SM3.1 Ability to apply (to 26/07/2024)

See also Immigration Act 2009 ss 57, 94

A person may only apply for a resident visa under the Skilled Migrant Category SM instructions if:

1. they have been invited to apply under these instructions, and they make such an application (see R2.25) within four months of the date of the letter in which that invitation is made; and
2. that invitation has not been revoked.

Effective 01/07/2023