Alternative visa routes
The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has information on all of the different types of visa routes, as well as the Graduate and Skilled Worker visa. For further information on the range of routes available and their associated eligibility criteria, please see the ‘Working after studies’ section of the UKCISA website.
Students' Union Sabbatical Officers
Students' union sabbatical officers are paid, elected executive union positions.
- Students' Union Sabbatical Officers UKCISA website.
UK and Republic of Ireland ancestry
UK
The UK ancestry route allows eligible persons to work in the UK. You can apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you are a Commonwealth citizen and are able to prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK. For further information and eligibility see the UK Visa & Immigration website.
Republic of Ireland
Information about Irish citizenship through birth or descent is available on the Citizens Information Board website.
