You can apply for a visa to visit the UK with your employer if you:- 

  • live outside the UK;
  • are a domestic worker in a private household;
  • have worked for your employer for at least one year;
  • meet the other eligibility requirements.

Domestic workers include:- 

  • cleaners;
  • chauffeurs;
  • cooks;
  • those providing personal care for the employer and their family;
  • nannies.

You can use this visa to visit the UK with your employer for up to 6 months. You must return home at the end of the 6 months.  You cannot extend an Overseas Domestic Worker visa

 You can:- 

  • travel abroad and return to the UK to complete your stay;
  • change employers to another job as a domestic worker in a private household - only if you do not stay longer than the 6 months.

 You cannot:- 

  • work except as a domestic worker in a private household;
  • live in the UK for long periods of time through frequent visits;
  • have access to public funds.

You must prove that you:- 

  • are 19 or older;
  • have worked for your employer for at least 1 year;
  • work in the same household as your employer or one they use regularly;
  • plan to travel to the UK with your employer, their partner or children;
  • intend to work as a full-time domestic worker in a UK household your employer will live in;
  • plan to leave the UK at the end of 6 months;
  • are able to support yourself in the UK without the need for public funds.

 Your employer must be either a:- 

  • British citizen who usually lives outside the UK and who does not intend to remain in the UK for more than 6 months;
  • foreign citizen who is coming to the UK on a visit and who does not intend to remain for more than 6 months

Your employer must also pay you at least the national minimum wage.

For further information please call 0207 654 3797 or email info@hpassociates.uk.com.