If you are a domestic worker, that means a cleaner, chauffeur, cook, or nanny, or are providing personal care to your employer , you may be able to apply for a visa to visit the UK with your employer Immigration Rules Appendix Overseas Domestic Worker.
You must live outside the UK and have worked for your employer for at least twelve months. Your employment must be within a private household, and you will have to meet other eligibility requirements.
You can travel to the UK with your employer and stay up to six months. You can also switch employers to another job as a domestic worker, but it must be within a private household. Your aggregate stay across all employers must not be longer than six months.
You cannot work in anything other than a private household in the UK, and you are not entitled to public funds like state benefits.
There are some things you’ll need to be able to prove for an Overseas Domestic Worker Visa, and these include: –
You will need these documents to apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker Visa.
UK immigration is challenging, with complex rules which are tightly regulated. Your employer might not help you to apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker Visa, or you may need help understanding the regulations even with a reasonable knowledge of English.
An immigration expert can help unravel the difficulty and handle the application on your behalf. They can guide you on which documents you need and what you are entitled to do when you come to the UK.
WH Solicitors are experienced immigration professionals with a long-established reputation and an excellent rate of successful visa applications. Our friendly and approachable team provides practical advice in language you can understand.
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Your immigration expert will support you from the start of the process until completion and answer any questions or concerns you may have. They will resolve any queries from the Home Office until a decision is made.
The application fee for an Overseas Domestic Worker Visa is £637.
You can stay for up to six months on this visa, and then you must return home. You cannot extend an Overseas Domestic Worker Visa.
Your employer must be a British citizen who usually lives outside the UK and who only plans to come to the UK for up to six months.
The alternative is that your employer is a foreign citizen planning to visit the UK and does not intend to stay for more than six months. Your employer must pay the UK minimum wage at least.
There are different rules if you apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker Visa in a private household before 5 April 2012. You can extend your stay in the UK every twelve months and apply to settle permanently if you have been employed as a domestic worker throughout that time. You can also bring your partner and any children aged under eighteen.
Contact WH Solicitors for expert immigration advice from our friendly and approachable team of experts. We will do all the hard work, make the online application, and answer any questions or queries you may have. We take the stress out of immigration and act as your representative with the Home Office. Our rates and reasonable and agreed up front before we start work.
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