Extend your visa

You can usually apply to extend your Health and Care Worker visa if all of the following are true:

  • you have the same job as when you were given your previous permission to enter or stay in the UK
  • your job is in the same occupation code as when you were given your previous permission to enter or stay in the UK
  • you바카라 사이트™re still working for the employer who gave you your current certificate of sponsorship
  • you still meet the salary requirements

You must not travel outside of the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man until you get a decision. Your application will be withdrawn if you do.

Your partner and children

Your partner or child바카라 사이트™s visa will not automatically extend if you extend yours. If they do not extend their visa, it will be valid until its original end date.

They can either apply at the same time as you, or at any time before their current visa expires.

If you바카라 사이트™re a care worker or senior care worker, your partner and children may not be able to stay in the UK as your dependants when you extend your visa.

If you have a Tier 2 Health and Care Worker visa

You바카라 사이트™ll have a Tier 2 Health and Care Worker visa if either:

  • you applied for a Health and Care Worker visa before 1 December 2020
  • you had a Tier 2 (General) work visa which you바카라 사이트™ve extended as a Health and Care Worker visa

If you have this visa, you may be able to meet different eligibility requirements.

If you got your certificate of sponsorship on or after 24 November 2016

If you apply to extend before 1 December 2026, you will still need to meet the salary requirements, but your salary may also include allowances, such as London weighting. Any allowances must be guaranteed for the length of your stay.

If you바카라 사이트™re a physical scientist

If you were sponsored for your Tier 2 (General) or Health and Care Worker visa before 1 December 2020, the going rate for your job is different.

Occupation code Going rate for Health and Care Worker visa 90% of going rate (for relevant STEM PhD) 80% of going rate (for relevant non-STEM PhD or immigration salary list occupation) 70% of going rate (for new entrants)
2114 Physical scientists £27,190 (£13.94 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour)

If you바카라 사이트™ve changed job or employer

You바카라 사이트™ll need to apply to update your visa instead.

Fees

Check how much it costs for your type of visa.

You바카라 사이트™ll need to have your fingerprints and photo (biometric information) taken - there바카라 사이트™s no fee for this.

Proving your identity and providing supporting documents

As part of your application you바카라 사이트™ll need to prove your identity. How you do this depends on where you바카라 사이트™re from and the type of passport or resident permit you have.

You바카라 사이트™ll either:

  • use the 바카라 사이트˜UK Immigration: ID Check바카라 사이트™ app to scan your identity document - you바카라 사이트™ll also create or sign into your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account
  • have your fingerprints and photo (biometric information) taken at a UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) service point

You바카라 사이트™ll be told what you need to do when you apply.

Apply to extend your Health and Care Worker visa

Apply for a Skilled Worker visa. You바카라 사이트™ll be asked if you바카라 사이트™re applying for a Health and Care Worker visa as part of your application - make sure you choose 바카라 사이트˜yes바카라 사이트™.

You must apply online before your current visa expires.

Once you바카라 사이트™ve started your application, you can save your form and complete it later.

Continue your application

You can sign back into your application if you바카라 사이트™ve saved it.

Find out how to sign in to your account.

How long it takes to get a decision

Once you바카라 사이트™ve applied online, proved your identity and provided your documents, you바카라 사이트™ll usually get a decision within 3 weeks.

You바카라 사이트™ll be contacted if your application will take longer, for example because:

  • your supporting documents need to be verified
  • you need to attend an interview
  • of your personal circumstances, for example if you have a criminal conviction

You may be able to pay to get a faster decision.

After you apply

If you need to change something in your application after you바카라 사이트™ve sent it contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

You can ask to cancel your application. You바카라 사이트™ll only get your fee refunded if UKVI has not started processing your application.

You바카라 사이트™ll get an email or a letter containing the decision on your application. This will explain what you need to do next.