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► Tier 1 Post Study Work - applying in the UK
Tier 1 of the Points Based Immigration System is for highly skilled migrants.
You do not need either a sponsor or a job before you apply.
Post-Study Work (PSW) sub category of Tier 1
Post-Study Work allows international students graduating from UK universities to work for no more than 2 years.
Points
To apply for PSW you need 95 points
20 points for a UK bachelor’s degree or a UK Master's degree or a UK PhD degree
20 points for having studied in the UK at Aston University,
20 points for studying with any sort of visa which did not prohibit you from studying; for instance having a student visa is fine.
15 points for applying within 12 months of obtaining your qualification.
This is the date on which you are notified in writing by your exam board that your qualification has been awarded. This includes electronic notification on the University’s web site e.g. MAP. It is NOT the date of your graduation ceremony.
10 points for English language which you will be awarded automatically once you have 75 points as above
10 points for having at least £800 in your bank account for every moment of every day of the last 3 months before applying for PSW. Your bank statements must not be more than one month old on the date you apply for PSW.
Check your student visa expiry date and the date you will receive your exam results
You must have a valid student visa on the date you get your results if you want to switch from holding a student visa to a PSW visa within the UK. If you have to resit exams or you have late / resubmitted coursework, you are likely to need to extend your student visa because your course end date will change. You must submit your visa extension application before your revised course end date. Do not wait until after you have retaken exams or submitted the coursework as it will be too late.
Cost
It costs *£500 to submit an application by post and *£700 to apply in person. * From 6 April 2010 this will rise to £550 for postal applicants and £800 for in person applicants.
Application form
Pleas note: this form was changed on 1 October 2009
If you are in the UK you should complete application form Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) You will need to read the Home Office’s guidance before you complete the form
Click herefor an example of how you might complete the form. Please use a pencil if you would like us to check the form for you.
Documents
►You will need to log onto MAP and order a Tier 1 PSW visa letter. You receive an email asking you to collect the letter from ASAP in the Main Building on the ground floor. Do not send your exam results or the letter from the Board of Examiners.
► Your current passport with your student visa and any previous passports showing your student visas OR your current passport, any relevant previous passports and your UK identity card if you have already been issued with one.
► Your police certificate if you were asked to register with the police.
► 3 months’ bank statements showing in excess of £800 throughout the 3 month period
► If you are (or have been within the last 12 months) wholly supported for your tuition fees and your living costs by a sponsorship award from a government or international sponsorship agency for the course you are relying on for PSW points, you will need their written permission to remain in the UK on a PSW visa.
Dependants
If you are in the UK with dependants separate application forms must be completed and the amount of money in your bank account needs to be much more than £800. Please ask the Advice & Representation Centre staff for details.
Afterwards
PSW is a bridging route allow you to stay and work in the UK for 2 years. It will not be possible to extend after 2 years. Once you are on ‘the bridge’ (once you have PSW status) you will be able to move off the bridge in one of 4 ways to:
1. Any other Tier 1 visa category for highly skilled migrants under the Points Based System (the most common route will be to move from Post-Study Work to Tier 1 General provided you have a Master's degree or a PhD) or
2. Tier 2 for skilled migrants, without having to meet the Resident Labour Market test provided your employer has a sponsor's licence and that you have worked in your present job for your sponsor for at least 6 months and will continue to do so or
3. Tier 4 for students or
4. Leave the UK
14 February 2010
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