Health and Care Worker visa cost calculator

Application fee. GOV.UK lists £324 per person for a stay of up to 3 years and £628 per person for more than 3 years, and the fee is the same whether you apply from inside or outside the UK. Your partner and each child make their own application and pay the same fee. A dependant’s visa usually ends on the same date as yours, so the calculator uses your visa length for them too.

Immigration health surcharge. Health and care workers eligible for this visa, and their dependants, do not pay it, so it shows as £0. This is the biggest difference from the Skilled Worker visa, where the surcharge is charged for each year of the stay.

Identity check. GOV.UK says there is no fee for having your fingerprints and photo taken when you extend or switch, and the cost page lists no separate charge when you apply from abroad. If you need to travel to a visa application centre, add that under your own costs.

Faster decision. From inside the UK, the priority service is £500 and super priority is £1,000 on top of the application fee, if they are offered to you. From outside the UK, GOV.UK says you are told when you apply whether a faster service is available, so enter it as your own cost if you choose it.

Savings. You usually need to show £1,270 for yourself, £285 for a partner, £315 for one child and £200 for each additional child, held for 28 days in a row. This money stays yours, so it is listed separately and not added to the total. You don’t need to show it if your employer certifies maintenance on your certificate of sponsorship, or if you have been in the UK with a valid visa for at least 12 months.

Your own costs. GOV.UK does not publish prices for English tests, TB tests, criminal record certificates, translations or travel; the provider sets them. The calculator adds whatever you enter and labels it as your figure.

What your employer pays. The certificate of sponsorship costs £525 for a Worker licence. Your employer pays it and must not recoup it from you, and the same applies to the immigration skills charge if your employer has to pay it.

GOV.UK lists care workers (code 6135) and senior care workers (6136) only for people who are extending, updating or switching to a Health and Care Worker visa. If you are outside the UK, a new application in these jobs is not possible, so the calculator shows no total for that choice.

Inside the UK, a care worker’s partner and children can join them only if one condition applies: for example, you have been continually employed in the UK as a care worker or senior care worker on a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa since before 11 March 2024, or you are applying for a child born in the UK. If none applies, the calculator leaves their fees out. Some other “medium skilled” jobs have a similar rule, dated 22 July 2025.