The Government has announced a new fast track Global Talent visa route for winners of prestigious awards from across the sciences, humanities, engineering, the arts and digital technology.
The Global Talent visa route is part of the UK’s new points-based immigration system, which will attract the best and brightest to the country depending on the skills they can bring, rather than their nationality.
From Wednesday 5 May any individuals who have won prestigious awards from a variety of fields including Nobel Prizes, the Turing Award, Oscars and Golden Globes will be able to live and work in the UK easier.
Under the current rules, people on the Global Talent route must successfully apply to one of six endorsing bodies. However, the new fast track route allows applicants who hold a qualifying prize to fast track the endorsement application and instead make a single visa application.
Eligible prize winners include:
- From the sciences – Nobel Prize winners in Physics, Chemistry, Economic Science and Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, Fields Medal, Turing Award.
- From music – Brit Award International Male/Female, Mobo Best International Act and Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award.
- From film, TV and theatre – Various Academy Award and Golden Globe categories, Bafta – Best Film Actress/Actor/Director, various Tony Awards and Olivier Awards
- From arts and literature – Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, Hugo Boss Prize, Nobel Prize Literature
Winners of certain awards across dance, fashion, architecture, and social sciences will also be included.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “Winners of these awards have reached the pinnacle of their career and they have so much to offer the UK. These important changes will give them the freedom to come and work in our world-leading arts, sciences, music, and film industries as we build back better.”
“This is exactly what our new points-based immigration system was designed for attracting the best and brightest based on the skills and talent they have, not where they’ve come from.”
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