Migrant care workers
The Health and Care Worker visa is an employer-sponsored visa that allows a person to live in the UK on the condition that they are employed by their sponsor.
This visa route was closed to new overseas applicants in July 2025. However, thousands of migrant care workers remain living and working in the UK on this visa and experience coercion, exploitation, and even modern slavery, due to the power it hands their sponsor employers.
There are ways to seek employment justice if you have experienced mistreatment. If you are a care worker living in the UK on a Health and Care Worker visa and are facing problems, this resource is for you.