Employers who are assigning a Certificate of Sponsorship to a migrant under the Health and Care Worker visa must ensure that they:
- explain in the ‘Summary of job description’ field of the Certificate of Sponsorship how the migrant meets the Health and Care Worker visa criteria which includes which SOC code applies;
- provide brief information about the contract or agreement that they have with NHS trusts or bodies to provide the services (if they are a private organisation); and
- inform migrants that they are eligible for the visa so that their visa application can be correctly processed.
These steps are to ensure that those migrants who qualify for fast-track entry, reduced fees and automatic exemption from the Immigration Health Surcharge are identified during the application process.
