Global Business Mobility advice
Advice for overseas employers and graduate trainees using the Global Business Mobility Graduate Trainee route for a UK work placement linked to a managerial or specialist training programme.
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Graduate Trainee is a Global Business Mobility route for overseas workers undertaking a UK placement as part of a structured graduate training programme for a managerial or specialist role.
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On 11 April 2022, the Graduate Trainee route replaced the Intra-Company Graduate Trainee route. The Graduate Trainee route allows employers to transfer their overseas workers to the UK for a work placement, where the employee is on a graduate training program leading to a senior management or specialist position. The requirements for the new route are similar to the old route with a few amendments.
To be eligible under this route:
If you are granted a visa under this route, you will be able to stay for whichever is shorter, either 12 months from the date the visa was granted, or the time given on your certificate of sponsorship plus an additional 14 days.
The Graduate Trainee visa cannot be extended but you can apply for another Graduate Trainee visa once you have left the UK.
The changes made by the Graduate Trainee route are:
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