Instructions
Please fully complete the request form to enable Queen Mary to provide a Statement of Guarantee for the candidate’s Global Talent visa application. Please email the below to HR-Staff-Visas@qmul.ac.uk: Completed Statement of Guarantee Request Form: Academic Appointment Job Pack Interview record form/interview panel composition PhD of candidate Candidate passport References obtain as part of recruitment process Human Resources – International Employment and Compliance Team cannot consider incomplete applications or missing documents. Please ensure that you provide all the required information. This form is to be completed by the hiring manager only, we cannot accept forms completed by the applicant or professional staff in the department. Upon submission of a completed application, we aim to make initial consideration and assessment within 10 working days. Completing this form does not guarantee the applicant will receive a Statement of Guarantee, an endorsement or a visa.
Eligibility Requirements
The Global Talent Visa academic appointments route is for individual who have been appointed to an academic or research position at Queen Mary, where at least 50% of their role is focused on research activities . You will be required to confirm whether the individual: has responsibility for academic, research or innovation leadership and development; or directs or leads: an individual or team research project or programme of work; or an individual or team innovation project or programme of work Which route will the candidate be eligible for? The 'academic, research or innovation leadership and development' category is for those appointed to senior academic roles including Professor and Reader and those in senior leadership roles at a departmental, faculty or institutional level. Typical duties may include strategy development and delivery and overseeing the management of staff and resources. Example roles (not exhaustive) include Vice-Chancellor/Principal, Pro Vice-Chancellor/Vice-Principal, Dean, Associate Dean, Head of School, and Research Institute Director. The 'directs or leads' category is for individuals whose role requires them to act independently in initiating, planning, and managing a research or innovation project or programme of work without supervision. Example roles (not exhaustive) Lecturer and Senior Lecturer. This is likely to make those in an entry level postdoctoral research position ineligible for this route. *Entry level post doctoral research positions (PDRA roles) ordinarily are not eligible unless they specifically direct or lead a team or individual or hold a senior strategic position in the department

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Position Details
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Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the Academic appointment route the candidate must have been appointed to a qualifying academic or research position. Please indicate which of the below is relevant to this role (see notes on page 1 for details of eligibility): The statements should detail the research they are intending to carry out in their role, and not of their past research work experience.
The applicant has been appointed to a senior academic or leadership position in the University. In addition to those appointed to Professor or Reader example roles (not exhaustive) include Vice-Chancellor/Principal, Pro Vice-Chancellor/Vice-Principal, Dean, Associate Dean, Head of School, and Research Institute Director.	☐
Please provide an explanation how this role meets the criteria in relation to the description from page 1.
The applicant will direct or lead an individual or team in a research project or programme of work; *Most probable and used selection Example roles (not exhaustive) Lecturer and Senior Lecturer. This is likely to make those in an entry level postdoctoral research position ineligible for this route.	☐
If the individual directs or leads research, to assist them in their visa application please provide a short paragraph confirming your expectations for them and their research - Your paragraph should mention/refer to the highlighted sections of this guidance: The 'directs or leads' category is for individuals whose role requires them to act independently in initiating, planning, and managing a research or innovation project or programme of work without supervision. This should not be copied and pasted from their job description:
The applicant will direct or lead an individual or team in an innovation project or programme of work.	☐
If the individual directs or leads an innovation project or programme of work, to assist them in their visa application please provide a short paragraph detailing the scope of the project - Your paragraph should mention/refer to the highlighted sections of this guidance: The 'directs or leads' category is for individuals whose role requires them to act independently in initiating, planning, and managing a research or innovation project or programme of work without supervision. This should not be copied and pasted from their job description:

Declaration & Recruitment Requirements
Please confirm the following:
the job was advertised and an open competition was held*	Please Select
the applicant has accepted the job offer	Please Select
at least 2 references have been received	Please Select
at least 3 academic representatives from Queen Mary were on the interview panel	Please Select
Please provide the job titles of these academic representatives:
at least 1 expert in the applicant’s field was on the interview panel; OR at least 1 relevant expert independent of QMUL was consulted before the job offer was made	Please Select
Name and Job Title of expert in the applicant’s field:
*If the job was not advertised, please provide an explanation why the individual was not hired through an open recruitment process
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Data Protection & Consent
The information supplied by you as part of the recruitment process will only be accessed by authorised persons at Queen Mary, University of London, or its agents. The information will be retained by Queen Mary, University of London and will be used for the purpose of (a) processing your application, and (b) for compiling statistics, equalities monitoring and audit purposes. By supplying such information you consent to Queen Mary, University of London storing the information for the stated purposes. The information is processed by Queen Mary, University of London in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Any information and advice that we send to you regarding this case is based upon the information that you have provided. It may be necessary in some cases to request information from a third party, such as the UK Government, for which by completing this form you have consent us to liaise on your behalf. Sometimes information provided may require action due to our legal obligations as a licensed sponsor under the points-based immigration system. We will endeavour to notify you if this takes place and applies to you.