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Work permit holders - except Bulgarian and Romanian nationals

Supplementary employment

This page explains if you are allowed to do any other work outside your normal hours for which your work permit allows.

A person who has a work permit is able to undertake work, provided:

  • it is outside of their normal working hours;
  • it is no more than 20 hours a week;
  • it is in the same profession and at the same professional level for which the holder's work permit was issued; and
  • they are not employed by a recruitment agency, employment agency or similar business to provide personnel to a client (does not apply to Sports and Entertainments work permit holders).

The work permit holder is not allowed to enter self-employment, set up a business or join another business as a director or partner without obtaining further permission from us.

Under the following categories of the work permit arrangements, work permit holders are not permitted to take supplementary employment. These are:

  • Business and Commercial and Sports and Entertainments multiple entry work permit holders;
  • Training and Work Experience Scheme; and
  • General Agreement on Trade in Services.