What matters first
The date of your visa application must be no more than 3 months after the date on the endorsement letter.
Source: GOV.UK, Immigration Rules Appendix Global Talent, checked .
The earliest you can apply for a visa is 3 months before you travel.
Source: GOV.UK, Global Talent arts and culture, checked .
After an endorsement, the visa application itself costs £205.
Source: GOV.UK, Global Talent visa, checked .
- Visa, from outside the UK3 weeks
- Visa, from inside the UK8 weeks
Drawn from the official figures quoted on this page.
Applying for the visa
If you apply from outside the UK, you will usually get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks.
Source: GOV.UK, Global Talent: apply from outside the UK, checked .
If you apply from inside the UK, the visa decision takes 8 weeks.
Source: GOV.UK, Global Talent visa, checked .
A Global Talent visa lets you live and work in the UK for up to 5 years at a time.
Source: GOV.UK, Global Talent visa, checked .
Documents to prepare
If your documents are not in English or Welsh, you also need to provide a certified translation.
Source: GOV.UK, Global Talent: documents you need for the visa, checked .
The translator confirms in writing that it is a 'true and accurate translation of the original document'.
Source: GOV.UK, Certifying a document, checked .
If you need a TB test, the certificate you are given is valid for 6 months from the date of your x-ray.
Source: GOV.UK, Tuberculosis tests for visa applicants, checked .
If the endorsement or the visa is refused
You need to request a review of a refused endorsement within 28 days after you get the decision.
Source: GOV.UK, If your endorsement application is refused, checked .
The review is done by the endorsing body that looked at your original application, and there is no fee.
Source: GOV.UK, If your endorsement application is refused, checked .
To ask for an administrative review of a visa refusal from outside the UK, you must apply within 28 days of getting the decision.
Source: GOV.UK, Administrative review: if you are outside the UK, checked .
Inside the UK, you must apply for an administrative review within 14 days of getting the decision.
Source: GOV.UK, Administrative review: if you are in the UK, checked .
An administrative review from outside the UK costs £80.
Source: GOV.UK, Administrative review: if you are outside the UK, checked .
Changes and corrections
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