UK Global Talent Visa TechNation Stage 1 Mandatory and Optional Criteria Checklist

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Hi everyone, in the past few weeks I have been receiving a lot of questions around validating Evidence against the Criteria for individual cases as part of the TechNation Alumni Ambassadors team.

As you would know, me (and the rest) are only volunteers and cannot comment in detail on how accurately each individual has prepared their Evidences.

However, I understand that getting your Evidences right is probably one of the most important aspects of the application and that it was fairly painful to complete the exercise when I had done so long ago… so have created this Criteria Checklist that should allow you to mark and track what Evidence is good to submit as part of the Tech Nation Global Talent Visa Stage 1 application.

It covers evidence examples for both Mandatory and Optional Criteria for the UK Global Talent Visa / TechNation Stage 1 application.

Note that these are only examples drawn from the official site and are intended only as a useful reference. Please use your personal discretion to decide which evidence is best to present your individual case.

You can access the Checklist here: Global_Talent_Visa_Criteria_Checklist.xlsx - Google Sheets

Ofcourse the Guidance Link of TechNation is the holy grail of references so I would definitely read and use that actively: Tech Nation Visa Guide - Tech Nation

All the best.

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Thanks for sharing @Anurag_Singh

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Thanks @Anurag_Singh for your helpful contributions.

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Thanks for sharing, @Anurag_Singh

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Thanks for sharing this @Anurag_Singh

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Thanks for sharing @Anurag_Singh

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Thank you for this @Anurag_Singh . Super helpful.

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thanks for sharring @Anurag_Singh

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Thanks @Anurag_Singh for this!

Just noticed one of the changes in the 22 Jan 2025 update is that they’ve removed “Employment contract with salary, earnings history bonus & equity” from OC1 and OC3.

It would be brilliant if you also reflected this change on the sheet.

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Hey @safeamiiir - good observation. I have added the following text instead of removing it “[Potentially not applicable post 22 Jan 2025 update]”

But I still see this in the MC criteria “You command a high salary or other remuneration for your services, as evidenced by commercial or employment contracts and history of earnings, clearly stating base salary information, separate ‘paid’ bonuses and ‘vested’ options. Note that salary or remuneration information alone is insufficient, you will have to demonstrate how you have made a significant impact in the sector beyond your day-to-day activities.” because of which the information is still relevant.

Hence have edited MC criteria for “Commanded high salary or remuneration” by adding “[Added basis 22 Jan 2025 update: Probably good to add Employment contract with salary, earnings history bonus & equity here since these have been removed from OC1 and 3]”.

:+1:

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Thank you for this, it is really helpful. Please, do we have to provide everything you listed on MC and any othe the two OCs we picked ? Then how many pages can each evident should consisted ? for examble I see that there are 10 supporting evidences listed under the MC.
I am going for Tech Business.

Many thanks

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please check this @Anurag_Singh

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I don’t really have a view on that. It’s best to follow the guideline. Exactly per what is mentioned in it. You have to provide the evidences that are suitable for your case and certainly should not be more than what is stipulated in the guidelines.

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