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Extending your visa

This page explains how you can apply to extend your stay as a domestic worker in the United Kingdom. Before you read this information you should make sure you meet the eligibility requirements for the domestic worker scheme.

As a domestic worker you will initially be given permission to stay in the United Kingdom for a maximum of 12 months. At the end of this 12 month period you can apply to extend your stay in the United Kingdom providing you are still employed as a domestic worker. You should make your application before your permission to stay in the United Kingdom ends.

If your application to extend your stay in the United Kingdom is successful you will be given permission to stay for another 12 months. If you are still working as a domestic worker at the end of the 12 months you will need to make another application to extend your stay in the United Kingdom.

Once you have been continuously employed as a domestic worker in the United Kingdom for five years you can apply to stay in the United Kingdom permanently. This is called settlement. You should read the section on settlement for details.

How to apply

We call extending your stay applying for further leave to remain. To apply for an extension of stay as a domestic worker you must use application form FLR(O). This application form and the accompanying guidance notes are available to download on the right side of this page. You should make sure you read the guidance notes fully before you make your application.

You will need to provide us with the following documents to support your application:

  • your passport;
  • a letter from your employer confirming he/she want to continue to employ you;
    • your duties;
    • your rate of pay;
    • your hours of work;
      both you and your employer should sign this letter;
  • a letter from your employer confirming that they will comply with United Kingdom law on the national minimum wage. We cannot refuse your application if your employ does not provide this letter;
  • evidence that you can support and accommodate yourself without help from public funds.

You should provide the original document unless there is a good reason why you cannot.

You will need to pay a fee to cover the cost of processing your applications; you should read the page on cost for details.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is my immigration status while my application is being decided?

    If you make an application before your authorised stay ends, your existing immigration status will continue until your application is decided, even if the decision is not made until after the end of your permitted stay. If your existing visa or other permission to stay here allows you to work, you can continue to do so until your case is decided.

Application forms

Extension of stay in the United Kingdom (other categories)

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