Skilled Worker Route & Senior Or Specialist Worker Route Compared

1. Understanding the Skilled Worker and Senior or Specialist Worker Routes

If you are a business seeking to sponsor migrants to work for you in the UK – or if you are a migrant seeking to undertake sponsored work in the UK – you might notice that there are two routes with similar-sounding names: the "Skilled Worker" route and the "Senior or Specialist Worker" route.

This is the first of two articles considering the "Skilled Worker" and "Senior or Specialist Worker" (SSW) routes together. This article examines the key similarities and differences between the two routes. The second article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each route, both from the perspective of the sponsoring business and the sponsored migrant.