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๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก & ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š

Ever since the introduction of health and home carers into the critical skills list; many international candidates have successfully secured jobs in the UK and have started living their dream foreign life in the UK.


Below information will help you to understand everything you need to know about ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐Š. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธ


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐Š?

Healthcare Assistants provide assistance, support and direct personal care to patients and residents in a variety of institutional settings such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and aged care facilities. They generally work in support of health professionals or associate professionals.


๐–๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐Š?

This category of visa is open to individuals applying under the skilled worker visa route for entry clearance:

  • You should have a job which is eligible for this visa;

  • Your employer has to be an approved sponsor by the Home Office;

  • You shall be receiving the minimum salary or the โ€˜going rateโ€™ for the type of work youโ€™ll be doing - whichever is higher; and

  • Look up your jobโ€™s occupation code it has to be under the shortage list of occupations.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐Š?

The applicants have to meet all the relevant criteria under the skilled worker visa route, which are:

  • Have a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) from a UK-licensed sponsor;

  • Have the offer of a qualifying job that meets the relevant salary threshold;

  • In some cases, to have sufficient personal savings so that you can support yourself on arrival in the UK;

  • Have a good working knowledge of the English language;

  • Be able to show that you can travel, as well as provide your travel history over the preceding 5 years;

  • Have valid tuberculosis test results, if you are from a listed country;

  • Be able to provide a criminal record certificate from any country where you have lived for 12 months or more within the last 10 years if you will be working with vulnerable people as a healthcare professional; and

  • To prove your knowledge of English you will usually need to show that you have passed an approved English language test with at least CEFR level B1 in reading, writing, speaking and listening, or have an academic qualification that was taught in English and is recognised by UK NARIC as being equivalent to a UK bachelorโ€™s degree, masterโ€™s degree or PhD.

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ?

When applying for ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐Š , immediate family members are eligible to accompany or join them in the UK on this route. It includes spouse or partner, and any dependent children as well.


๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ?

  • Once all the above met and accomplished;

  • Fill up an online application form at www.gov.uk;

  • Book a biometrics appointment;

  • Submit application.

At ๐’๐Š๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐’๐”๐‹๐“๐€๐๐“๐’, we have qualified professionals within Ireland and from the UK available to advise interested applicants, feel free to contact us. Click below





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