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Tier 5 - youth mobility scheme
This page explains the duties national governments have as sponsors under the tier 5 - youth mobility scheme of the points-based system.
Sponsors under the youth mobility scheme are the national governments of the participating countries. Participation in the scheme will be limited to those countries that can meet the criteria for the scheme which relate to level of immigration risk, returns arrangements and reciprocal opportunities for young United Kingdom nationals.
As the sponsors of their young nationals, the governments of participating countries will be saying that they:
- are nationals of that country; and
- are aged between 18 and 30 inclusive; and
- believe they will comply with the terms of the youth mobility scheme.
Any country can apply to join the youth mobility scheme if it believes it can meet the terms of the scheme. A list of participating countries are published in Appendix G of the immigration rules.