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How do I demonstrate that I have made a significant technical, commercial or entrepreneurial contributions to the field as a founder, senior executive, board member or employee of a product-led digital technology company?

Tech Nation will distinguish whether you are a technical applicant (whether your occupation requires you to write code or manage developers) or whether you are a business applicant (any occupation within a product-led digital technology company that doesn’t require you to write code).

Please note that the term ‘significant contribution’ in this criteria requires you to demonstrate impact, not necessarily innovation. This is different from Optional Criteria 1 where you are required to demonstrate high levels of innovation, not necessarily impact. If these are your chosen criteria then your evidence should clearly demonstrate this differentiation. Submitting the same evidence for both criteria may not be sufficient if it does not meet these different requirements.

Three letters of recommendation from three different well-established individuals acknowledged as experts in the digital technology field, with detailed knowledge of your work over a period of 12 months or more, supporting your Global Talent application, which include all of the following:

Each person who writes a letter for you must:

Be a senior member of their organisation
Know your work
Each letter must:

Be about your Global Talent application - you cannot use a letter that was written for another reason
Explain how the author knows the applicant; and
Knows the applicant’s achievements in the relevant field; and
How the author considers the applicant shows exceptional talent or promise; and
the contribution the applicant would make to the UK digital economy.
The letters must also:

Be typed and dated
Be up to 3 single sides of A4 paper, excluding the author’s credentials and contact details
Be signed by the author, or by someone on behalf of the organisation recommending you
Include a telephone number and email address, and the organisation’s logo and registered address, if applicable
Come with the author’s CV (or other proof of their credentials that the endorsing body will accept)

It must be typed and be up to 3 sides of A4 paper.

Available on Tech Nation’s website at: https://stagetechn.wpengine.com/visa/apply. This includes a Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words in length) written by you to explain the contribution that you will make to the UK digital technology sector. The statement should be relevant and consistent to the rest of your application, including answers to the following questions and any other information you deem relevant:

Why do you want to come to the UK?

What is your planned occupation in the UK?

Which region or city of the UK are you planning to live in?

How will the UK digital technology sector benefit from your work? (Examples of this might include the technological advances you will bring, the creation or new markets, the planned growth of a digital technology company, the activities you will take part in outside of your direct occupation.)

The Personal Statement must be submitted using the Tech Nation form and not uploaded as a separate document.

At least 2 unique documents showing you are recognised as either a leading talent or potential talent (see Mandatory Criteria) and at least 4 unique documents showing you have any two of the other necessary skills (see Optional Criteria). You cannot use the same piece of evidence for more than one criteria.

The evidence you supply to demonstrate you meet the Eligibility Criteria must consist of no more than ten documents in total, with each piece of evidence/document of no more than three A4 sides in length. Each document represents a single piece of evidence. For evidence that would exceed the page limit, please only include the most important aspects, e.g. key terms of employment for an employment contract.

You must provide evidence of any commercially successful established businesses, share ownership or businesses dissolved in the last 5 years where you have been a founder or senior executive.

You must use the Tech Nation application form to state which of your supporting documents relate to your chosen Eligibility Criteria. If you choose to provide this information in the form of a cover letter you will need to upload it as one of your ten supporting documents.

How do I demonstrate that I have been recognised as (or recognised as having the potential to be) a leading talent in the digital technology sector in the last 5 years?

A ‘leader’ of exceptional talent (or promise) must show extraordinary ability by sustained (or emerging) national or international recognition. The individual will be able to demonstrate a level of expertise (or emerging expertise) which places them at the forefront of their respective field in the digital technology sector.

Any activity you are providing as evidence of recognition should have occurred within the past 5 years.

When making a decision on your application, Tech Nation will assess that you meet the eligibility criteria. It will also consider the following factors:

• your career history - for example the international reputation and impact of your work
• the strength of the statements in your recommendation letter and of the evidence in support of your application
• how you’ll contribute to UK digital technology by being based in the UK
• personal factors such as your academic track record, salary level and company you’re being hired by, or amount of money raised if an entrepreneur
• the commercial impact of your previous work, achievements and experiences