I am thinking of applying for Global Talent visa exceptional Talent. Please help with your review.
Background
19 Years of experience in to digital technology services company. Working as Associate Director DevOps. Last 8 years into DevOps and Cloud technology
Applying from outside UK
Have worked for over 12 years in one company with 6 months of gap inbetween with another company
Proofs
LOR 1 : from previous company head of digital practice and it’s now a co-founder of a product company.
LOR 2 : previous company Senior (who has also left company) and now at a good senior position in a very reputed organization
LOR 3: Founder now but he was very senior manager of mine in previous company
MC
High salary remuneration of current org with comparison from Glassdoor of similar position
Innovation project document with its impact (quantifiable numbers) with screenshot of application
Letter of endorsement on innovation project I worked (in support of MC2)
Letter from Founder of a company where I worked as Tech Advisor
OC
Contributions beyond normal occupation project document and it’s screenshot
Publication of my own articles on dev.to, the news stack, corporate companies website
2 case studies (projects) for a customer and their impacts with their endorsement letter from previous manager.
As my entire experience is in service industry and not in product based company so showing stats about number of users , likes, etc is not possible as in service industry it is all about working on clients project.Any help in this regards is much appreciated.
Also please advise if I need to use any of these evidence/documents in any other places then mentioned above .
Hi Vimal, with your 19-year experience in DevOps and cloud technologies, you are a good candidate for Exceptional Talent. While coming from a service industry background presents unique challenges, you can approach the application highlighting technical innovation through project impact metrics and third-party endorsements. The letters of recommendation from respected industry figures will carry significant weight when they specifically describe your technical leadership and innovations.
Focus your application narrative on how your DevOps implementations created transformative solutions for clients, even if end-user metrics aren’t available. Quantify the operational efficiencies and cost savings from your projects - these demonstrate commercial impact equivalent to product usage statistics. Your published articles and case studies should be presented clear publication dates and readership statistics where possible.
The salary evidence combined with Glassdoor comparisons is a valid approach for mandatory criteria. Consider adding a brief explanatory note contextualizing your compensation within the DevOps specialist market (especially outside the UK). Your advisory role evidence helps show contributions beyond primary employment - emphasize any product-facing aspects of this work. Service industry experience can be positioned as an asset, demonstrating your ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions across diverse organizational contexts.
Thank you, @Akash_Joshi , for your prompt response—I truly appreciate it!
I have one more question based on your reply.
For all reference letters, including LORs and endorsement/attestation letters, they contain quantifiable data in some form (e.g., measuring operational efficiencies and cost savings to demonstrate commercial impact, similar to product usage statistics). These letters are also issued by very senior leaders within the organization rather than customers themselves. Would that be acceptable?
Yes to letterhead, according to their guidelines…it’s best to play it safe.
3 letters of Recommendation, I saw in a community on X where you can use a 4th letter of reference as evidence. I don’t know, let the expert speak on that.