United Kingdom immigration guides

The UK Skilled Worker visa requires a licensed sponsor and a salary that clears both the general threshold of £41,700 (UK Home Office, effective July 22, 2025) and the going rate for your occupation; the higher figure governs. Jobs on the Immigration Salary List use a reduced £33,400 threshold. Healthcare and teaching jobs use national pay scales instead of a going rate, and eligible health roles pay no immigration health surcharge.

What these guides cover

The salary rule, worked for real jobs, because it is the single most misunderstood part of the UK system: an offer above £41,700 (UK Home Office, effective July 22, 2025) can still fail if the going rate for the occupation is higher, and an offer matching a low going rate can still fail if the job is not on the Immigration Salary List.

Every job we cover, in nine categories, with its occupation code, both going rates, its list status and the registration its profession genuinely requires, including the professions where no registration exists at all, such as engineers, electricians, software developers and accountants.

The routes that need no sponsor: Global Talent for research, digital technology and the arts.

What closed. Care worker and senior care worker sponsorship from overseas ended on 22 July 2025. People already in the UK can still switch and extend, and care manager, nursing auxiliary and registered nursing roles remain open.

Our assessment checks you against every open UK and Canadian route in about three minutes and shows your score, where you stand and the first thing that would raise it. No card needed for that. Seeing every route in full needs a plan.