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Immigration Rules Appendix Graduate

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October 5
07:07 2023

The Graduate route is an unsponsored route.

Individuals who already have permission as a dependant of a Student who is applying on this route can also apply to extend their permission as a dependant on this route; other types of dependants are not permitted on this route.

The Graduate route is not a route to settlement.

Validation requirements for a Graduate

  1. GR 1.1. A person applying for permission to stay as a Graduate must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form Graduate.
  1. GR 1.2. An application for permission as a Graduate must meet all the following requirements:
    1. (a) any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid; and
    2. (b) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
    3. (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality; and
    4. (d) the applicant must be in the UK.
  1. GR 1.3. The applicant must have, or have last had, permission as a Student.
  1. GR 1.4. The applicant must not have been previously granted permission under the Doctorate Extension Scheme or as a Graduate.
  1. GR 1.5. If the applicant has in the 12 months before the date of application completed a course of studies in the UK for which they have been awarded a scholarship or sponsorship by a Government or international scholarship agency covering both fees and living costs for study in the UK, they must provide written consent to the application from that Government or agency.
  1. GR 1.6. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for a Graduate may be rejected as invalid and not considered.

Suitability requirements for a Graduate

  1. GR 2.1. The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal.
  1. GR 2.2. The applicant must not be:
    1. (a) in the UK in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph 39E applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
    2. (b) on immigration bail.

Eligibility requirements for a Graduate

Points requirement

  1. GR 3.1 The applicant must be awarded a total of 70 points based on the table below.
Points type Relevant requirements to be met Number of points
Successful course completion Successful completion requirement
Qualification requirement
Study in the UK requirement
70

Successful completion requirement

  1. GR 4.1. The applicant must have last been sponsored by a Student sponsor which is a higher education provider with a track record of compliance on the date of application.
  1. GR 4.2. The applicant must have successfully completed the course of study which was undertaken during their last grant of permission to study on the Student route (where the applicant was allowed to change their course of study without applying for further permission as a Student, this requirement only applies to the course to which they changed).
  1. GR 4.3. The student sponsor must have notified the Home Office, by the date of application, that the applicant has successfully completed the course of study in GR 4.2.

Qualification requirement

  1. GR 5.1. The applicant will meet the qualification requirement if they have successfully completed a course of study for which they have been or will be awarded a UK bachelors degree, a UK postgraduate degree, or successfully completed a relevant qualification listed in GR 5.2.
  1. GR 5.2 A relevant qualification is one of the following:
    1. (a) a law conversion course validated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales; or
    2. (b) the Legal Practice Course in England and Wales, the Solicitors Course in Northern Ireland, or a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice in Scotland; or
    3. (c) the Ba

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