With effect form today (Monday 11 March 2024), overseas care workers and senior care workers coming to the UK will no longer be able to bring dependants with them as part of their visa application.

These changes mean that any new visa applications from this date onwards will no longer be able to include dependents.

Dependants of individuals who wish to travel to the UK as care workers or senior care workers will now need to look for an alternative route, for example, applying for a separate visa and obtaining their own sponsorship.

Care workers and senior care workers already in the route will be able to remain with their dependants, including extending, changing employer (within these SOC codes) and settlement.

Where a care worker or senior care worker is in the route prior to the immigration rules change, but has not yet brought dependants, they will be allowed to bring dependants during their sponsorship (on this visa).

This ruling will affect a lot of Zimbabweans who are in the UK under this scheme as they cannot bring their families to join them.