A Health and Care Worker visa allows medical professionals to come to or stay in the UK to do an eligible job with the NHS, an NHS supplier or in adult social care. An application for Health and Care Worker visa is made under Appendix Skilled Workers. To qualify for a Health and Care Worker visa, you must:
- be a qualified doctor, nurse, health professional or adult social care professional
- work in an eligible health or social care job
- work for a UK employer that’s been approved by the Home Office
- have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your employer with information about the role you’ve been offered in the UK
- be paid a minimum salary - how much depends on the type of work you do
The Health and Care Worker visa is a Point Based System (PBS) visa category and points can be awarded for the Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), job skill level, English language, appropriate Salary, PhD level qualifications, job in shortage occupation, and applicant being new entrant. A total of 70 points are required to be eligible to apply for Health and Care Worker visa; 50 points from mandatory non-tradable points and the remaining 20 from tradable points.
The Health and Care Worker visa is a route to settlement and a person who has spent 5 years in the UK on Health and Care Worker visa can apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) as a Health and Care Worker. A dependent partner and dependent children can apply on this route to stay in the UK with the Health and Care Worker.
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No Dependants For Care Workers Under The New Immigration Laws
In a recent statement made in December 2023 by the Home Secretary James Cleverly, it has been stated that the UK Government will soon publish new statement of changes to the UK Immigration Rules to block dependants of care workers.
Health and Care Worker Visa Appliations
Our specialist team of work visa solicitors can provide immigration advice and legal representations for the following health and care worker visa applications:
- Entry Clearance For Health and Care Worker Visa UK
- Switching Into Health and Care Worker Visa
- Extension Of Health and Care Worker Visa
- ILR As Health and Care Worker
Our Fixed Fees For Health and Care Worker Visa
Our fixed fees for employer-sponsored work visas are as given in the fee table below:
| Our Service | Our Fixed Fees Range |
| Full service for Entry Clearance for employer-sponsored work visas to cover all the work until a decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) | From £700 To £1,200 (no VAT) |
| Full service for switching into employer sponsored work visa from inside the UK through Priority or Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £700 To £1,200 (no VAT) |
| Full service for extension of employer-sponsored work visa from inside the UK through Priority or Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £700 To £1,200 (no VAT) |
| Full service for ILR as an employer-sponsored worker from inside the UK through Priority or Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your ILR application | From £700 To £1,200 (no VAT) |
The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of casework involved. In addition to our fixed fee, the applicant also has to pay the Home Office UKVI fees for the application.
Dependants Of Health and Care Workers
As specialist immigration solicitors for dependant visa UK, we can provide fast, friendly, reliable and fixed fee legal services for following applications for dependants of Health and Care Worker:
- Entry Clearance For Health and Care Worker Dependant Visa
- Switching Into Health and Care Worker Dependant Visa
- Extension Of Health and Care Worker Dependant Visa
- ILR As A Health and Care Worker Dependant
Fixed Fees For Applications By Dependants
Our fixed fees for dependant visa applications are as given in the fee table below:
| Our Service | Our Fixed Fees Range |
| Full service for dependant visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) | From £800 To £1,500 (no VAT) |
| Full service for switching into a dependant visa from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
| Full service for the extension of dependant visa from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
| Full service for ILR as a dependant from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of casework involved. In addition to our fixed fee, the applicant also has to pay the Home Office UKVI fees for the application.
Priority or Super Priority Service For Faster Decision
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide fast-track visa service to get you a decision on your application faster under the Priority Service or Super Priority service. This way, you will get a decision on your application faster and will not have to wait for a decision on your application for months (sometimes years).
Our fast track immigration solicitors can prepare your application faster and submit your application under the Priority Service or Super Priority Service to get you faster decision on your application.
As specialist immigration solicitors in London, we are registered with the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) and its commercial partners UKVCAS Sopra Steria to provide Priority Service or Super Priority Service for your application whereby decision on your application will be made by the Home Office UKVI faster. An application submitted through Priority Service is normally decided within 5 working days, and an application submitted through Super Priority Service is normally decided within 24 hours (usually by the end of the next working day).
Eligible Occupation Codes For Health and Care Worker Visa
Your job must be in one of the following occupation codes to qualify for the Health and Care Worker visa:
- 1181: health services and public health managers and directors
- 1242: residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors
- 2112: biological scientists and biochemists
- 2113: physical scientists
- 2211: medical practitioners
- 2212: psychologists
- 2213: pharmacists
- 2214: ophthalmic opticians
- 2215: dental practitioners
- 2217: medical radiographers
- 2218: podiatrists
- 2219: health professionals that are ‘not elsewhere classified’, such as audiologists and occupational health advisers
- 2221: physiotherapists
- 2222: occupational therapists
- 2223: speech and language therapists
- 2229: therapy professionals that are ‘not elsewhere classified’, such as osteopaths and psychotherapists
- 2231: nurses
- 2232: midwives
- 2442: social workers
- 3111: laboratory technicians
- 3213: paramedics
- 3216: dispensing opticians
- 3217: pharmaceutical technicians
- 3218: medical and dental technicians
- 3219: health associate professionals not elsewhere classified
- 6141: nursing auxiliaries and assistants
- 6143: dental nurses
- 6145: care workers and home carers
- 6146: senior care workers
Approved UK Health and Care Sector Employers
You must have a job offer from an approved UK employer before you apply for a Health and Care Worker visa. Approved employers are also known as sponsors, because they are sponsoring you to come to or stay in the UK.
You must have a job offer from:
- the NHS
- an organisation providing medical services to the NHS
- an organisation providing adult social care
