The United States has a Talent Immigration service UK – and now the United Kingdom has a Global Talent visa. In fact, the visa has existed since 2018, however, the name has now been changed from Extraordinary ability to Global Talent.
Have the rules changed – No, not really -with a MAJOR exception – NO QUOTA.
Until February 20 2020, there were only 2000 Extraordinary talent and Extraordinary Promise visa (Tier 1 ETV) for the entire world to apply for – but since Brexit has entered into effect on January 31st 2020 – UK are out there to search for Global Talent (GTV) and this change shows that there will be no limits any longer.
Today we can request any length for the visa duration – starting from 1 year till 5 years, in one-year increments. Permanent residency in the United Kingdom requires 5 years of physical presence in the UK, however, there are some exceptions that will be accepted that reduce the time frame for Exceptional talent to 3 years. Researchers can now include time spent outside the UK, researching for a UK project as part of physical presence towards Settlement.

