Cynt wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 5:08 pm
Genetics wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 1:17 pm
Hi Babzam20,
Congratulations. I was also endorsed as an exceptional promise on 21 /04/2020 by Royal Society. Have you applied for the stage 2 please? Which visa are you switching from? I am currently in the UK with Tier 4 visa that will expire in October. For me to switch from Tier 4 to Global Talent Visa, I need to leave UK and apply outside but with this lockdown it is almost impossible at the moment. Home Office only permits those that their leave to remain will expire by end of July to apply within the UK. Are you in similar situation please? My endorsement letter will expire on 21 July. I have called Home Office but not getting any direct help on whether I should apply within the UK or wait when the lockdown is over to leave the UK and apply with expired endorsement letter. I am afraid if expired endorsement letter will be accepted. Any advice please?
Thanks much
Congratulations on your endorsement. I think you should send home office an email explaining your situation, not just a phone call, to enable them give you a well thought out response.
Secondly, please can you share your achievements for the endorsement? Do you have a phd? Are you a member of any academy? Do you have publications and about how many? Do you have grants? Sorry for all the questions. What do you think gave you an advantage? I'm interested in these questions as I'm also a tier 4 student. Thanks so much in advance.
Hi Cynt,
Thanks for your good suggestion and congratulatory message. Yes, I have written Home Office but still waiting for their reply. I got automatic reply that it would take several days for them to reply me because of their busy schedule at the moment. I will wait for them but will apply for the stage 2 by second week of July. Here are brief of my achievements:
1. I finished my PhD in 2019 in UK
2. UK PhD scholarship (only one awarded in my school, that is faculty that year). I think this was one of main strengths for being the only person awarded this in my school.
3. Another PhD scholarship to study in Australia. I turned down this offer but I used the letter to support my application
4. M.Sc scholarship from international organisation in my field.
5. Best graduating student (B.Sc) award in my department
6. I was offered a 3 year postdoctoral position this year in USA (this was one of my main strengths)
7. I am currently a university lecturer (few years of experience). This was also one of my main strengths
8. I have 14 research articles, 2 reviews and 2 editorial books. (This was also of my main strengths)
9. My recommendation letter was from my internal examiner and deputy head of my school. She wrote a very strong recommendation for me. I optimised a new research protocol during my PhD after my predecessor could not establish it. I also assisted two different research group leaders in their projects during my PhD. My impact helped them to succeed in the research projects. She also included all these exploits in the recommendation letter.
10. I was a member of a professional body .You will be asked of this when you are making the online application.
11. I applied for a research fellowship in the UK before the application. You will be asked of this also.
Note: Those in other fields have different requirements. I am in Life Science. Also, every individual has different strengths. To be frank, I was a bit nervous before and after the online application.
At the end, I am happy for being endorsed. I hope this information will help.
I hope this will help you. Good luck!