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You can apply for a visa to visit the UK with your employer if you:

• live outside the UK
• are a domestic worker in a private household
• have worked for your employer for at least one year
• meet the other eligibility requirements

Domestic workers include:

• cleaners
• chauffeurs
• cooks
• those providing personal care for the employer and their family
• nannies

How long it will take

You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before your date of travel to the UK.

You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks when you apply from outside the UK.

You may be able to pay to get a faster decision.

Fees

It costs 拢637 for an Overseas Domestic Worker visa.

How long you can stay

You can use this visa to visit the UK with your employer for up to 6 months. You must return home at the end of the 6 months.

You cannot extend an Overseas Domestic Worker visa.

You may be able to extend a Domestic Worker in a Private Household visa if you applied on or before 5 April 2012.

What you can and cannot do

You can:

• travel abroad and return to the UK to complete your stay
• change employers to another job as a domestic worker in a private household - only if you do not stay longer than the 6 months

You cannot:

• work except as a domestic worker in a private household
• live in the UK for long periods of time through frequent visits
• get public funds

You must prove that you:

• are 19 or older
• have worked for your employer for at least 1 year
• work in the same household as your employer or one they use regularly
• plan to travel to the UK with your employer, their partner or children
• intend to work as a full-time domestic worker in a UK household your employer will live in
• plan to leave the UK at the end of 6 months
• are able to support yourself in the UK without the need for public funds

Your employer

Your employer must be either a:

• British citizen who usually lives outside the UK and who does not intend to remain in the UK for more than 6 months
• foreign citizen who is coming to the UK on a visit and who does not intend to remain for more than 6 months

Your employer must also pay you at least the national minimum wage.

When you apply you鈥檒l need to provide:

• a current passport or other valid travel identification
• proof you can support yourself during your trip, for example bank statements or payslips for the last 6 months
• a completed 鈥楢ppendix domestic worker statement鈥� signed by both you and your employer
• a letter from your employer confirming your job title, how long you鈥檝e worked for them and that you鈥檙e a permanent employee

You鈥檒l need to have a blank page in your passport on which to put the visa.

You must also provide 1 of the following documents covering the same period of employment:

• pay slips or bank statements showing payment of salary
• confirmation of tax paid
• confirmation of health insurance paid
• contract of employment
• work visa, residence permit or equivalent passport endorsement for the country where you鈥檙e currently employed by your employer
• visas or equivalent passport endorsement if you鈥檝e travelled with your employer before

You鈥檒l need to provide a certified translation of any documents that are not in English or Welsh.

You must for this visa.

You鈥檒l need to have your fingerprints and and photo (biometric information) taken at a visa application centre as part of your application.

You may be able to pay to get a faster decision.

There are different rules if you applied for a Domestic Worker in a Private Household visa on or before 5 April 2012.

You can:

• extend your stay in the UK every 12 months
• apply to settle permanently in the UK after 5 years
• bring your partner and children under 18
• change employer while your visa is valid

How long you can stay

You can apply to extend your visa for 12 months at a time.

If you鈥檝e worked in the UK as a domestic worker for 5 years you can apply to settle permanently in the UK.

Eligibility

To extend your visa you must:

• be a domestic worker in a private household
• have applied for your domestic worker visa on or before 5 April 2012
• have continued to live in the UK
• apply while you鈥檙e still in the UK

To settle in the UK as a domestic worker you must:

• have applied for your domestic worker visa on or before 5 April 2012
• have been living here legally for at least 5 years
• currently have permission to stay here as a domestic worker
• have been in the UK as a full-time domestic worker continuously throughout the 5 years (you cannot have been outside the UK for more than 180 days in any 12 consecutive months)
• have maintained and accommodated yourself and any dependants without the use of public funds throughout the 5 years
• have sufficient knowledge of English and life in the UK

Documents you鈥檒l need

To extend your visa you must provide both of the following:

• a letter from your employer confirming that they want to continue to employ you
• a completed 鈥楢ppendix domestic worker statement鈥� signed by both you and your employer

To settle in the UK you must provide:

• a letter from your employer confirming that they want to continue to employ you
• evidence that you can satisfy the knowledge of English and life in the UK criteria

If you鈥檝e had any absences because of serious illness, births or deaths in your family, or had to leave the UK, you also need to write a letter detailing these. You should also include any related supporting documents with your letter, for example medical certificates, birth/death certificates, information about why you had to leave the UK.

How to extend your visa

You must .

You can include your dependants (partner and children aged under 18) on your application.

If you have any dependant children aged over 18 they will need to apply separately.

How to apply to settle

You must .

You can include your dependants (partner and children aged under 18) on your application. Your partner must be able to demonstrate their knowledge of English and life in the UK.

If you have any dependant children aged over 18 they will need to apply separately.

Fees

For each person applying it costs:

• 拢1,258 to apply to extend your visa
• 拢2,885 to apply to settle

You鈥檒l each need to have your fingerprints and a photo (biometric information) taken - there鈥檚 no fee for this.

Get a faster decision on your application

You can pay an extra 拢1,000 to use the super priority service.

Providing your fingerprints and photo (biometric information) and supporting documents

When you apply, you鈥檒l be asked to make an appointment at a UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) service point to provide your fingerprints and a photo (biometric information).

You鈥檒l also need to submit your supporting documents. You can:

• upload them into the online service
• have them scanned at your UKVCAS appointment

Get help to apply online

You can get help with completing the online form if you:

• do not feel confident using a computer or mobile device
• do not have internet access

You can only use this service if you鈥檙e applying in the UK.

Getting a decision

A decision will be made within 8 weeks of your application date if you use the standard service.

If you use the super priority service a decision will be made:

• by the end of the next working day after your UKVCAS appointment if your appointment is on a weekday
• 2 working days after your UKVCAS appointment if your appointment is at the weekend

You鈥檒l be contacted if your application is complex and will take longer, for example:

• if your supporting documents need to be verified
• if you need to attend an interview
• because of your personal circumstances, for example you have a criminal conviction

Working days are Monday to Friday, not including bank holidays.

If your application is successful

You鈥檒l get an eVisa (an online record of your immigration status).

Your decision email or letter will tell you how to get access to your eVisa. You鈥檒l need to create a UKVI account.

If you want to settle in the UK, you鈥檒l need to prove that you can satisfy the English language requirement.

You can prove your knowledge of English by either:

• passing an approved English language test with at least CEFR level B1 in reading, writing, speaking and listening
• having an academic qualification that was taught in English and is recognised by as being equivalent to a UK bachelor鈥檚 degree, master鈥檚 degree or PhD

You also satisfy the English language requirement if you met one of these two points in a previous successful visa application.

Who does not need to prove their knowledge of English

You will not need to prove your knowledge of English if you鈥檙e a national of one of the following countries or territories:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• the Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• the British overseas territories
• Canada
• Dominica
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Jamaica
• Malta
• New Zealand
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• USA

When you work in the UK your employer must:

• pay you an agreed rate, which must be at least the national minimum wage
• not force you to work excessive hours
• give you agreed holiday pay
• give you the notice you鈥檙e entitled to if your employment ends

You should already have agreed your employment conditions with your employer and have a copy of these in writing. Your employer cannot change your employment conditions unless you agree.

If your employer does not meet these requirements, you can take legal action through an employment or industrial tribunal or the civil courts.

Get advice and support

You can get free and confidential advice from the Acas helpline.

You can also for free, confidential and independent advice as a domestic worker in the UK.

If you want to return home

Contact your country鈥檚 Embassy or High Commission in the UK if you want to return home.

You can also get confidential advice from a registered immigration adviser. Use the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) Adviser Finder to .

Modern slavery and human trafficking involve being forced to do something you do not want to do, usually by being hurt or threatened.

You may be forced to work for free or less than the minimum wage, get married or move to a country against your will.

You can apply to stay in the UK for up to 2 years, if both of the following apply:

• you have a 鈥榗onclusive grounds鈥� letter from the Single Competent Authority (SCA) confirming that you鈥檙e a victim of modern slavery or human trafficking
• you entered the UK on an Overseas Domestic Worker visa, on a Domestic Worker in a Private Household visa, or as a private servant of a diplomat (known as a Temporary Work - International Agreement visa).

How to get a conclusive grounds letter

If you think you鈥檙e a victim of modern slavery or human trafficking you need to contact the police or another first responder organisation. They can help refer your case to the SCA.

Read the 鈥楩irst responder organisations鈥� section of the guidance on referrals to find out which organisations can refer your case.

The SCA will decide if you鈥檙e a victim of modern slavery or human trafficking. They will send you a conclusive grounds letter confirming their decision.

Apply

You must apply within 28 days of getting confirmation you鈥檙e a victim of modern slavery or human trafficking.

You must .

It鈥檚 free to apply.

Get help using a computer to apply online

You can get help with:

• accessing a computer or the internet
• finding the right information on 188体育

You cannot get advice on:

• whether you鈥檙e eligible to apply
• what information to put in your application
• an application you鈥檝e already made

Applying for a different visa

If you apply for a different type of visa within 28 days of getting confirmation but are refused, you can still apply as a victim of modern slavery or human trafficking.

You must do this within 28 days of getting the refusal.

Working in the UK

You鈥檒l be able to work as a domestic worker for up to 2 years.

You do not need to have a job offer before you apply. You can change job while you鈥檙e in the UK.