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IA 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance or permission to stay on the International Agreement route must apply online on gov.uk on the specified form as follows:

1. IA 1.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay on the International Agreement route must meet all the following 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) the applicant must have a Certificate of Sponsorship that was issued to them no more than 3 months before the date of application.

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

IA 1.4. An applicant who is applying for permission to stay must have, or have last had, permission on the International Agreement route.

IA 1.5. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for the International Agreement route may be rejected as invalid and not considered.

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

1. IA 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 requirement for the International Agreement route

IA 3.1. A person seeking to come to the UK on the International Agreement route must apply for and obtain entry clearance on the International Agreement route before they arrive in the UK.

IA 3.2. A person applying for entry clearance on the International Agreement route must, if Appendix Tuberculosis applies, provide a valid medical certificate confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in them.

Sponsorship requirement for the International Agreement route

1. IA 4.1. The applicant must have a valid Certificate of Sponsorship for the job they are planning to do; which to be valid must:
   1. (a) confirm the applicants name, that they are being sponsored on the International Agreement route, details of the job and salary the sponsor is offering them, and that these arrangements comply with the National Minimum Wage; and
   2. (b)include a start date, stated by the sponsor, which is no more than three months after the date of application; and
   3. (c) not have been used in a previous application which was either granted or refused (but can have been used in a previous application which was rejected as invalid, made void or withdrawn); and
   4. (d)not have been withdrawn by the sponsor or cancelled by the Home Office; and
   5. (e) include confirmation that the role meets the relevant requirements at IA 6.1, depending on the role; and
   6. (f) confirm whether the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) requirement in Appendix ATAS applies.

IA 4.2. The sponsor must be authorised by the Home Office to sponsor the job in question under the International Agreement route.

IA 4.3. The sponsor must be listed as A-rated on the Home Offices register of licensed sponsors, unless the applicant was last granted permission on the International Agreement route and is applying to continue working for the same sponsor as in their last permission.

IA 4.4. The decision maker must not have reasonable grounds to believe the job the applicant is being sponsored to do does not comply with the National Minimum Wage Regulations or the Working Time Regulations.

Genuineness requirement for the International Agreement route

1. IA 5.1. The applicant must:
   1. (a) genuinely intend to, and be able to, undertake the role for which they are sponsored; and
   2. (b) not intend to undertake employment other than in the role for which they are being sponsored, or as otherwise permitted by paragraph IA14.7.

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