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Support for your Stage 1 endorsement, from first check to final review

Start with a free 30-minute call. If you go ahead, we help you plan your evidence and letters against your endorsing body's published criteria, and review everything before you submit.

Service levels

Three ways to work with us

01

Free

30-minute consultation

You are at the start and want an honest view before you spend time or fees.

  • Which endorsing body and category fit your work
  • What your evidence already shows, and what is missing
  • Who could write your letters
  • How long a credible application will take
Book a free call
02

Quoted after the free call

Endorsement preparation

You know Global Talent is realistic and want help planning your evidence and letters.

  • Check of your profile against your endorsing body's published criteria
  • Evidence audit: what you have, what is missing, what needs more proof
  • Letter plan: who should write, and what each letter must show
  • Personal statement plan
  • Document checklist and timeline
Ask about preparation
03

Quoted after the free call

Full endorsement support

You want us alongside you through the whole Stage 1 application, or you are reapplying after a refusal.

  • Everything in endorsement preparation
  • Briefing notes for your letter writers, and review of their drafts
  • Review rounds on your CV and personal statement
  • Evidence review against each criterion
  • Final review before you submit
  • Refusal review and reapplication plan, where relevant
Ask about full support

How we work

Four steps to a complete application

  1. 01

    Free call

    We look at your field, your evidence and the endorsing body that fits.

  2. 02

    Plan

    We map your evidence and letters to each published criterion.

  3. 03

    Build

    You gather evidence and brief your letter writers, with our notes at each step.

  4. 04

    Review

    We check the full application for gaps and consistency before you submit.

Why it helps

Where strong applications go wrong

Criteria

Evidence that does not match the criteria

Good work, sent without showing which criterion it meets.

Proof

Claims with no proof

Achievements described in the CV, with no document, link or figure behind them.

Letters

Generic letters

Warm letters that never describe your own contribution in detail.

Timing

Problems found too late

A missing letter or document noticed days before you planned to submit.

Is it for you?

Who we work with

We help

  • Professionals, founders, researchers and creatives preparing the Stage 1 endorsement
  • Applicants who want to know where they stand before they apply
  • Applicants reapplying after a refusal
  • People ready to gather evidence and approach letter writers

We do not cover

  • The Stage 2 visa application, or any other visa
  • Anyone expecting a guaranteed outcome
  • Inventing or exaggerating evidence

We are experts in the Stage 1 endorsement application for the UK Global Talent Visa. For immigration advice, please seek the services of an immigration solicitor.

Questions

About our services

What does your service include?

We work only on the Stage 1 endorsement: which endorsing body and category fit you, an evidence audit, a letter plan, personal statement support and a final review before you submit. The Stage 2 visa application is outside our service.

Do you fill in the application for me?

No. You submit the application yourself. Our work is the content of the application: what it must show, the evidence and the letters. We check the full application before you submit it.

Can you help if my evidence is not ready yet?

Yes. Many people start with gaps. We tell you what is missing, what would make your application stronger and roughly how long that will take.

Which endorsing bodies do you cover?

All six: Tech Nation, the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the British Academy, UKRI and Arts Council England.

Can you guarantee endorsement?

No. The endorsing body makes the decision. We help you prepare a clear and complete application, but no one can promise an outcome.

Which option should I start with?

Start with the free 30-minute call or the 3-minute eligibility check. After the call we suggest the level of support that fits you, if any.

Start with the free call

30 minutes, one to one. You will know which endorsing body fits and what is missing.