Bar Council of England and Wales: Tier 5 Government Approved Exchange

Application form

Instructions

Please complete the following questions and submit this form together with the supporting documents and payment to or Jessica Crofts-Lawrence , The General Council of the Bar, 289-293 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HZ. You will have to scan or send the final page of the application which requires a signature.

Please complete the following tables with your details:

1.  Personal details

Family Name (Surname)
Given Name (First name)
Other name/s
Nationality
Place of Birth
Country of Birth
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yy)
Gender
Country of Residence

2.  Passport details

Passport number
Issue Date (dd/mm/yy)
Expiry Date (dd/mm/yy)
Place of issue of passport

3.  Contact details

Address
City/Town
Postcode/ZIP code
Country
Email address
Telephone number (with international code)

4.  UK ID/worker details (if applicable)

UK ID Card number (if applicable)
UK National Insurance number (if applicable)
National ID Card number (if applicable)
Employee Number (if applicable)

5.  Work/Placement details

5.1.  Please tick which of the following categories you belong to:

(Double click the box to open a new dialogue box which allows you change it to “checked”)

·  I am a non European Economic Area (EEA) national who has been offered pupillage by barristers’ chambers. My pupillage is funded, OR,
·  I am a non EEA national who has been offered pupillage by barristers’ chambers). I have been granted a funded pupillage waiver by the Bar Standards Board, OR,
·  I am a non EEA national who has been offered a mini pupillage within barristers’ chambers), OR,
·  I am a non EEA national law student or lawyer that is undertaking a Bar Council training programme.
·  I am a non EEA national who has been granted a Fellowship in the UK by a Foundation or Association (e.g. the Inns of Court) whose programme is approved by Bar Council.

5.2.  Please complete the following table with your details

Work/placement start date (dd/mm/yy)
Work/placement end date (dd/mm/yy)
Total weekly hours of work
Main work/placement address whilst in UK
(include street name and number, city and postcode)
Other regular work/placement addresses whist in the UK (if applicable)
(include street name and number, city and postcode)
Job/placement title
Summary of job description
Gross pay in Pounds sterling (if applicable)
Gross allowance in Pounds sterling, e.g. travel, training expenses, (if applicable)
Summary of all allowances

6.  Terms and Conditions of Sponsorship

Please tick and sign the statement below by which you indicate your agreement to the following terms and conditions of the sponsorship offered by the Bar Council under Tier 5 (GAE).

a.  I am a non-EEA national

b.  I am making my application from outside the UK.

c.  I seek entry to the United Kingdom:

i.  Solely for the purpose of undertaking practical experience under the terms of an approved exchange scheme, pupillage, mini pupillage, fellowship programme; and

ii.  do not intend to establish myself in practice or in business or seek employment in the United Kingdom; and

iii.  Will meet all other UK Border Agency requirements for entry clearance and leave to enter; and

iv.  Will within a week of their arrival in the UK attend in person the Bar Council offices and allow the Bar Council to make copies of my passport (including evidence of my leave to remain in the UK) and UK biometric card.

d.  I will notify the Bar Council immediately about any changes to my contact details whilst in the UK (including residential address, telephone number, mobile telephone number, placement address and main point of contact within placement, for example mentor/supervisor) and undertake to keep these details up to date.

e.  I will notify the Bar Council immediately if the following circumstances arise:

  1. I do not wish to use the certificate of sponsorship once it has been issued.

ii.  there are any significant changes to my circumstances, for example a change of placement, pupillage, programme or finances or if the duration of my is curtailed for whatever reason;

iii.  I do not turn up for my first day of my placement, pupillage, programme or work experience , or do not attend regularly or at all;

iv.  I am absent from my placement, pupillage, programme or work experience for whatever reason.

v. If my placement, pupillage, programme or work experience is terminated (including where I resign);

I confirm that statements a to c inclusive are true and that I will comply with the requirements detailed in d to e:
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