 DOMESTIC WORKERS
The domestic worker category allows overseas employers to bring their domestic workers with them when they visit or move to the United Kingdom. To qualify to come UK as a domestic worker, you must be an established member of your employer's staff.
You will only be given permission to stay in the United Kingdom for a fixed period of time. At the end of this period, you will need to either return home or apply to extend your stay.
The domestic workers category can be a short- or long-term immigration category. UKBA will not extend your visa unless you are still employed as a domestic worker when your old visa expires. You are allowed to change employers while you are in the United Kingdom, but you must still be employed as a domestic worker. If you change employers, you must notify UKBA, and you will not be allowed to change to a different type of employment.
Once you have been in the United Kingdom for five years as a domestic worker, you can apply to stay here permanently.
To be able to come to the United Kingdom as a domestic worker, you must have been working for at least one year immediately before your application:
- as a domestic worker in the same house as your employer; or
- in a household that your employer uses on a regular basis, and there is evidence of a connection between you and the employer.
You must be intending to work full-time in the United Kingdom as a domestic worker:
- in the house that your employer is living in; or
- in a household that the employer users regularly, if you can show that there is a clear connection between you and the employer.
In addition, you must:
- be aged between 18 and 65; and
- intend to travel to the United Kingdom with your employer, your employer's spouse or civil partner, or your employer's child who is under 18; and
- not intend to work in the United Kingdom except as a domestic worker; and
- be able to support yourself and any dependants without the need for public funds; and
- hold a valid entry clearance for entry under the domestic workers category.
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