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You have rejected additional cookies. You can use this visa to visit the UK with your employer for up to 6 months. You must return home at the end of the 6 months. You may be able to extend a Domestic Worker in a Private Household visa if you applied on or before 5 April To help us improve GOV.
Please fill in this survey opens in a new tab. Cookies on GOV. UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookies View cookies. Hide this message. Home Visas and immigration Work in the UK. Overseas Domestic Worker visa. You can apply for a visa to visit the UK with your employer if you: live outside the UK are a domestic worker in a private household have worked for your employer for at least one year meet the other eligibility requirements Domestic workers include: cleaners chauffeurs cooks those providing personal care for the employer and their family nannies How long it will take You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before your date of travel to the UK.
You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks when you apply from outside the UK. You may be able to pay to get a faster decision. How long you can stay You can use this visa to visit the UK with your employer for up to 6 months.
You cannot extend an Overseas Domestic Worker visa. What you can and cannot do You can: travel abroad and return to the UK to complete your stay change employers to another job as a domestic worker in a private household - only if you do not stay longer than the 6 months You cannot: work except as a domestic worker in a private household live in the UK for long periods of time through frequent visits get public funds. Next : Eligibility. View a printable version of the whole guide.
