There are a number of reasons why you should apply for the General Tier 1 visa. Some are linked to personal fulfillment and some due to personal reasons. Other than these reasons, there are specific reasons why a person should apply for this kind of visa. You should apply for this visa if you are not a national of the European Economic Area or the EEA or Switzerland and you want to enter and stay UK to work as part of the highly skilled worker category.

You can also apply if you meet certain important qualifications. Apply if you are in the country with permission to stay in an immigration category that can allow you to shift into the highly skilled category. Also try applying if you are in the country and already under the highly skilled worker category and you want to extend your permission to stay in the category. You can apply as well if you are in the country and under Highly Skilled Migrant Programme and you may want to extend the permission to stay and you are eligible to apply as well if you are from outside UK and you want to apply for permission to enter into the highly skilled category.

If you met all these qualifications, then you are ready to take on the challenges and ready to have your own General Tier 1 visa. If you are a national of a European country like Slovenia, Slovakia, Estonia and the rest, then it is suggested that you read what the ‘Worker Registration Scheme’ is.