Health and Care Worker visa
Taking on additional work
You can do additional paid work on a Health and Care Worker visa as long as you’re still doing the job you’re being sponsored for. You can also do unpaid voluntary work.
If you complete your GP training, you can do 4 months of additional paid work.
You may need to apply to update your visa to do additional paid work. This will depend on the type of work you’re doing and the hours you’re going to work.
Your additional work must be in an eligible Skilled Worker occupation code.
When you need to update your visa
You must update your visa if your additional job is more than 20 hours a week.
You don’t need to update it if you’re:
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working overtime in the job you’re being sponsored for
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working ‘bank shifts’ for your NHS sponsor
Apply to update your visa
To apply, you’ll need to:
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get a new certificate of sponsorship from your second employer
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include a letter with your application explaining that you want to change your current permission to stay