Switching into Tier 2 (General)

You can apply from inside the United Kingdom if you have, or were last granted, leave in one of the categories listed in the table below:

Switching into Tier 2 (General), Tier 2 (Sportsperson) and Tier 2 (Minister of Religion)

• Any Tier 1 or Tier 4 category;

• Tier 2 (General)

• Tier 2 (Sportsperson)

• Tier 2 (Minister of Religion)

• Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer:Established Staff)

• Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer), under the rules in place before 6 April 2010;

• Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) in the Government Authorised Exchange sub-category, for a job as an overseas qualified nurse or midwife;

• Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) in the Creative and Sporting sub-category, for a job as a professional footballer;

• Dependant partner of a Tier 4 migrant

• Highly Skilled Migrant Programme;

• Innovator;

• Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland Scheme;

• International Graduates Scheme (or its predecessor the Science and Engineering Graduate Scheme);

• Business and Commercial work permits (except multiple entry work permits);

• Sports and Entertainment work permits (except multiple entry work permits);

• Jewish Agency Employee;

• Member of the Operational Ground Staff of an Overseasowned Airline;

• Minister of Religion, Missionary or Member of a Religious Order;

• Overseas Qualified Nurse or Midwife;

• Person Writing Up a Thesis;

• Postgraduate Doctor or Dentist;

• Representative of an Overseas Business;

• Representative of an Overseas Newspaper, News Agency or Broadcasting Organisation;

• Student;

• Student Nurse;

• Student Re-Sitting an Examination;

• Student Union Sabbatical Officer.

Switching into Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer: Established Staff)

You can apply from inside the United Kingdom if you have, or were last granted, leave in one of the categories listed in the table below and you are still working for the same employer named on your previous application:

• Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer: Established Staff),

• Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer), under the rules in place before 6 April 2010,

• Intra Company Transfer work permit holder (except multiple entry work permits).

• Representative of an Overseas Business (this includes representatives of overseas media companies)