Overview
You can apply for a visa to visit the UK with your employer if you:
- • are a domestic worker in a private household
- • have worked for your employer for at least one year
- • are from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland
- • meet the other eligibility requirements
Domestic workers include:
- • cleaners
- • chauffeurs
- • cooks
- • those providing personal care for the employer and their family
- • nannies
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 or when your employer returns home, whichever is sooner.
What you can and can’t do
You can:
- • stay in the UK if your employer takes a short trip to another country during the visit
- • travel abroad and return to the UK to complete your stay, though you must prove you still work for your employer, e.g. a letter from them
- • change employers to another job as a domestic worker in a private household - only if you don’t stay longer than the 6 months
You can’t:
- • change your job for the employer you came to the UK with
- • live in the UK for long periods of time through frequent visits
- • bring in family members (‘dependants’) - they must apply separately
- • get public funds