Mandatory Expansion of Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) to Skilled Worker Route
Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix
Policy effect
For applications made from 21 May 2021, applicants must provide a valid Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate if they are being sponsored as a Skilled Worker by a sponsor which is also a licensed Student sponsor (mainly universities), are not exempt nationals under paragraph ATAS 3.1, their job is in an occupation code listed in paragraph ATAS 1.2(a), and the job includes an element of PhD-level research in a relevant subject listed in paragraph ATAS 4.1.
Conditions and exceptions
Validated condition or limit: For applications made from 21 May 2021, applicants must provide a valid Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate if they are being sponsored as a Skilled Worker by a sponsor which is also a licensed Student sponsor (mainly universities), are not exempt nationals under paragraph ATAS 3.1, their job is in an occupation code listed in paragraph ATAS 1.2(a), and the job includes an element of PhD-level research in a relevant subject listed in paragraph ATAS 4.1.
Official source excerpt
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… applicants must provide a valid Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate if all of the following apply: … they are being sponsored as a Skilled Worker by a sponsor which is also a licensed Student sponsor (these will mainly be universities) … they are not one of the exempt nationals listed in paragraph ATAS 3.1 … their job is in one of the occupation codes listed in paragraph ATAS 1.2(a) … the job includes an element of PhD-level research in a relevant subject (and these subjects are listed in paragraph ATAS 4.1) …
Review method
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification
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