Category A Countries

Earnings Requirement:

28 years of age or over

• £40,000 per annum = 25 Points
• £100,000 per annum = 35 Points
• £250,000 per annum = 50 Points

Under 28 years of age

• £27,000 per annum = 25 Points
• £40,000 per annum = 35 Points
• £60,000 per annum = 50 Points

• Andorra
• Aruba
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bermuda
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Channel Islands
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• French Polynesia
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Guam
• Hong Kong
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Kuwait
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Monaco
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Qatar
• San Marino
• Singapore
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• UAE
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Vatican

Category B Countries

Earnings Requirement:

28 years of age or over

• £17,500 per annum = 25 Points
• £43,750 per annum = 35 Points
• £109,375 per annum = 50 Points

Under 28 years of age

• £11,800 per annum = 25 Points
• £17,500 per annum = 35 Points
• £26,250 per annum = 50 Points

• American Samoa
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Barbados
• Botswana
• Brunei
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Faeroe Islands
• Greece
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Hungary
• Israel
• Korea, South
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Macao, China
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Netherlands Antilles
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Oman
• Palau
• Panama
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Saudi Arabia
• Seychelles
• Slovak Republic
• Slovenia
• Spain
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• St. Lucia
• Taiwan (Territory of)
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Virgin Islands

Category C Countries

Earnings Requirement:

28 years of age or over

• £12,500 per annum = 25 Points
• £31,250 per annum = 35 Points
• £78,125 per annum = 50 Points

Under 28 years of age

• £8,450 per annum = 25 Points
• £12,500 per annum = 35 Points
• £18,750 per annum = 50 Points

• Albania
• Algeria
• Belarus
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cape Verde
• China (excluding Hong Kong)
• Colombia
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Fiji
• Gabon
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Iran
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Lithuania
• Macedonia
• Maldives
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• Samoa
• South Africa
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Thailand
• Tonga
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Vanuatu
• West Bank and Gaza
• Yugoslavia

Category D Countries

Earnings Requirement:

28 years of age or over

• £7,500 per annum = 25 Points
• £18,750 per annum = 35 Points
• £46,875 per annum = 50 Points

Under 28 years of age

• £5,000 per annum = 25 Points
• £7,500 per annum = 35 Points
• £11,250 per annum = 50 Points

• Angola
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Cameroon
• Comoros
• Congo, Republic of the
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Cuba
• Djibouti
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Guinea
• Guyana
• Haiti
• India
• Indonesia
• Iraq
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Lesotho
• Mauritania
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nicaragua
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Senegal
• Solomon Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Category E Countries

Earnings Requirement:

28 years of age or over

• £3,500 per annum = 25 Points
• £8,750 per annum = 35 Points
• £21,875 per annum = 50 Points

Under 28 years of age

• £2,350 per annum = 25 Points
• £3,500per annum = 35 Points
• £5,250 per annum = 50 Points

• Afghanistan
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guinea-Bissau
• Korea (North)
• Kyrgyz Republic
• Lao PDR
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mayotte
• Mozambique
• Nepal
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda