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  • Application for UKVI Certificate of Sponsorship for Temporary Work - Government Authorised Exchange Visa

    Medical Training Initiative - Government Authorised Exchange Scheme
  • NOTICE: This form is now being decomissioned and we will no longer be accepting applications started from 14/11/2024 onwards. 

    Please ensure you always start a new application by following the link on ourwebsite here: https://mti.aomrc.org.uk/mti-forms/

    This link will always be updated with the latest version of the MTI Application form, which will have the most up-to-date guidance, functionality and support.

     

    We are intending to take this form offline by the beginning of January 2025.

     

    We will still honour any application started on this form from before 14/11/2024.

    • Guidance (click to expand and collapse) 
    • When this form is first opened using the link from the Academy’s website, only part one will be visible, where the form user provides some basic information about the application before selecting the green “start application” button at the bottom of the page. This ensures a record of the application is created immediately. The next steps are outlined below:


      1) Once “start application” is selected, a link to the Academy’s MTI data protection consent (DPC) form is sent to the email address entered in the “Email address of individual requesting form” field, as well as the royal college (if any). This link must be forwarded to the doctor so they can complete the DPC form.


      2) After the doctor has completed the DPC form, a link to their application will be sent to the email address entered in the “Email address of individual requesting form” field, as well as the royal college (if any).


      3) The employer and royal college (if any) will then complete parts 1-7 of the application. More information is available below about the deanery approval process and providing evidence of GMC registration and licence to practise in the UK, as there is some flexibility with these items.


      4) Once parts 1-7 have been completed and the green “continue to sign” button is selected in part seven, the doctor’s medical personnel will be contacted at the email address listed for them in part seven to sign the application.


      5) After the medical personnel has signed, the supervising consultant will be contacted at the email address listed for them in part seven.


      6) The doctor will then be contacted with a private link to upload their passport or biometric residence permit (whichever applies) to the Academy. This adds an additional layer of security to the process as the link is sent to the doctor only.


      7) The employer and royal college (if any) will be notified once the doctor has uploaded their passport or BRP.


      8) If no further information is required, the application will go to the employer or royal college (if any) for a final review.


      9) Once reviewed, the application will go to the Academy for review.


      Deanery approval:

      We recommend that deanery approval is obtained using our form before beginning this application form.


      A separate form must be submitted to the regional postgraduate deanery to approve the details of an MTI post. This applies to all extensions and transfers as well. In part four of this application form, you will be asked if the Dean has approved the post already, and if not, whether an approval request has been submitted to them. If “no” is selected to both questions, the next time the form is saved a link to the deanery approval form will be provided in the following email auto-response.


      Most of the fields in the form will be pre-filled using the information added to part three of this application form. Some additional information also needs to be added for the Dean to properly assess the hospital’s training capacity. You will also need to add the MTI application ID, which will be provided in the above-mentioned email auto-response. This will help link the two forms together.


      Once the Dean has approved the post, a PDF record of their approval will be provided to all email addresses listed on this application form. This PDF record will need to be added to part four.


      GMC evidence:


      For extension or transfer applications, evidence of GMC registration and licence to practise must be uploaded to the application before it can be sent to the medical personnel and supervising consultant to be signed. This also applies for new placement applications if the doctor is already registered with the GMC.


      For new placement applications for doctors who are not already registered with the GMC and are being sponsored by their employer or royal college, the employer or royal college can add evidence of GMC registration and licence to practise at a later stage in the process, if necessary.


      After noting in part three that the doctor is being sponsored by a royal college or their employer, the field “Evidence of GMC registration and licence to practise can be provided now or at a later point if it is not yet available. Please select one of the options below:” will appear. Simply select “I would like to upload evidence at a later point”, and you will be allowed to proceed to the signature stage without uploading evidence. A reminder email will be sent to all email addresses listed on the form to upload this evidence before the application is sent for final review.


      If you have any questions about the process in general, please contact the MTI team on mti@aomrc.org.uk.

    • Part 1: Form selection and guidance

    • PLEASE NOTE: This form must be completed by the MTI doctor's NHS employer and/or sponsoring royal college. Any application form completed by the doctor themselves will be rejected by the Academy.

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    • General tips and troubleshooting advice 
    • 1. Too many emails? Throughout the process, all email addresses added to the form will receive automated notifications. If you find the volume of emails is too high, our recommendation would be to apply your own inbox filters. All emails that notify form users that further action is required will have a subject line beginning with "ACTION REQUIRED:", whereas general notification emails have a subject beginning with "Notification:". We strongly recommend you do not apply filters to the former, but you may wish to filter the latter out of your main inbox.

      2. Not receiving emails? If you or anyone else involved in an application are not receiving any email auto-responses, our first recommendation would be to contact your IT department to inquire if emails from mti.noreply@aomrc.org.uk are being filtered or marked as spam.

      3. Form not allowing you to submit? The form is designed to prevent submissions before all the required information has been entered. If you would like to submit an application once the medical personnel and supervising consultant have both signed, make sure you revisit each section of the application to ensure all the requested information has been provided, including any additional documentation.

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    • Please note that the doctor's name cannot be altered at a later point, so please enter exactly as it appears on their Passport.

    • Please note: For extension applications, we must recieve the following before we can issue a CoS:

      Deanery approval for the extended placement. We cannot accept the approval from the original placement period.

      For home-funded placements we must recieve an updating funded letter for the extended placement 

       


    • Please ensure that you have contacted {pleaseSelect721} before you begin this application to provide them with details of the MTI post and applicant. 

      Failure to fulfill this requirement will delay this application.

    • PLEASE NOTE: it is absolutely essential for the royal college of the doctor's specialty to be listed on this application if they have been involved in any way. This may be in one or more of the following capacities:

      • Providing GMC sponsorship for the doctor
      • Assisting them in finding an NHS post
      • Assessing their qualifications and eligibility for the MTI scheme

      If a royal college has been involved in this doctor's application but is not listed here, it may cause significant problems for them when they arrive in the UK to start their placement.


    • Please note that the "Start application" button below has now been removed, as we are no longer accepting new applications through this form. 

      Please start an application using the form found on our website here: https://mti.aomrc.org.uk/mti-forms/

  • Part 2: Details of the MTI doctor or applicant


  • A separate form will be sent to the doctor privately at the email address above to upload their passport or BRP once the medical personnel and supervising consultant have both signed the application.

  • The "next" button will take you to the next page of the application. If you can't complete sections 1-7 in full but would like to save your progress, you can use the green "save application" button at the bottom of part seven of the form.

  • Part 3: Details of the post and training

  • For guidance on MTI posts and training, please refer to part four of our MTI Explanatory Notes document.

  • You have indicated that this doctor has not applied to the MTI scheme through a medical royal college. It is important that doctors in this position are made aware by their employer that they will not receive any support or guidance from the royal college of their specialty throughout their placement.

  • If there are additional sub-specialties we should add to the list, please contact us at mti@aomrc.org.uk. 

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  • Guidance on current visa processing times is available here on the UK Visas & Immigration website under the "Work or Invest in the UK" sub-heading.

  • Government guidance on the UK's Working Time Regulations is available here.

  • The "next" button will take you to the next page of the application. If you can't complete sections 1-7 in full but would like to save your progress, you can use the green "save application" button at the bottom of part seven of the form.

  • Part 4: Deanery approval

  • Postgraduate Deans are responsible for approving the details of the MTI post, not the individual doctor, so a separate deanery approval request form must be submitted.

    Instructions to submit a deanery approval request:

    1) Please select the relevant deanery region from the dropdown below.

    2) The next time you save this application, a link to the separate deanery approval request form will be provided in the following email auto-response.

    3) Please follow the link and complete the separate form. Once the request is submitted, automated updates will be sent to all email addresses entered on this application form as the request progresses.

    4) Most of the fields will be pre-filled using the information you have entered in part three of this application form, but there is also some additional information you will need to provide.

    5) Please note that the pre-filled fields in the deanery approval request form cannot be edited, with the exception of the start and end date. This is to ensure the details remain consistent across both forms.

    6) If you open the deanery approval request form and realise you have made an error with any of the post details, please do not submit the request. Instead, return to this application form to make the necessary edits. The next time you save the application, a new link to the deanery approval request form will be provided in the auto-response with the correct details.

  • Instructions to upload the record of the Dean's approval:

    Once the Dean has approved the post, please change the answer to "Has this post been approved by the postgraduate Dean?" to "yes" (above), then upload the PDF file named "Record of Dean's approval_Dr [name]" in the file upload field that appears.

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  • The "next" button will take you to the next page of the application. If you can't complete sections 1-7 in full but would like to save your progress, you can use the green "save application" button at the bottom of part seven of the form.

  • Part 5: Route to GMC Registration

  • As this is an application for an extension or transfer, we will not need evidence of this doctor's GMC registration.

    Please continue to Part 6 using either the grey tabs at the top of the form or the blue "Next" button below. 

  • For guidance on the documentary evidence of GMC registration that we can accept, please refer to part three of our MTI Explanatory Notes document.

  • ERROR: You have listed a medical royal college as this doctor's GMC sponsor, but selected "no" on page one to the question "Has any organisation other than the NHS employer (e.g. a medical royal college) been involved in this application, even if not acting as the doctor's GMC sponsor?"

    Before this application can be submitted to the Academy, it needs to be approved by the doctor's GMC sponsor organisation. Please return to page one and select "yes" to the above question.

  • Instructions to upload evidence of GMC registration and licence to practise at a later point:

    If you have selected "I would like to upload evidence at a later point" to the above question, all email addresses listed on this form will be contacted with a reminder to upload the requested documentation after the doctor's medical personnel and supervising consultant have signed this application and the doctor has uploaded their passport.

    When you are ready to upload the evidence, please select "I am ready to provide evidence of GMC registration and licence to practise". A file upload box will appear subsequently.

    You will not be able to submit this application to the Academy until the requested evidence has been uploaded.

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  • The "next" button will take you to the next page of the application. If you can't complete sections 1-7 in full but would like to save your progress, you can use the green "save application" button at the bottom of part seven of the form.

  • Part 6: Details of funding

  • For guidance on the funding of MTI placements, please refer to the MTI Explanatory Notes section of our website.

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  • As this placement is scheduled to last less than 12 months, instead of listing an annual salary, please confirm the total remuneration the doctor will receive during their placement

  • The salary you have entered equates to less than the national minimum wage (NMW) (£11.44 per hour) when calculated against the number of hours per week the doctor will be working. For more information (link to be inserted here). You won't be able to submit this application until the salary is raised above the NMW.

  • The "next" button will take you to the next page of the application. If you can't complete sections 1-7 in full but would like to save your progress, you can use the green "save application" button at the bottom of part seven of the form.

  • Part 7: Review and continue to sign

  • PLEASE NOTE: for transfers, please provide details for individuals from the doctor's new employer

  • The doctor's medical personnel and supervising consultant will be required to sign this application once parts 1-7 have been completed. We recommend the link to this application is shared with them so they can confirm their email addresses below and consent to receiving emails from Jotform.



  • Once parts 1-7 of this application have been completed, the doctor's medical personnel and supervising consultant can sign the application. Note that deanery approval and evidence of GMC registration - if the doctor is not registered already - can be uploaded at a later point as detailed in parts three and four, respectively.

    A green "continue to sign" button will appear at the bottom of this page once the "All of the information requested in parts 1-7 has been provided" option above has been selected.

    The "continue to sign" button will trigger an email to the medical personnel at the email address provided above. The supervising consultant will be contacted once the medical personnel has signed. Each individual will receive a unique link to sign the application.

    After both the medical personnel and supervising consultant have signed, the doctor will be contacted separately to upload their passport or BRP (whichever applies).

  • ERROR: the same name and/or email address has been provided for the medical personnel and/or supervising consultant, which is not allowed. Please ensure different individuals with different email addresses have been listed for these roles.

  • Part 8a: Medical Personnel confirmation

  • This page can only be completed by the doctor's medical personnel once parts 1-7 of the application have been completed. When the "continue to sign" button is selected at the bottom of part seven, a unique link will be emailed to the medical personnel's email address listed in part six to complete this task.

  • The NHS employer's reporting obligations to the Academy are listed here.

  • Appendix D of the Home Office's sponsor guidance is available here.

  •  By signing below, you confirm you are authorised to sign this application as this doctor's medical personnel.
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  • Please use the green "Upload Signature" button below and do not close this browser tab/window until you successfully reach the "Thank you" page. 

    Your signature will not be uploaded without following this button

  • Part 8b: Supervising Consultant confirmation

  • This page can only be completed by the doctor's supervising consultant once parts 1-7 of the application have been completed and the medical personnel has signed. 

  • The NHS employer's reporting obligations to the Academy are listed here.

  • Appendix D of the Home Office's sponsor guidance is available here.

  • By signing below, you confirm you are authorised to sign this application as this doctor's supervising consultant.
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  • Your signature will not be uploaded without following these instructions

     

    Please use the green "Upload Signature" button below after adding your signature and do not close this browser tab/window until you successfully reach the "Thank you" page.

       

    If you cannot see the "Upload Signature" button, please contact MTI@aomrc.org.uk and we will assist you

  • Part 9: Review and submit

  • Fields will appear on this page once the medical personnel and supervising consultant have both signed the application.

  • Evidence of deanery approval is still required for this post. Please return to part four of this form and follow the instructions.

  • Documentary evidence of GMC registration and licence to practise is still required. Please return to part five of this form and follow the instructions.

  • ERROR: You have entered an AOMRC email address in one of the email fields. We kindly request that the AOMRC is not included in any correspondence about an application before it is submitted to us, so please enter the correct email address in the relevant field.

    If you have any general questions about MTI applications, please either consult the guidance documents linked throughout this application form or contact the team on mti@aomrc.org.uk.

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