Guidance

Overseas domestic workers: supporting documents

Information for overseas domestic workers in a private household and their employers.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 27 July 2018
• Last updated: 25 February 2026
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  1. 25 February 2026

     Updated information about making a new application for permission to come to the UK from 25 February 2026.

  2. 6 May 2021

     Removed 'Statement of written terms and conditions of employment: overseas domestic workers' and 'Employer statement: overseas domestic workers'. Added 'Appendix domestic worker statement'.

  3. 27 July 2018

     First published.

Documents

Leaflet for persons coming to the UK as an overseas domestic worker

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Appendix domestic worker statement

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Details

This leaflet sets out your employment rights as a domestic worker in the UK and explains how to access support if these rights aren’t being met.

You need the ‘Appendix domestic worker statement’ to apply to come to the UK to work as a domestic worker.