You can download the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme Guidelines and application form from our Website www.workingintheuk.gov.uk using the 'All Forms' link on the right hand side of the homepage. Alternatively, you can request a copy to be posted to you by calling our Distribution Centre on 08705 210 224.

The HSMP Guidelines explains the evidence we require from you in order to qualify for points towards the scheme.

If you are making an application in the under 28 category, your application must be received before your 28th birthday. Please refer to the HSMP Guidance for Applicants Under 28 Years of Age for further advice.

The HSMP fee is £315. Payment can be made by one of the 3 methods indicated on the payment form:

1.UK Postal Order
2.Credit/Debit card or
3.cheque. Please make cheques payable to 'Home Office, Work Permits (UK)'.

Any documentary evidence you provide should be original. Where a document is not in English the original must be accompanied by a fully certified translation by an officially recognized translator. An officially recognized translator is defined as one that is recognized by the local British High Commission or Embassy.

The HSMP case-working Team will return your documents once the application process is complete. If you need your documents back before this time, please contact the HSMP Team.

If you wish to arrange a courier to collect your documents please notify the HSMP team by fax on 0114 259 3827 and they will contact you to let you know when and where your documents will ready for collection. Please be aware that the HSMP team will not sign any documents from the courier company or pay for this service.

Yes, please send any clearly identifiable additional documents directly to the HSMP Team in Sheffield.

No, do NOT send your passport in at this stage.

This service is not currently available for HSMP applications.

The 2004 Budget announced a new provision for graduates of the top 50 business schools to work in the UK for up to 12 months on completing their MBA. This provision forms part of the HSMP and aims to attract highly qualified and talented managers to the UK.

If you graduate from one of the eligible MBA programmes while that programme is on the list of eligible courses then you are eligible to apply for the MBA Provision. Successful applicants will be awarded 65 points for their eligible MBA. Like other HSMP applicants, you will also need to demonstrate that you will be able to continue your chosen career in the UK. Although you may not have previous experience in your chosen field, you should know what field you intend to work in the UK. You will also have to show that you intend to make the UK your main home, and that you can support yourself and any dependants without recourse to public funds.

Initial applications should NOT be sent directly to the HSMP team in Sheffield.

They must instead be sent to:

Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)
PO Box 551
Home Office
Doncaster
DN1 1XU

If your application is being submitted while you are in the UK then please see our website www.workingintheuk.gov.uk for full details on how to apply for further leave to remain.

If you have completed one of the new application forms issued after the 1st November 2004 we will confirm receipt of your application if you complete the relevant section.

You can up obtain updates on our processing times from the 'News' and 'Announcements' section of our website www.workingintheuk.gov.uk. This Website also gives you the date of receipt of the applications which we are currently working on. This is updated weekly to ensure that the information is accurate. However, if you need to contact the HSMP team the details are as follows:

HSMP Team
Work Permits (UK)
Managed Migration
Home Office
PO Box 3468
Sheffield
S3 8WA

Tel: 0114 259 1894
Fax: 0114 259 3827
E-mail: hsmp.workpermits@ind.homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
• (Please note that there are no facilities at this address to receive public callers)

For general information you can also contact the Work Permits (UK) general enquiry line on 0114 259 4074.

It is possible to make a request for your application to be processed urgently in the following circumstances:
» You have urgent travel commitments;
» You require urgent medical treatment;
» You have received an offer of employment;
» You have other exceptional circumstances.

You will be required to complete an HSMP Urgent Treatment form which can be faxed to the HSMP Team on 0114 259 3827. You can obtain a copy of this form from our website www.workingintheuk.gov.uk using the 'All Forms' link on the right hand side of the homepage.

Please see our website www.workingintheuk.gov.uk

If you change your address please send full details to the HSMP Team in writing, by e-mail HSMP.workpermits@ind.homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or by fax on 0114 259 3827.

You must apply for entry clearance at a British Embassy within your own country and within 3 months from the date of your approval letter. You must then enter the UK within 3 months of a successful application for entry clearance.

Extension applications must be submitted two months before your leave to remain as a Highly Skilled Migrant expires.

Please complete an FLR (IED) form, enclosing the appropriate fee (£335) and documents (see page 10 of the FLR(IED) form). Your passport and those of any dependants must be sent together with the FLR (IED) form in order to be endorsed.

If you believe the marking has been unfair and you wish the case to be reviewed without submitting any new evidence, then simply fax or post us a letter requesting a review and outlining the point where you think the case should have been marked differently (please include your reference number). Your case will then be passed to a different case-worker who will independently mark it. You will not be charged for this.

However if you wish to submit new, or additional, evidence to support your application, or if you wish to claim additional points, you must submit a new HSMP application, on a new form and all the original documentary evidence. As this constitutes a new and separate application, you will be charged the standard cost for this.