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: Endorsed Funder Grant/award Letter Interview record form/interview panel composition (unless candidate is a named researcher) PhD of candidate* Candidate passport 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 this does not guarantee the applicant will receive a statement of guarantee, an endorsement or a visa
Eligibility Requirements
The Global Talent Visa Endorsed Funders route is for individual who have been appointed to or named in a position that is essential to the execution of a grant or award from an endorsed funder and the grant and the applicant’s role meets the below eligibility criteria: The employment contract is for at least 1 years, at the time of the visa application *The individual is a PhD holder, or if in lieu of a PhD the hiring manager must confirm if the following statement is applicable to the candidate: The applicant makes critical contributions to research through the provision of core technical or domain excellence, or in developing new technologies and methodologies The applicant’s time is at least 50% attributable to the grant or award or if a PI, at least 50% through an amalgamation of grants The holder of any job named on the grant may apply to this route, this includes but is not limited to roles such as principal investigators, project managers, and technicians.
Grant Award
The applicant will be required to provide a copy of the grant award letter(s) that supports their work. The letter must confirm that: The grant or award is worth a minimum of £30,000. The grant or award covers a minimum period of 2 years, at the time of the visa application You will need to provide a copy of the grant award letter. If there is any information in the grant that you do not wish the applicant to have access to please provide a copy of the letter with the relevant sections redacted.

To be completed by the hiring / line manager
Position Details
Job Title of candidate	Reference:	QMUL/ Oleeo

Personal Details of Candidate
Title	Please Select	Full Name
Email address

Grant Details
In order to be eligible for the Endorsed Funders route the grant must meet the following criteria:
It has been awarded by an approved body; It is worth more than £30,000;	The grant is for at least 24 months at the date of the visa application; The individual or the job is named on the grant.*
*where a job has been named on the grant the individual must have been recruited in line with Queen Mary’s Recruitment and Selection policy.
Grant Title
Grant Reference Number
Eligibility Criteria
Grant Type	Please Select
Awarding Body
Total Value of Grant	£	Length of Contract
How is the individual eligible?	Please Select

Declaration
I confirm that the individual has been recruited in line with the Recruitment & Selection Policy.	Please Select
I have redacted personal and financial information from the grant agreement	Please Select
I have provided a copy of the grant agreement	Please Select
I can confirm the individual holds a PhD	Please Select
If no to declaration 4 (above), I can confirm the statement below applies: The applicant makes critical contributions to research through the provision of core technical or domain excellence, or in developing new technologies and methodologies	Please Select
Name of Hiring/Line Manager	Date	Click or tap to enter a date.

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.