The certificate of sponsorship will only be issued if the application is supported by RCPath. This enables an applicant to apply for their Tier 5 visa, which is issued for a maximum two year period. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) – the overarching visa sponsor for the initiative – is responsible for issuing the Tier 5 Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). home institution, government, scholarship etc. The funding should be above the UK national minimum wage (or at least £16,000 p.a). In this case, the trainee needs to have funding available from an official source e.g. However, funding needs to be organised by the trainee for the unpaid MTI Scheme placements.

Only some of the placements on the MTI Scheme are paid and the trainee receives a salary. Further information on their MTI scheme can be found on the Royal College of Physicians website. The Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB) oversees training in immunology. We offer sponsorship to Trainees in the following specialties

The MTI(Path) Trust route is for those applicants who have themselves secured a suitable placement within an NHS Trust in the UK.

The MTI(Path) College route is for those who haven’t been offered a placement but would like to undertake clinical training in the NHS for a maximum of 24 months before returning to their home country.

The College offers two routes to gaining sponsorship through its MTI(Path) scheme: MTI(Path) College and MTI(Path) Trust. It is designed to allow medical graduates to come to the UK to undertake clinical training in the NHS for a maximum of 24 months before returning to their home country, providing they have the support of the relevant Royal College.Īs part of the scheme, The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) will act as the ‘professional sponsor’ for medical graduates, through the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC). The Medical Training Initiative (MTI) was launched by the Department of Health in 2009. All applicants will now have to be on a Tier 5 visa under the auspices of the Medical Training Initiative (MTI). Please note: the following information applies only to doctors who have qualified outside the UK or EU and who wish to come to the UK for a limited period of specialised training in pathology.

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