Tier 1 (General) - Attributes

PLEASE NOTE: You have to score at least 75 points for your attributes

AGE

27 or under

20

28 or 29

10

30 or 31

5

32 and over

0

ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor degree

30

Masters degree

35

PhD

50

Points can be claimed for an equivalent professional qualification, e.g. Chartered Accountant

PAST EARNINGS

Points available for earnings claimed

£40,000 + 

45

£35,000 - £39,999

40

£32,000 - £34,999

35

£29,000 - £31,999

30

£26,000 - £29,999

25

£23,000 - £25,999

20

£20,000 - £22,999

15

£18,000 - £19,999

10

£16,000

5

Please note: If some or all of your income has been earned abroad, you should convert your earnings to Pound Sterling, and adjust your total income earned abroad by using the following uplift ratios.

Conversion Rate – 1.0

Andorra, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Denmark, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Gibraltar, Guam, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, San Marino, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vatican

Conversion Rate – 2.3

American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Botswana, Brunei, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Hungary, Israel, Korea, Rep. of (South Korea), Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macao(China), Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Taiwan  (Territory of),Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands

Conversion Rate – 3.2

Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, China  (excluding Hong Kong), Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, South Africa, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic,  Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Vanuatu, West Bank and Gaza, Yugoslavia

Conversion Rate – 5.3

Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial  Guinea, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Timor L’Este, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Conversion Rate – 11.4

Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Korea (N), Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mayotte, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

UK EXPERIENCE

You can claim five points if you have previous experience of living in the UK if either:

You have successfully scored points under the previous earnings category and your earnings were in the UK.

5

OR

You have studied and graduated at Bachelors degree level or higher in full time higher education in the UK, or at a UK-based overseas educational institution, for at least one full academic year.

5

You can only score a total of five points in this category. You can not score five points for UK earnings and five points for UK qualifications.

Tier 1 (General) – English Language

You can claim 10 points under this category, as follows

You are a national of a majority English speaking country (Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, The United States of America

10

OR

You have an English Language test certificate from one of the providers that have been assessed as meeting the Agency’s requirements (list available on request)

10

OR

You hold a degree which is equivalent to UK Bachelor degree level or higher, which was taught or researched in English to a particular level.

10

Tier 1 (General) – Maintenance

You can claim 10 points under this category as follows

For in-country applications - You have sufficient funds of at least £800 personal savings (maintained for at least the last three months)

For out-of-country applications - you have sufficient funds of at least £2,800 personal savings (maintained for at least three months)

10

AND, if any dependants are included with your application:

You (or your dependant) have sufficient funds of at least £533 personal savings for each dependant (maintained for at least the last three months), if the main applicant has been in the UK for at least the last twelve months, or personal savings of at least £1,600 for each dependant if the main applicant has been in the UK for less than twelve months

10

You can only score a total of ten points in this category.

AGE (Applicants already in the UK as a Tier 1 (General) Migrant)

30 or under

20

31 or 32

10

33 or 34

5

35 and over

0

AGE (Already in the UK as an HSMP holder)

29 or under

20

30 or 31

10

32 or 33

5

34 and over

0