UK Visa & ImmigrationSep 4, 2026·2 min read·🔥 High relevance

Briefing: applying for a graduate visa

Free Movement – UK Immigration Law

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The graduate immigration route is for international students who have completed a degree or other higher educational qualification in the UK. The application costs £937 plus the immigration health surcharge . If the graduate visa holder sponsored dependants to join them on their student visa, those dependants can apply to stay as dependants on the graduate visa too. The length of the graduate visa grant depends on when the application is made and the type of degree the applicant completed. Family members who were in the UK as dependants on the student visa can stay on as dependants on the graduate visa. It is not possible to extend a graduate visa. The requirements are in Appendix Graduate to the immigration rules. Applicants need to create a UK Visas and Immigration account . ‘GR 1.2. These grounds are set out in Part Suitability of the immigration rules, which replaced Part 9. Paragraph 6 of the immigration rules links to a list of regulated professions .

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The graduate immigration route is for international students who have completed a degree or other higher educational qualification in the UK. It allows people who previously had a student visa to: There is no requirement to have a sponsor in order to apply under this route. The application costs £937 plus the immigration health surcharge. […]

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