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Graduate Tier -1 after Ph.D and PSW

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Graduate Tier -1 after Ph.D and PSW

Post by rk89 » Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:22 pm

Hi,

I was on PSW from 2011 - 2013. I am going to do my Ph.D now. Will I be able to apply for graduate entrepreneur's visa with 50K access when finishing the course?
I have read it is not possible after having stay on PSW. I was issued PSW after my master degree. Will this affect graduate entrepreneur's visa ?

Kind regards,
Rk

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Re: Graduate Tier -1 after Ph.D and PSW

Post by marcnath » Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:00 pm

rk89 wrote:
Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:22 pm
Hi,

I was on PSW from 2011 - 2013. I am going to do my Ph.D now. Will I be able to apply for graduate entrepreneur's visa with 50K access when finishing the course?
I have read it is not possible after having stay on PSW. I was issued PSW after my master degree. Will this affect graduate entrepreneur's visa ?

Kind regards,
Rk
You can't switch from PSW to T1E unless you have already been in business for a while.
But you can switch from T4 to T1E if you meet certain criteria as outlined in the guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... trepreneur
Assuming you have a T4 Visa, your previous PSW is not a disqualification.
My comments are in no way meant to be advisory. I have no professional knowledge of immigration. These are based on my own experience, convictions and personal interpretation of publicly available information.

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Re: Graduate Tier -1 after Ph.D and PSW

Post by CR001 » Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:07 pm

marcnath wrote:
Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:00 pm
Assuming you have a T4 Visa, your previous PSW is not a disqualification.
This user has applied AR after a tier 4 refusal based on credibility and has not started a PhD as yet.

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Re: Graduate Tier -1 after Ph.D and PSW

Post by rk89 » Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:24 pm

CR001 wrote:
Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:07 pm
marcnath wrote:
Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:00 pm
Assuming you have a T4 Visa, your previous PSW is not a disqualification.
This user has applied AR after a tier 4 refusal based on credibility and has not started a PhD as yet.

uk-tier-4-student-visas/tier-4-general- ... l#p1563933
PAP team overturned refusal decision.

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Re: Graduate Tier -1 after Ph.D and PSW

Post by rk89 » Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:25 pm

marcnath wrote:
Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:00 pm
rk89 wrote:
Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:22 pm
Hi,

I was on PSW from 2011 - 2013. I am going to do my Ph.D now. Will I be able to apply for graduate entrepreneur's visa with 50K access when finishing the course?
I have read it is not possible after having stay on PSW. I was issued PSW after my master degree. Will this affect graduate entrepreneur's visa ?

Kind regards,
Rk
You can't switch from PSW to T1E unless you have already been in business for a while.
But you can switch from T4 to T1E if you meet certain criteria as outlined in the guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... trepreneur
Assuming you have a T4 Visa, your previous PSW is not a disqualification.
Thank you

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Re: Graduate Tier -1 after Ph.D and PSW

Post by aaron_1215 » Wed Nov 29, 2017 3:03 pm

I think you are able to switch to Tier 1 Entrepreneur, but you can't switch to Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur due to the your PSW

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