There are a few here uk-tier-1-exceptional-talent-visas/tier ... 39537.html

And there are a lot of others scattered throughout this forum.

Are you sure you're filling out the stage 1 form?

I'm not sure, actually. I'm 30 and did exceptional promise, but I assumed that it to do with what stage you were at in your career.

It doesn't really apply to digital technology. Arts now include fashion. So tell all your fashion designer friends back home!

If I were you, I'd apply under exceptional promise, for the data science part. Emphasise the data science, rather than the IT, and be sure to demonstrate your continual learning. Your Github and your LinkedIn and Medium articles on Data Science can prove continual contribution to the tech community....

Some background about me: I was previously a librarian, with a BSc (from the US) and an MA (from the UK) in International Relations, but at the beginning of last year, when my student visa expired and I had to return home, I decided I wanted to learn data science. So I got a job doing that, in Marc...

Government doubles exceptional talent visa offer From: Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration, and The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP Published: 15 November 2017 Double the number of visas will be made available to leading figures and individuals who show promise in technology, science, art and creative indus...