa application not listed below (e.g. dependant visas, EU settlement scheme etc) then please contact UKVI directly as the National Overseas Sponsorship team is unable to assist with any visa issues that are not related to Tier 2 or Skilled Worker applications.
Once you have received an offer of appointment, the National Overseas Sponsorship Team will contact you via email on how to proceed. They will advise on how to complete the online application for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS).
You may need an extension to your visa if you require additional training time, or if you change training programme. You must notify the National Overseas Sponsorship Team of any changes to your training that may affect your training end date via their online reporting form.
Please note, you will be required to upload evidence of your new CCT date as a part of your extension application.
You should submit your initial request for an extension approximately 4 months prior to the expiry date on your current visa.
Once your new visa has been approved by the Home Office, please provide your right to work share code to your employer and upload to your Overseas Sponsorship portal account.
As a part of the ILR application process, the National Overseas Sponsorship team will issue a supporting letter to Postgraduate Doctors/Dentists in Training.
Postgraduate Doctors in Training should contact the National Overseas Sponsorship Team to request this letter at england.sponsorship@nhs.net. Please note that the National Overseas Sponsorship Team ask Postgraduate Doctors in Training to only submit their request 4 weeks before their ILR appointment is scheduled due to the timescale required by the Home Office on the ILR letter.
Postgraduate Doctors inTraining will be asked to provide supporting information & documentation, which may include:
- Date of birth
- Full name as stated on passport
- GMC
- Specialty currently undertaking
- Date started current post
- Expected CCT date
- Copies of your last three pay slips
One component of the support letter is to confirm any periods of absence that were either unauthorised or may have been outside of the UK in the 5 years preceding the ILR application. NHS England do not hold this information, as we are not the employer. Postgraduate Doctors in Training will need to request this information from each of their employing Trusts. Queries regarding this should again be directed to the National Overseas Sponsorship Team.
If your application is approved, please send a copy of your ILR (BRP or share code) once obtained to both england.sponsorship@nhs.net and england.sponsorshipsupport.yh@nhs.net.