The Scale Up Visa – a new route for skilled workers to support high growth businesses

21/10/2022 12 min

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Episode Synopsis

The introduction of the new ‘Scale Up Visa’ on 22 August 2022 provides high growth organisations with a dedicated visa route to recruit skilled workers in the UK. In this podcast, Immigration law expert Arshia Hashmi speaks to solicitor Claire Flavin about this new visa, including the eligibility criteria for organisations and individuals, and the benefits and potential pitfalls. We look at how this might be an exciting development in high growth sectors such as Technology, or have particular regional applicability for parts of the UK experiencing high levels of economic growth.