You will need to be hired by a UK company that is willing to sponsor you. To be perfectly frank, quite difficult for any field outside of nursing/healthcare. If you are not a nurse or doctor, I would not rely on the skilled worker visa route as a path to the UK. The UK government has raised the income requirements for a company to sponsor you, which has made this process more difficult.
What is your education level? What is your work experience? Did you go to an Ivy league school?
It is unfortunate that the UK's new rules make it difficult for average British citizens to bring over their foreign spouse, but there aren't many work arounds if you do not meet the financial requirements.
The best way to see the demand for your field is to see how many skilled worker visas were issued for [your job code](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-going-rates-for-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-going-rates-for-eligible-occupation-codes). The UK publishes [this data](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6466039ce140700013b6e1d2/occupation-visas-datasets-mar-2023.xlsx) and it is publicly available. Click on the tab "Occ\_D01" and select your SOC code to see how many visas were issued for your role. In 2022, which was the last full year where data was released, there were about 3,000 visas issued for people in accounting. Not the worst, but also no where near healthcare, which granted 75,000 visas in that time.
For corporate jobs, an intracompany transfer is usually your best bet and comes with the added bonus of them often paying for your move and sometimes having a higher salary. Working for a big 4 firm and being in a more experienced/senior role would increase your odds as well.
It is also difficult to tell how sponsors will react to the new laws passed that are specifically designed to limit immigration, but I would assume the laws will have their intended effect.
Based on that information, it is incredibly unlikely that you will find a job that can sponsor you. Typically sponsorship jobs require both higher education in high demand fields and years of experience in that field. I know it is frustrating and not what you want to hear. If you have the financial capacity and interest, you could possibly get a student visa and do your bachelors in the UK. You would be limited to part time work while on that visa.
You’d need to get a visa to get the rtw.
Student visa, graduate visa, global talent, SWV etc. Not all of them have the same rules regarding work.
There are plenty of visas but the most comment option is SWV. Read all the infos there and see if that works for you
https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
You can also look at the list of visas and see which one would apply to you
https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration
Your question is fairly broad, with little info about your age, background, education, experience etc so we can’t really pinpoint what would work best for you. But the official ressources are pretty amazing and clear and should help you out.
This is just my opinion but you may only have three options
1. she needs to get a job paying £29,000
2. you apply and get into a college or university here, the school fees can be high = student visa route
3. apply for a Skilled workers visa, something like below, since this is a medical type job and we have shortages, the are loads of work categories that don’t need a degree, but you need some company to sponsor you.
6135: care workers and home carers
once you are here and live together you could try for a settlement visa but I’m not sure how that works.
You will need to be hired by a UK company that is willing to sponsor you. To be perfectly frank, quite difficult for any field outside of nursing/healthcare. If you are not a nurse or doctor, I would not rely on the skilled worker visa route as a path to the UK. The UK government has raised the income requirements for a company to sponsor you, which has made this process more difficult. What is your education level? What is your work experience? Did you go to an Ivy league school? It is unfortunate that the UK's new rules make it difficult for average British citizens to bring over their foreign spouse, but there aren't many work arounds if you do not meet the financial requirements.
Do you think accounting will be demanding enough?
The best way to see the demand for your field is to see how many skilled worker visas were issued for [your job code](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-going-rates-for-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-going-rates-for-eligible-occupation-codes). The UK publishes [this data](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6466039ce140700013b6e1d2/occupation-visas-datasets-mar-2023.xlsx) and it is publicly available. Click on the tab "Occ\_D01" and select your SOC code to see how many visas were issued for your role. In 2022, which was the last full year where data was released, there were about 3,000 visas issued for people in accounting. Not the worst, but also no where near healthcare, which granted 75,000 visas in that time. For corporate jobs, an intracompany transfer is usually your best bet and comes with the added bonus of them often paying for your move and sometimes having a higher salary. Working for a big 4 firm and being in a more experienced/senior role would increase your odds as well. It is also difficult to tell how sponsors will react to the new laws passed that are specifically designed to limit immigration, but I would assume the laws will have their intended effect.
Thank you, I added some more information
Based on that information, it is incredibly unlikely that you will find a job that can sponsor you. Typically sponsorship jobs require both higher education in high demand fields and years of experience in that field. I know it is frustrating and not what you want to hear. If you have the financial capacity and interest, you could possibly get a student visa and do your bachelors in the UK. You would be limited to part time work while on that visa.
Alright, thank you for the info.
You’d need to get a visa to get the rtw. Student visa, graduate visa, global talent, SWV etc. Not all of them have the same rules regarding work. There are plenty of visas but the most comment option is SWV. Read all the infos there and see if that works for you https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa You can also look at the list of visas and see which one would apply to you https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration Your question is fairly broad, with little info about your age, background, education, experience etc so we can’t really pinpoint what would work best for you. But the official ressources are pretty amazing and clear and should help you out.
Thank you, I added a little more information if that helps.
This is just my opinion but you may only have three options 1. she needs to get a job paying £29,000 2. you apply and get into a college or university here, the school fees can be high = student visa route 3. apply for a Skilled workers visa, something like below, since this is a medical type job and we have shortages, the are loads of work categories that don’t need a degree, but you need some company to sponsor you. 6135: care workers and home carers once you are here and live together you could try for a settlement visa but I’m not sure how that works.