Important Changes to Immigration Ruling

4^th December 2009

We have received advice stating that non-UK / non-EEA doctors who are classed as UK graduates - i.e. are graduates of medical schools in the UK and are currently undertaking UK Foundation training - will be eligible to apply for UKBA Tier 1 Post-Study Work Visas.

Therefore, these candidates will not be subject to the Resident Labout Market Test. This means that candidates in this category who meet the necessary criteria will be eligible to apply in Round 1 of specialty training recruitment - i.e. the round of recruitment which is currently running (4^th December to 18^th December).

For more information on the post-study work visa, please visit this page of the UK Borders Agency website: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/poststudy/