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Scale-up worker caseworker guidance

This guidance tells caseworkers how to consider applications to enter, remain or settle in the UK under the Scale-up route.

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Scale-up worker caseworker guidance

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This guidance is designed to be used alongside Appendix Scale-up of the Immigration Rules. The rules explain the requirements an applicant must meet, and this guidance provides additional information on how to consider their application. Paragraph references refer to Appendix Scale-up unless otherwise stated.

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Published 22 August 2022
Last updated 1412 NovemberApril 20222023 + show all updates
  1. The guidance has been updated to reflect the 12 April Immigration Rules changes, including updates to salary thresholds, the minimum hourly rate and the hours used to calculate going rates for individual occupations, and clarification of how salaries are considered where an applicant is working a pattern where the regular hours are not the same each week.

  2. Latest version of the guidance, including removal of the police registration condition and updated links to Appendix Scale-up.

  3. First published.