Please instead consider a Global Talent visa if the applicant
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has been awarded or held in the last 5 years an eligible individual fellowship
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has been selected for an academic or research appointment which involves taking a leading role in research
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is taking up a research or specialist technical role funded by one of these organisations AND
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the grant award is at least 2 years in duration
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the employment contract is for at least 1 year
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they will spend at least 50% of their time contributing to the grant
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they have a PhD (for a research role) OR a UK Bachelors degree or equivalent overseas research degree AND research experience (for a specialist technical role)
DOWNLOAD SKILLED WORKER COS EXTENSION APPLICATION FORM
UPDATED April 2025 - the Skilled Worker CoS extension application form has been updated with a more detailed section on CoS and visa dates and the resulting NHS fees, and to ask if Dependant partner and Dependant children visas will be required. Please always download and use the current version of our application forms.
As Excel for Mac does not support some of the functionality used in our CoS application forms they cannot, unfortunately, be completed on a Mac.
If you have any technical problems with, or feedback on, this form please contact tim.currie@admin.ox.ac.uk
