Domestic workers
Eligibility
This page explains the eligibility requirements you need to meet if you want to come to the United Kingdom to work as a domestic worker in a private household.
In order to come to the United Kingdom as a domestic worker you must:
- be aged between 18 and 65; and
- have been working as a domestic worker in the same house as your employer for at least one year immediately before your application; or
- have been working for at least one year immediately before your application, in a household that your employer uses on a regular basis and there is evidence of a connection between you and the employer; and
- intend to travel to the United Kingdom with your employer, your employer's spouse, or civil partner or your employers child who is under 18; and
- intend to work full-time as a domestic worker in the house that your employer is living in; or
- intend to work full-time as a domestic worker in a household that the employer users regularly and you can show that there is a clear connection between you and the employer; and
- not intend to work in the United Kingdom except as a domestic worker; and
- you can support yourself and any dependants without the need for public funds; and
- hold a valid entry clearance for entry under the domestic workers category.
Policy & Law
Contact
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Immigration enquiry bureau
0870 606 7766
UK Border Agency Lunar House, 40 Wellesley Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR9 2BY