Health and Care Worker visas
Doctors, nurses and health professionals keep the country running, and the visa should not be the hard part of the job. This route carries a lower Home Office fee and no health surcharge, but the same unforgiving checks on codes, salaries and registration.
Is this you?
Doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals with an offer from the NHS, an NHS supplier or adult social care. Care workers already in the UK extending or changing sponsor under the rules that now apply to them.
What we do for you
- Confirm eligibility for the route and your professional registration
- Check the certificate, code and salary
- Prepare and submit for you and your family
- Advise on the rules that apply to care workers already in the UK, which have changed and keep changing; the latest is always in News
What we check before anything is submitted
- Professional registration (NMC, GMC, HCPC or equivalent)
- Occupation code and salary
- The sponsor’s eligibility for this route
- English language
- Immigration history
The fee, the timescale and who does the work
£900 to £1,400 plus VAT.
Your exact fixed fee is confirmed on the free call and agreed in writing before any chargeable work starts. Home Office fees and the health surcharge are paid separately; see the Fees page for the full list.
Our fee covers taking your instructions, assessing eligibility, telling you what evidence is needed and reviewing it, preparing and drafting the application and any representations, submitting it, dealing with Home Office requests for information, and advising you on the decision.
Typical timescale. Usually 3 to 8 weeks.
Who handles it. A named, Law Society accredited caseworker runs your matter from the first call to the decision, supervised by a solicitor who signs off the application.
Questions we hear every week
I am a care worker in the UK; can I still extend?
In many cases yes, under transitional rules; we check yours.
Do I pay the health surcharge?
Not on this route.
Can my family join me?
It depends on your role and when you applied; we confirm on the call.
The job is the hard part. The visa shouldn’t be.
Start with a free call.
Twenty minutes, booked online, nothing charged. The route, the cost and whether you meet the rules today.