Guidance

Health and Care visa: guidance for applicants

Information for applicants to the Health and Care visa.

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Health and Care visa guidance

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This guidance provides information for applicants to the Health and Care visa.

The Health and Care visa is part of the Skilled Worker visa. You must meet the requirements of the Skilled Worker visa in addition to the requirements set out in this guidance to be eligible for the Health and Care visa.

Updates to this page

Published 21 October 2020
Last updated 4 April 2024 + show all updates
  1. Guidance updated to reflect the Immigration Rules changes which come into force on 4 April 2024.

  2. Updated guidance to reflect new immigration rule coming into force on 11 March.

  3. Updated guidance for use on or after 15 February 2022.

  4. Accessible version added.

  5. Updated guidance to include updated list of eligible occupation codes.

  6. First published.

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