UK Overseas Domestic Worker Visa Application

Apply for a UK Visa as an Overseas Domestic Worker

Individuals who are employed as domestic workers outside the UK may apply for a visa to accompany their employer during a short visit to the United Kingdom. Eligible applicants must be aged 19 or above and must have been working for the same employer in a private household for a minimum of one year. Professions such as housekeepers, drivers, personal caregivers, chefs, and nannies are all covered under this visa category.

Processing Time, Visa Duration and Fees

You may apply for the Overseas Domestic Worker visa up to 3 months before your intended travel date. Typically, a decision is made within 3 weeks when applying from outside the UK. The visa application fee is £682. This visa allows a maximum stay of 6 months in the UK. Please note that this visa cannot be extended. However, exceptions apply if you applied before 5 April 2012 under the previous rules.

Who is Eligible?

To be eligible, you must be employed as a domestic worker by a person who is either a British national usually residing abroad or a foreign national visiting the UK for not more than 6 months. You must accompany your employer or their family, intend to work full-time in a private household in the UK, and plan to return to your home country once your 6-month stay ends. Additionally, your employer is required to pay you at least the UK national minimum wage.

Required Documents

Applicants must provide a valid passport, proof of financial capability (such as salary slips or bank statements for the past 6 months), and an employment verification letter. A signed ‘Appendix domestic worker statement’ is mandatory. Supporting evidence of employment, such as tax payment records, employment contracts, or previous travel endorsements with the employer, may also be required. Non-English or non-Welsh documents must be submitted with certified translations.

How to Apply and Biometric Process

Applications must be submitted online from outside the UK. As part of the application process, biometric data (fingerprints and a photograph) will need to be provided at a visa application centre. Depending on availability, you may choose a priority or super-priority service to receive a quicker decision.

Visa Extension and Settlement (For Applications Before 5 April 2012)

Those who initially applied for the domestic worker visa before 5 April 2012 may be eligible for visa extensions and even permanent settlement in the UK. Extensions can be granted in 12-month increments, and after 5 years of lawful residence, you may apply for indefinite leave to remain. Applicants must meet requirements related to continuous employment, lawful residence, financial independence, and English language proficiency. Dependants can be included in the application.

Know Your Rights in the UK

Once in the UK, your employer must comply with your employment rights, including paying the agreed wage (at least the national minimum wage), granting leave, providing notice of termination, and ensuring you do not work unreasonable hours. Any breach of these rights can be challenged legally through a tribunal or court action. It is recommended to have your employment terms agreed upon in writing before travel.

The Home Office will carefully scrutinise an application for any long term or temporary work visa. If it does not consider that the visa application is a genuine or if it considers that any of the other requirements have not been met, the application will fall for refusal. It is therefore essential that the application is prepared thoroughly and carefully.
We are experienced in preparing work visa applications to ensure a successful outcome and will provide expert guidance and assistance to you throughout the process.

How We Can Help You With UK Visa Application

UK Immigration Solicitors in Punjab India

There are many individuals agents and Immigration Consultants companies providing UK Visa consultancy in Punjab, India who are working as an Immigration Agents/Consultants without legal qualification, however we specialize in UK Visa and Immigration services being qualified as British Solicitors. Our UK Immigration Lawyers in Ludhiana Punjab India are professional, reliable and trustworthy. Our UK Immigration Solicitors provide best customer service, confidentiality, reliable advice to our clients and legally rerpesenting clients before British High Commission in India, UKVI Home Office and Immigration Appeal Tribunal in UK. We take pride in protecting the best interest of our clients.

Initial Consultation for UK Visa Applications

It is our standard professional practice to offer paid visa initial consultations who wish to apply for UK visas. This enables us to gauge prospects of your UK Visa & Immigration matter and accordingly decide if we can assist you. If we, after the UK visa consultation, believe that we can prepare your UK Visa Application or appeal against UK Visa refusal, only then we take the case and fee. Our fees depend on the time we anticipate to prepare your UK Visa Application and exercise involved therefore these vary for everyone. Rest assured we do not surprise our clients with any hidden charges. Clients can visit our offices or take initial consultation via WhatsApp, Zoom, Skype, GoogleMeet and other platforms. We have been successfully advising our clients across the globe for the last 12 years as British Lawyers.

Preparation of UK Visa Application

Our experts UK Visa Solicitors in Punjab India are equipped with latest and modern technology. We analyse our clients’ personal, familial and financial circumstances. We advise our clients on the required documentation for their UK Visa application, prepare draft letters of support, representation letter on behalf of our client and document check list etc. Our UK Immigration Lawyers in Punjab India are expert in UK Visas & Immigration. Call us today to book your initial consultation with us either in person or remotely.

What’s included in our Professional Service?

As British lawyers, we will do our best and even go that extra mile for you. We can help you with the necessary paperwork that will be needed to ensure that your application meets the Immigration requirements.

Please expect us to do the following for you, when you instruct us to represent you or a member of your family:

1. Full and professional assessment of your case
2. Advice on whether you should consider a different immigration programme or category
3. Strong and weak points of your application
4. Advice on correct list of documents
5. Advice on evidence required
6. Instructing your sponsor, relative, employer or college (if required)
7. Completion of all visa immigration forms & appendix
8. Final check of your documents before submission to the British Embassy/Home Office
9. Drafting representations and cover letters to the Home Office/British Diplomatic Post
10. Creating a professionally looking paginated visa application bundle
11. All translations of the relevant documents
12. Booking of your appointments at VFS India
13. Represent your application to the Home Office inside/outside UK British Diplomatic Post
14. Correspondence with the Home Office/British Diplomatic Post as and when required
15. Keeping you updated by email, phone or msg about correspondence in your application
16. On-going visa application support till your application has been decided by UKVI
17. Any further in-country/out-of-country immigration assistance

Refusal of UK Visa application

We have successfully overturned many UK visa refusals by appealing the decisions in the UK. Our expert UK Solicitors in India have necessary knowledge and expertise to direct you in the right direction.