PBS Tier 5 International Agreement Visas

This category is for migrants who coming to the UK under contract to provide a service that is covered under the International Law, including:

• Private Servants in Diplomatic Households;
• Employees of overseas governments and International Organisations;
• The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and
• Similar agreements between the UK and another country.

In issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship to private servants in diplomatic households the sponsor will have guaranteed that you:

• Are aged 18 years or over
• Will be employed as a private servant in Diplomatic Households of
• A member of staff of a diplomatic consular mission who has diplomatic privileges and immunity as defined by the Vienna Conversion Diplomatic Relations; or
• An official employed by an International Organisation with certain privileges and immunities under United Kingdom or International Law.
• Intend to work Full Time in domestic employment;
• will not take up any other form of job for the sponsor other than as a private servant in the specified household, and
• Will leave the United Kingdom when your permission to stay has expired.

Domestic Workers in private households will remain outside the Points Based System, and such applicants should continue to apply as they did previously.
In issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship to employees of overseas governments and international organisations, the sponsor will have guaranteed that you will;

• be under contract of employment with the overseas government or international organisation;
• not take up any job for the sponsor other than that for which the certificate of sponsorship was issued; and
• Not try to avoid immigration controls by changing to a different category of worker within the International agreements category after entering the United Kingdom.

In issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship for migrants under GATS or other international Agreements the sponsor will have guaranteed that you;

Work for an employer or organisation of a country that

• Is a member of the World Trade Organisation and has signed up to the agreement; or
• Has a bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom or the European Union; or
• Is a member of the European Union;
• Will be engaged in work that meets the terms and conditions of the relevant international agreement; and
• where relevant work for the employer that was awarded the contract or will provide services to the United Kingdom Client

All applicants at Tier 5 must be able to meet the Maintenance (Funds) Requirement.
Contact us today for a free assessment on your eligibility to meet the required criteria to come to the UK as a member of the International Agreement.