Everything you need to understand the Tech Nation route and build your endorsement portfolio, from free guides and blog posts to the full portfolio writing service.
Technical and business professionals in digital technology. Endorsement applications on this route are assessed by Tech Nation, the endorsing body for digital technology.
Read the official Tech Nation guidance →Pick the path that matches where you are. Each one takes you to the free guides, blog posts and videos that fit that stage.
You are not sure yet whether the tech route fits your career, or which criteria your experience speaks to.
You know this is your route and want to start putting your documents together.
You have a rejection proforma and want to build a stronger portfolio for resubmission.
Tech professionals and founders endorsed after working on how their portfolio was presented.
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Everything here is free. Start with the self-check, then read the guide for the criteria and the most common rejection reasons.
↑ Back to the three pathsStart with the free blog posts and videos. If you want structured help, the calls and the writing service follow.
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Many tech rejections are about how the evidence was presented, not the underlying career. Your proforma tells you which criteria the assessors felt were not met, which gives you a clear starting point.
↑ Back to the three pathsEndorsement coaching only. Not immigration advice.
Both are assessed against the same criteria, but at different career stages. Exceptional Talent is for people already recognised as leading talents in digital technology, with recognition that is established and sustained. Exceptional Promise is for earlier-career professionals with emerging recognition that fits their stage. Promise is not a lower bar, it is a different bar.
Every endorsement application has to meet the mandatory criteria: recognition in the last five years as a leading talent, or an emerging one for Promise. On top of that, you need to meet at least two of the four optional criteria: innovation (OC1), contribution beyond your job (OC2), technical, commercial or entrepreneurial impact (OC3), and academic contributions (OC4).
You need three letters from acknowledged experts in digital technology who have known your work for at least twelve months. In practice, this means senior figures at product-led or leading digital technology companies. Each letter should include the referee's CV. Common letter mistakes →
Usually not on its own. Tech Nation assesses you as an individual, so company revenue, funding or growth needs to be connected to your personal contribution and to recognition in the field. Read the founders guide →
The Tech VIP covers your full endorsement portfolio: portfolio strategy across the mandatory and optional criteria, your CV, a personal statement, three letters of support drafted for your referees to review and sign, and up to ten evidence documents. It starts with a 15-minute discovery call. Full package details →
Not immigration advice. This page is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this page, in our guides, or in any coaching session constitutes immigration advice or regulated immigration legal advice. Elizaveta Morjan and UKGTEC (UK Global Talent Expert Coaching) Limited are not a regulated immigration law firm or adviser and do not offer or advertise immigration legal advice. The endorsement coaching and portfolio preparation services on this website relate to Stage 1 of the Global Talent process only (the professional endorsement assessment by the relevant endorsing body) and do not cover the visa application, leave to remain, immigration history, switching visa categories or any other immigration matter. For regulated immigration advice, always consult a qualified immigration lawyer or an adviser regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA).
