Apply for a Global Talent Visa
with a UK Solicitor
Working in research, academia, digital technology, design, or arts and culture? Send us your CV for a free initial assessment. We’ll review your achievements, assess whether you may qualify, and explain the most suitable route for you.
Your application guided by Dr Ergul Celiksoy
Solicitor of England and Wales · PhD in Law, University of Nottingham
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Work Directly with Dr Ergul Celiksoy
Dr Ergul Celiksoy is a Solicitor of England and Wales, holds a PhD in Law from the University of Nottingham, and previously served there as an Assistant Professor of Law. He combines legal and academic experience to assess your background, identify the appropriate Global Talent route, and prepare a clear, carefully supported application. You’ll work directly with him throughout the endorsement and visa process.
UK immigration services are provided by Bekenbey Solicitors Ltd.
Could Global Talent Be Right for You?
You may already be established in your field or building a promising career. We’ll help you understand how your achievements fit the Global Talent criteria.
Academics & Researchers
Working in science, medicine, engineering, social sciences, or the humanities? Your publications, citations, research projects, and funding can help demonstrate your contribution. We’ll assess your academic background and identify the most suitable application route.
Digital Technology
Building digital products or helping a technology business grow? You may have a technical background in software, AI, data, or cybersecurity, or experience in product, commercial, or leadership roles. We’ll assess your achievements and your personal contribution to the sector.
Design
Have your designs earned professional recognition? Your portfolio, notable projects, awards, exhibitions, and media coverage may help demonstrate your achievements. We’ll review your work and assess how it fits the design endorsement criteria.
Arts & Culture
Working in music, literature, performing arts, visual arts, architecture, fashion, film, or television? Your professional work and recognition could support an application. We’ll help identify the relevant criteria and the evidence that best demonstrates your achievements.
Not sure where you fit? Send us your CV and we’ll help you assess your options.
Build Your Career in the UK, on Your Terms
More flexibility to pursue your work, develop new opportunities, and plan your future in the UK.
No employer sponsorship required
You can apply without a job offer or employer sponsorship. Your application is based on your achievements and potential.
Flexibility to work your way
Work for an employer, freelance, or run your own business. Your visa is not tied to a single employer.
Bring your family
Your eligible partner and children can apply to join you. Your partner can work, and your children can attend school in the UK.
Settlement after 3 or 5 years
Depending on your route, you may qualify for indefinite leave to remain after 3 or 5 years, provided you meet the settlement requirements.
No English test for the initial visa
You do not need to meet an English language requirement for your initial Global Talent visa application.
Your Application, Step by Step
Start with a Free Assessment
Send us your CV and a brief summary of your work. We’ll assess whether Global Talent could be right for you, identify a suitable route, and explain the next steps.
Prepare Your Case
If you decide to proceed, we’ll agree the scope of work and fees before preparing your application. We’ll help you select supporting evidence, guide you on recommendation letters, and explain how your achievements meet the relevant criteria.
Submit and Follow Through
We’ll prepare and submit your endorsement and visa applications, where required, and track their progress through to a decision. If your family is applying too, we can also coordinate their applications.
Your Questions, Answered
Unsure whether you could qualify? Send us your CV for a free initial assessment and find out what your next steps could be.
No. You can apply without a job offer or employer sponsorship, including through the academic peer review route. Some other academic pathways are based on an eligible UK appointment, fellowship, or funded research position.
Yes, depending on your route. Digital technology, design, and arts and culture applications focus on your professional achievements. Academic peer review requires you to be an active researcher with a PhD or equivalent research experience.
There is no fixed minimum for academic peer review. Your research contribution, career stage, recognition, and recommendations are considered together. Publication and citation counts alone do not determine whether you qualify.
Potentially. Several pathways offer an Exceptional Promise category for emerging leaders. You’ll need evidence of achievements and potential in your field, even if you are still building your career.
An endorsement confirms that an approved organisation has assessed you against the criteria for your field. Most applicants need one, although winners of certain eligible prestigious prizes are exempt. Endorsement is separate from the visa and does not itself give you permission to live or work in the UK.
You may be able to apply from within the UK, depending on your current visa and circumstances. Some categories, including visitors, cannot switch in the UK. We’ll review your immigration status and timing before advising you on the next steps.
Yes. You can apply for endorsement and your visa from outside the UK. We can work with you remotely to prepare and submit your applications.
There is no English language requirement for the initial Global Talent visa. English language and Life in the UK requirements generally apply when you later apply for settlement, unless you are exempt.
The overall timeline includes preparing your documents, obtaining endorsement, and receiving a visa decision. Endorsement processing times vary by route. Once you have proved your identity and provided your documents, visa decisions usually take around 3 weeks outside the UK or 8 weeks inside the UK.
You may qualify for indefinite leave to remain after 3 or 5 years, depending on your route and whether you meet the other settlement requirements. Your family may have a different timeline: dependent partners usually need a 5-year qualifying period, while children’s eligibility depends on their circumstances and their parents’ status.
Yes, through settlement and a separate citizenship application. You will usually need at least 5 years of UK residence and 12 months with indefinite leave to remain, alongside the other citizenship requirements. Different rules apply if you are married to a British citizen.
Send us your CV and a brief summary of your work using the form on this page. We’ll review your background, assess whether you may qualify, and explain the next steps. The assessment provides an initial view based on the information you share.
Find Out If You Qualify
Send us your CV and your best work. We’ll come back within 24 hours with our view.