※ 引述《new1130 (嘟嘴洋妞妞)》之铭言： : 我拿到一笔美国基金会的钱，要去英国某个学术机构担任博士後一年， : 英国的机构说他们不是雇主（Employer）， : 所以只能提供一封信，说明我是自带经费的访问学者（Self-funded visiting scholar） : ，并建议我向美国的基金会要求提供财力证明。 : 1. 请问我应该申请何种签证？ : 是Standard Visitor (Academics coming to undertake research for 12 months) : 还是另一种Skilled/temporary/high value workers (Tier 5 Work Visa)? I replied neither in your original post because the two types of visa which may be relevant are not correctly phrased. Under the "academic visitor in excess of six months" route (a sub-category of standard visitor), you need to remain paid and employed at an overseas academic institution and currently working in the field of your expertise. This route is suitable for acdemics on sabbatical leave from their home institution. "Skilled" (tier 2) and "high value" (tier 1) are irrelevant to your situation. Tier 5 is a category for temporary migrant, and the sub-category relevant to your situation is Tier 5 (Governmental Authorised Exchange Worker). You need to have sponsorship from a licensed body which administer an approved scheme. The requirements you need to meet will depend on the approved scheme. Check Appendix N to the Immigration Rules for the list of authorised exchange schemes, especially the "Sponsored researchers" scheme. : 2. 请问请美国的基金会开立财力证明需要什麽特定的格式或资讯吗？ This is not really the point. The point is that the UK institution needs to assist you to get a CoS (confirmation of sponsorship) from a licensed body. The licensed body can be the higher education institution (if it has tier 5 GAE licence) or (if it doesn't) an external organization which is licensed. The specific information/format requirement for the letter/certificate from the US foundation (if any) should be set by the licensed body - and you need to ask them. The thing is Tier 5(GAE) is relatively new and the UK immigration rules and policies change frequently thanks to the xenophobic tory government. Some universities now have a whole office or department dedicated to compliance with the immigration rules, and I think this is crazy... The faculty with which you're in contact might not know the relevant rules or have no experience in such cases. So they just kick the visa problem back to you. You might want to tell them to seek advice from their personnel department or even the international student office (if they have one), where there may be someone who knows something about the immigration rules, about the tier 5 (GAE). --

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