Points Requirement
According to paragraph MOR 4.1 of Appendix T2 Minister of Religion in the Immigration Rules, you must
achieve 70 points across the following categories:
Additional Information
1- Switching to T2 Minister of Religion Visa
2- Extension of T2 Minister of Religion Visa
3- ILR as a T2 Minister of Religion
4- T2 Minister of Religion Dependant Visa
5- T2 Minister of Religion Sponsor Licence
Sponsorship Requirements
To qualify for a T2 Minister of Religion visa, the applicant must possess a valid Certificate of Sponsorship
(CoS) for the position they intend to undertake. This CoS should be issued by the sponsor no later than
three months prior to the visa application. For the Certificate of Sponsorship to be considered valid, it
must meet the following criteria:
1- It must specify the applicant’s name, confirm their sponsorship as a T2 Minister of Religion, and
include details of the job, salary, and any other remuneration offered by the sponsor.
2- The CoS must include a start date, provided by the sponsor, which should be within three
months of the application date.
3- It must not have been previously used in an application that was granted or refused, though it
can be reused if a previous application was rejected as invalid, made void, or withdrawn.
4- The CoS should not have been withdrawn by the sponsor or canceled by the Home Office.
5- It must verify that the applicant is qualified for the T2 Minister of Religion position.
6- It should confirm that the applicant is a member of the sponsor’s religious order, if applicable.
7- The CoS must state that the applicant will perform religious duties within or as directed by the
sponsor’s organization in the UK, which may include preaching, pastoral, and non-pastoral
activities.
8- It must ensure that the role does not primarily involve non-pastoral tasks, such as school
teaching, media production, domestic work, or administrative and clerical duties, unless it is a
senior position within the sponsor’s organization.
9- The CoS should confirm that the applicant’s pay and working conditions are at least equivalent
to those of settled workers in the same role, in compliance with, or exemption from, the
national minimum wage.
The sponsor must be authorized by the Home Office to sponsor the position under the T2 Minister of
Religion category. Additionally, the sponsor must be listed as A-rated on the Home Office’s register of
licensed sponsors unless the applicant was last granted permission as a T2 Minister of Religion and is
seeking to continue working with the same sponsor.
