Domestic Worker Visa

The Domestic Worker visa allows you to travel to the UK with your employer and to stay and work there up to 6 months. You are expected to prove that you have worked for your employer for at least 1 year to be able to come to the UK with your employer.

Domestic Worker Visa

This visa can be defined as a visitor visa for domestic workers. You, therefore, must show that you do not intend to stay in the UK more than 6 months. Current rules also prevent domestic workers from living in the UK through frequent and regular visits.

Domestic workers are people providing personal care services to their employers or employers’ family members. The jobs suiting this category can be exemplified as drivers, caretakers, nannies, cooks, cleaners, gardeners etc.

Based on the information on the official website of the UK government, the Domestic Worker Visa process takes approximately 3 weeks to be finalized. However, of course, this period may be elongated if the reassessment/compliance/reliability of the documents is put into question.

There are basic criteria set by the Home Office in order to obtain the Domestic Worker Visa. For example, the applicant must be over 19 years old, and their salary must be at least equal to the national minimum wage whilst in the UK.

To be able to have this visa, your employer must be:

1. a British national who mostly live outside the UK and who does not intend to stay in the UK more than 6 months;
2. a foreign national who comes to the UK for a visit and does not intend to stay longer than 6 months.

During the time you work in the UK, you must be paid an amount of salary that at least equals to the national minimum wage of the UK. For more detailed information you can check https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

You are expected to prove the details below while you are applying for this visa:

• You are 19 or older;
• You have been working for your current employer for at least 1 year;
• You are planning to visit the UK with your employer or their family members;
• You are going to work fulltime at a house where your employer will be residing in the UK;
• You are planning to leave the UK with your employer at the end of 6 months at the latest;
• You have sufficient funds to live whilst you are in the UK;

Costs

The amount to be paid to the British Government as a Visa Application Fee is £516.

Additionally, it will be in your favour to show that you have enough funds in your bank account to cover your expenses in the UK. There is not a designated lower limit set by the Home Office; however, you must show proof that you “are able to support yourself in the UK without the need for public funds”.

Visa Rights

Your visa rights in general terms are as follows:

• You can continue to stay in the UK even if your employer travels abroad for a short visit;
• You can travel abroad and return to the UK as long as your visa is valid;
• You cannot change your job even for the employer with whom you come to the UK;
• You cannot live in the UK for a long period of time.
• You cannot bring your family members (or people you are responsible to take care of) to the UK;
• You cannot access public funds.

Required Documents

The required documents can change depending on your employment situation. The documents / information you must submit in your application form and as an addition to the form in general terms are as follows:

• A passport that is valid at least 6 months
• Documents to show you have been working for your employer with whom you will travel to the UK. For example, payslips, bank statements showing your salary income, insurance records, employment contract, tax payments etc.
• A letter from your employer explaining you have been working for them for at least 12 months and you are going to work for them in the UK as well.
• Documents proving your employer has a right to enter the UK; their British passport, visa or BRP card if they are foreign.
• Documents that will show your employer’s UK address. For example, tenancy agreement, land title, council tax payments, utility bills etc.

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