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Health and Care Worker Visa ​

The Health and Care Worker Visa category allows doctors, nurses and other medical professionals of all nationalities (except British and Irish) to enter or remain in the UK to do an eligible job with the NHS, an NHS Supplier or to work in Adult Social Care.

If you’re permitted to enter or stay in the UK as a Health and Care Worker, you will be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain after 5 years. You will also be permitted to have your partner and children join you in the UK as your dependent.

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Approved UK Health and Care Sector Employers

Prior to your application for a Health and Care Worker Visa, you must have obtained a job offer from an approved UK employer that holds a sponsor licence. Approved employers are also referred to as sponsors because they are sponsoring you to enter or remain in the UK.

The job offer you present in support of your application for a Health and Care Worker Visa must be from:

The NHS

An organisation providing services to the NHS

An organisation providing adult social care

If your sponsor is not currently approved, they can apply for a sponsor licence which will be granted to them subject to their meeting the eligibility requirements for Sponsor licence (https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers) applications

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Health and Care Worker Visa requirements

In order to succeed in an application for a UK Health and Care Worker Visa, you will need to demonstrate to the UK Visas and Immigration that you meet the eligibility requirements as set out in Appendix Skilled Worker of the Immigration Rules, which requires that:

You are over the age of 18 at the date of application

You are a qualified doctor, nurse, health professional or adult social care professional

You work in an eligible health or social care job

Your proposed UK employer has been approved by the UK Visas and Immigration

You have secured a Certificate of Sponsorship from a UK employer that contains key details regarding the role you are taking up with the UK employer

You are paid the required minimum salary the extent of which depends on the type of work you do

You are able to demonstrate knowledge of English Language to the required level

You are able to demonstrate that you hold sufficient funds to maintain yourself in the UK unless your employer is A-rated and it has ‘certified’ your maintenance

The specific requirements, that may be applicable to you, will differ depending on your circumstances. You may wish to seek expert advice from an immigration lawyer

Occupation Codes for Health and Care Worker Visa

To qualify for a Health and Care Worker Visa, you must demonstrate to the UK Visas and Immigration that you will be employed in one of the following occupations:

1181: health services and public health managers and directors

1242: residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors

2211: medical practitioners

2213: pharmacists

2215: dental practitioners

2218: podiatrists

2221: physiotherapists

2112: biological scientists and biochemists

2113: physical scientists

2212: psychologists

2214: ophthalmic opticians

2217: medical radiographers

2219: health professionals that are ‘not elsewhere classified’, such as audiologists and occupational health advisers

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