Switching to a Health and Care Worker Dependant Visa - Expert Dependant Visa Solicitors

You can apply to switch into a Health and Care Worker Dependant visa from inside the UK if you are already in the UK and meet the relevant requirements for switching into a Health and Care Worker Dependant visa as set out in Appendix Health and Care Worker. An application to switch to a Health and Care worker dependent visa is made online via the Home Office UKVI website. If the applicant is applying as a dependent partner, they must be aged 18 or over on the date of application.

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Which Family Members Can Qualify for a Dependant Visa?

The following family members of the Health and Care Worker migrant can qualify for switching to a dependant visa:

• husband, wife or civil partner of a Health and Care Worker migrant; or
• unmarried or same-sex partner of a Health and Care Worker migrant; or
• a child aged under 18 years old of a Health and Care Worker migrant.

Your dependent children can be over 18 years old if they entered the UK on a dependent visa whilst they were under 18, but have since turned over 18.

Requirements for Switching to a Health and Care Worker Dependant Visa

As a dependant of Health and Care Worker, you should satisfy the following requirements to be eligible for switching into Health and Care Worker dependant visa:

• You must not have, or have last been granted, permission to stay in the UK:
  • as a Visitor; or
  • as a Short-term student; or
  • as a Parent of a Child Student; or
  • as a Seasonal Worker; or
  • as a Domestic Worker in a Private Household; or
  • outside the Immigration Rules.
• You must provide appropriate documents to prove your relationship with your Health and Care Worker migrant.
• You must provide evidence of adequate accommodation in the UK to be accommodated without any public funds.
• You must have evidence of funds for maintenance to support yourself in the UK without public funds.

Relationship Requirement for the Dependent Partner of a Health and Care Worker

The applicant must be the partner of the sponsoring Health and Care Worker, where one of the following applies:

• The sponsoring Health and Care worker must have a Health and Care Worker visa; or
• The sponsoring Health and Care worker is, at the same time, applying for (and is granted) entry clearance on the Health and Care Worker route; or
• The sponsoring Health and Care worker is settled or has become a British citizen, providing the sponsoring Health and Care worker had permission on the Health and Care Worker route when they settled, and the applicant had permission as the sponsoring Health and Care worker’s partner at that time.

If the applicant and their Health and Care Worker partner are not married or in a civil partnership, all of the following requirements must also be met:

• they must have been living together in a relationship similar to marriage or civil partnership for at least the two years before the date of application; and
• any previous relationship of the applicant or their Health and Care Worker partner with another person must have permanently broken down; and
• the applicant and their Health and Care Worker partner must not be so closely related that they would not be allowed to marry or form a civil partnership in the UK.

The relationship between the applicant and their Health and Care Worker partner must be genuine and subsisting and the applicant and their Health and Care Worker partner must intend to live together throughout the applicant’s stay in the UK.

Relationship Requirement for a Dependent Child of a Health and Care Worker

The applicant must be the child of the sponsoring Health and Care worker visa holder, where one of the following applies:

• The sponsoring Health and Care worker has permission on the Health and Care Worker route; or
• The sponsoring Health and Care worker is, at the same time, applying for (and is granted) entry clearance or permission on the Health and Care Worker route; or
• The sponsoring Health and Care worker is settled or has become a British citizen, providing the sponsoring Health and Care worker had permission on the Health and Care Worker route when they settled, and the applicant had permission as the sponsoring Health and Care worker's child at that time.

The child’s parents must each be either applying at the same time as the applicant or already have permission to be in the UK (other than as a Visitor) unless:

• the parent applying for or with entry clearance or permission to stay as a Health and Care Worker is the sole surviving parent; or
• the parent applying for or with entry clearance or permission to stay as a Health and Care Worker has sole responsibility for the child’s upbringing; or
• the parent who does not have permission as a Health and Care Worker –
  • is a British citizen or a person who has a right to enter or stay in the UK without restriction; and
  • is or will be ordinarily resident in the UK; or
• the decision maker is satisfied that there are serious and compelling reasons to grant the child entry clearance or permission to stay with the parent who is applying for or has entry clearance or permission as a Health and Care Worker.

If the applicant is a child born in the UK to a Health and Care Worker or their partner, the applicant must provide a full UK birth certificate showing the names of both parents.

Funds For Maintenance for a Health and Care Worker Dependant Visa

The Health and Care worker or the dependants of the Health and Care worker must have a certain amount of money available to support themselves while they are in the UK. If the applicant is applying for permission to stay and has been living in the UK with permission for 12 months or longer on the date of application, they will meet the financial requirement and do not need to show funds.

If the applicant has not been lawfully resident for 12 months or longer on the date of application, the funds for maintenance required for a Health and Care worker dependant visa will be as given in the table below:

Dependant Applicant	Funds Required
Partner of the Health and Care Worker	£285
One child of the Health and Care Worker	£315
Each additional child of the Health and Care Worker	£200

Health and Care workers or dependants of Health and Care workers will need to have had the money available for at least 28 days in a row. Day 28 must fall within 31 days of the applicant's application for this visa.

You may not need to show funds for maintenance in the bank account if the Health and Care Worker’s A-rated sponsor certify that they will, if necessary, maintain and accommodate the dependent partner and/or any dependent child as well as the Health and Care Worker, up to the end of the first month of each of their grants of permission to stay in the UK.

Period and Conditions of Grant

A dependent partner of a Health and Care worker will be granted:

• permission which ends on the same date as their partner’s permission as a Health and Care Worker; or
• 3 years’ permission if the Health and Care Worker was (or is being) granted settlement as a Health and Care Worker.

A child of a Health and Care worker will be granted permission which ends on the same date as whichever of their parents’ permission ends first, unless both parents have (or are being granted) settlement or British Citizenship, in which case the child will be granted permission for 3 years.

The grant will be subject to all the following conditions:

• no access to public funds; and
• work (including self-employment and voluntary work) is permitted, except as a professional sportsperson (including as a sports coach); and
• study is permitted, subject to the ATAS condition in Appendix ATAS, if the applicant is over the age of 18.

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