Apply for a Health and Care Worker Visa - Expert Work Visa Solicitors

: Written by: Arshad Mahmood; Last Updated: 17 April 2026

A Health and Care Worker visa allows medical professionals to come to or remain in the UK to undertake an eligible job with the NHS, an NHS supplier, or in adult social care. An application for a Health and Care Worker visa is made under Appendix Skilled Workers. To qualify for a Health and Care Worker visa, you must:

be a qualified doctor, nurse, health professional or adult social care professional
work in an eligible health or social care job
work for a UK employer that’s been approved by the Home Office
have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from your employer with information about the role you’ve been offered in the UK
be paid a minimum salary - how much depends on the type of work you do

The Health and Care Worker visa is a Point-Based System (PBS) visa category, and points can be awarded for the Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), job skill level, English language, appropriate Salary, PhD-level qualifications, job in an Immigration Salary List, and the applicant being a new entrant. A total of 70 points is required to be eligible to apply for a Health and Care Worker visa; 50 points from mandatory non-tradable points and the remaining 20 from tradable points.

The Health and Care Worker visa is a route to settlement, and a person who has spent 5 years in the UK on a Health and Care Worker visa can apply for ILR as a Health and Care Worker. A dependent partner and dependent children can apply for this route to stay in the UK with the Health and Care Worker.

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Health and Care Worker Visa Applications

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Eligible Occupation Codes for Health and Care Worker Visa

You can apply for a Health and Care Worker visa if your job is in one of the following occupation codes:

1171: health services and public health managers and directors
1232: residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors
2113: biochemists and biomedical scientists
2114: physical scientists
2211: generalist medical practitioners
2212: specialist medical practitioners
2221: physiotherapists
2222: occupational therapists
2223: speech and language therapists
2224: psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists
2225: clinical psychologists
2226: other psychologists
2229: therapy professionals not elsewhere classified
2231: midwifery nurses
2232: registered community nurses
2233: registered specialist nurses
2234: registered nurse practitioners
2235: registered mental health nurses
2236: registered children’s nurses
2237: other registered nursing professionals
2251: pharmacists
2252: optometrists
2253: dental practitioners
2254: medical radiographers
2255: paramedics
2256: podiatrists
2259: other health professionals not elsewhere classified
2461: social workers
3111: laboratory technicians
3212: pharmaceutical technicians
6131: nursing auxiliaries and assistants
6135: Care workers and home carers (in-country applications only)
6136: Senior care workers (in-country applications only)

Approved UK Health and Care Sector Employers

You must have a job offer from an approved UK employer before you apply for a Health and Care Worker visa. Approved employers are also known as sponsors, because they are sponsoring you to come to or stay in the UK. You must have a job offer from:

the NHS
an organisation providing medical services to the NHS
an organisation providing adult social care

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