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Textphone: 020 8227 5755
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Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8am - 8pm.
Please note: All enquiries regarding Immigration and Asylum should be made through the Home Office.
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Unless you are from a European Economic Area, you will also need a work permit.
It is a criminal offence under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 to employ a person who is subject to immigration control, unless they have permission to live and work in the United Kingdom. Therefore, it is likely that there will be a check on your eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.
If an employee is found to be working illegally and there has been a failure to make the required check on their eligibility to work, any person involved in making the appointment might be personally liable to a fine of up to £5,000 per illegal employee.
In order to check their eligibility before issuing their contract, Employers should ask all newly-appointed staff to bring in their passport or some other approved document which confirms their eligibility to work, and a copy of the document will be made.
Documents accepted as proof of eligibility to work in United Kingdom are:
If the person's eligibility to work is reliant on their being a registered student, Human Resources will also need to see their student ID card.
The following people are not subject to immigration control and therefore do not require permission to live and work in the United Kingdom (but, of course will still need to produce a document which proves their status):
The eligibility of non-European Economic Area citizens to work in the United Kingdom is dependent on their visa (as stamped in their passport). There are 4 main groups:
From 1 April 2004 changes were introduced to the procedure for applying for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
Limited leave to remain is the permission granted to an individual to stay in the United Kingdom. It is granted in line with the period of the individual's Immigration Employment Document which includes:
The individual who must apply for limited leave to remain by completing and signing a separate application form (Form FLR(IED)).
All individuals currently in the United Kingdom must apply for limited leave to remain if they are granted an Immigration Employment Document. This will include, for example, a work permit holder who is changing his/her employer in the United Kingdom or whose employer is applying for an extension to his/her work permit.
Individuals who are outside the United Kingdom (for example an individual whose United Kingdom employer has just obtained a work permit, but who has not yet started work here) must obtain entry clearance from a British Embassy, Consulate or High Commission before travelling to the United Kingdom.
1st stage: This will be the decision to grant an Immigration Employment Document. For work permits, Sectors Based Scheme and Training and Work Experience Scheme, the United Kingdom employer will make an application in respect of the individual and the relevant fee will be payable. Highly Skilled Migrant Programme approval letters applicants will apply for Work Permits (United Kingdom) themselves and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme applicants will apply to their operator for a work card; and;
2nd stage: This will be the decision to allow the individual to remain in the United Kingdom to take up or continue the employment that is the subject of the Immigration Employment Document. This means that once approval for the Immigration Employment Document has been received, the FLR(IED) form must be completed and submitted by the individual. A fee of £121 must be sent in with the application. The individual will be responsible for this payment but the employer can reimburse or pay on behalf of the individual if it wishes.
If the fee or relevant documents are not included with the application, the individual will be notified that the application will be returned and any fee paid refunded if the outstanding items are not sent within 28 days.
Dependants included on the main applicant's application will not need to pay an additional fee, unless their application is made at a different time or on a different form when they must pay an additional fee.
Employers have to ensure that any individual they want to employ in the United Kingdom has both an approved Immigration Employment Document and limited leave to remain permission before they start or continue working in the United Kingdom. Employers must therefore take steps to ensure that the individual has completed and submitted the limited leave to remain form.
Employees must not start or continue to work unless they have an approved Immigration Employment Document and limited leave to remain approval.
If the limited leave to remain application is refused, the Employer will have to terminate the individual's employment and the individual employee must check whether their current immigration status enables them to stay in the United Kingdom and/or allows them to be able to start or continue working in the United Kingdom.
Tel: 020 8215 3000
Fax: 020 8227 5184
Textphone: 020 8227 5755
Email: 3000direct@lbbd.gov.uk|
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8am - 8pm.
Please note: All enquiries regarding Immigration and Asylum should be made through the Home Office.
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