Talent and high skill United Kingdom
Global Talent visa
Run by UK Visas and Immigration (Home Office)
Leaders or potential leaders in academia or research, arts and culture, or digital technology, aged 18 or over, who can get an endorsement or have won an eligible prize.
- Only for people in science and research, creative, technology, teaching and education.
- Job offer
- Not required
- Language
- Not stated on the official page
- Education
- Not stated on the official page
- Work experience
- You need an endorsement from an endorsing body in your field, or a prize named on the eligible prize list.
- Government fee
- GBP 766 in total (GBP 561 for the endorsement + GBP 205 for the visa), plus the healthcare surcharge, usually GBP 1,035 per year
- Processing time
- Visa stage: usually 3 weeks from outside the UK, 8 weeks from inside the UK
- Money you must show
- Not stated on the official page
- When and to whom you pay
- GBP 561 to the Home Office when you apply for the endorsement; GBP 205 and the healthcare surcharge when you apply for the visa.
Checked on 18 October 2026. What the page says
Read on gov.uk on 2026-10-18: "academia or research", "arts and culture", "digital technology"; fee: "£561 when you apply for the endorsement", "£205 when you apply for the visa itself", "It costs £766 to apply."; surcharge: "this is usually £1,035 per year for each person applying." The documents page does not mention an English test or proof of funds. Another official page. Another official page.