Visa for Doctors and Nurses

In the UK, there is a significant deficiency of doctors, nurses, and associated professionals. In these conditions, special immigration classifications used to exist for doctors, nurses, and dentists, but these have been replaced by a new all-inclusive immigration structure. Healthcare workers from abroad wishing to work in the UK can do so through the UK’s points-based system, mainly through the Health and Care Worker visa (a form of Skilled Worker visa); the 5-tier structure was replaced on 1 December 2020. Our immigration solicitors in London can offer proper information and legal assistance if you want to work as a doctor or nurse in the UK. Details about UK residence card and British citizenship can be offered on request.

UK visa for doctors and nurses

Doctors are required by the UK Immigration Law to register to work in the country and to obtain a License to Practice, if they want to work as doctors in the UK and exercise various legal rights related to the profession, such as writing treatments or validating death certificates (our London immigration lawyer can tell you more). There are three categories of registration that doctors should have prior to their arrival in the UK, depending on the part and level of obligation they will have while working in the country; provisional registration, full registration with a licence to practise, and entry on the Specialist or GP Register (limited registration no longer exists). Doctors, dentists, and nurses are all required to have the appropriate enlisting with the relevant UK registration form before being capable of working in the UK. It is important that doctors and nurses are attentive regarding the detailed demands and tasks of the status they have or will seek in the UK, as there are diverse registration requests. Please talk to our UK immigration lawyer for more details and also for legal support in obtaining a residence permit in UK.

Work permit or Tier 1 visa for doctors and nurses

The Health and Care Worker visa would generally be the fastest and proper choice for doctors, dentists, or nurses outside of the EU who already have a job offer to migrate to the United Kingdom. This visa is granted for the period on the certificate of sponsorship, up to a maximum time of 5 years. The former Tier 1 (General) visa permitted non-EU citizens without a job offer to live and work in the UK. Therefore, registered doctors, dentists, and nurses without a job offer can no longer use this route, which has closed; a sponsored job offer is now normally required. Interested in a residence permit in UK or British citizenship? Please talk to our UK immigration lawyer.

Please feel free to contact our immigration solicitors in London, if you want to apply for a visa for doctors and nurses or if you need immigration services in the UK. Feel free to discuss further details about UK residence card or British citizenship with our London immigration lawyer.