※ 引述《new1130 (嘟嘴洋妞妞)》之銘言： : 我拿到一筆美國基金會的錢，要去英國某個學術機構擔任博士後一年， : 英國的機構說他們不是雇主（Employer）， : 所以只能提供一封信，說明我是自帶經費的訪問學者（Self-funded visiting scholar） : ，並建議我向美國的基金會要求提供財力證明。 : 1. 請問我應該申請何種簽證？ : 是Standard Visitor (Academics coming to undertake research for 12 months) : 還是另一種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. 請問請美國的基金會開立財力證明需要什麼特定的格式或資訊嗎？ 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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