The "domestic worker" immigration category allows overseas
employers to bring their domestic workers with them when they visit
or move to the UK. Once a domestic worker has been
in the UK for five years, they can apply to stay here
permanently.
The qualifying criteria to come to the UK as a domestic
worker include requirements that they must have been working
for at least one year immediately before their application:
- as a domestic worker in the same house as their employer
or
- in a household that their employer uses on a regular basis, and
there is evidence of a connection between them and their
employer.
An applicant must also:
- be aged between 18 and 65
- intend to travel to the UK with their employer, their
employer's spouse or civil partner, or their employer's child who
is under 18.
Blake Lapthorn solicitors' Immigration team can assist not
only with initial entry clearance visa applications, but also
extensions or variations of stay within the UK.
