CR001 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:00 pm
vthuppil wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:57 pm
You should not have to leave the UK. You should be able to switch to the Skilled Worker visa from your student visa within the UK:
https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/ ... -this-visa
There are new rules being implemented to prevent this switching, but they will not come into force until students entering in January next year. So you will be OK to switch if you are already here on a student visa.
The link clearly states a Student Visa holder cannot switch if they have not completed their course. This change to the rules came into effect on the 17th July 2023.
If you’re currently in the UK on a Student visa, you must also meet one of the following requirements:
you have completed the course you were sponsored to study
your job start date is after your course has finished
you have studied for a PhD for at least 24 months
Apologies, you are right. For some reason, I was thinking it applied to incoming students from 2024 only.
OP, you will have to leave the country and apply for the Skilled Worker visa. Your working temporarily should not be an issue, as long as you have been following your visa conditions and working for under 20 hours a week during term time.