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1. SCU 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance or permission to stay as a Scale-up Worker must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form as follows:
   1. (a) for applicants outside the UK, form Scale-up visa; or
   2. (b) for applicants inside the UK, form Scale-up.
2. SCU 1.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay as a Scale-up Worker must meet all the following validity requirements:
   1. (a) any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid; and
   2. (b) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
   3. (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other travel document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality; and
   4. (d) if the applicant is making a sponsored application, they must have a Certificate of Sponsorship that was issued to them by their Sponsor no more than 3 months before the date of application.

SCU 1.3. The applicant must be aged 18 or over on the date of application.

SCU 1.4. If the applicant has in the last 12 months before the date of application received an award from a Government or international scholarship agency covering both fees and living costs for study in the UK, they must provide written consent to the application from that Government or agency.

1. SCU 1.5. An applicant who is applying for permission to stay must be in the UK on the date of application and must not have, or have last been granted, permission:
   1. (a) as a Visitor; or
   2. (b) as a Short-term Student; or
   3. (c) as a Parent of a Child Student; or
   4. (d) as a Seasonal Worker; or
   5. (e) as a Domestic Worker in a Private Household; or
   6. (f) outside the Immigration Rules.

SCU 1.6. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for the Scale-up route is invalid and may be rejected and not considered.

SCU 2.1. The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal.

1. SCU 2.2. If applying for permission to stay the applicant must not be:
   1. (a) in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph 39E applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
   2. (b) on immigration bail.

Entry requirements for a Scale-up Worker

SCU 3.1. A person seeking to come to the UK as a Scale-up Worker must apply for and obtain entry clearance as a Scale-up Worker before they arrive in the UK.

SCU 3.2. A person applying for entry clearance as a Scale-up Worker must, if paragraph A39 and Appendix T of these rules apply, provide a valid medical certificate confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in them.

SCU 4.1. The applicant must be awarded 70 points from the table below. An applicant may only be awarded points from one of the first two rows of the table. All applicants must meet the requirements in the final two rows of the table.

SCU 4.2. An applicant may only make a Sponsored Application and score 50 points in the first row of the table if the conditions for making an Unsponsored Application in SCU 4.3. are not met.

1. SCU 4.3. An applicant must make an Unsponsored Application and score 50 points in the second row of the table if they have been employed as a Scale-up Worker by a sponsor for at least 6 months in a previous permission on the Scale-up route and
   1. (a) the applicant has permission as a Scale-up Worker on the date of application; or
   2. (b) the applicant last had permission as a Scale-up Worker and
      1. (i) if the applicant is applying for entry clearance, that permission expired less than 6 months before the date of application; or
      2. (ii) if the applicant is applying for permission to stay, paragraph 39E applies.

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