The questions people actually ask
Answered plainly, with the parts that depend on your own case marked as such. None of this is immigration advice, and the free organisations on our support page can look at your situation properly.
Can I change employer on a Health and Care Worker visa?
Yes. A new employer that holds a sponsor licence assigns you a new Certificate of Sponsorship, and you apply to change employer before you start work with them. Overseas recruitment into care roles closed on 22 July 2025, but switching employer from inside the UK is still possible. What applies to you depends on your own circumstances.
What happens if I leave my job while I am sponsored?
Your permission to be in the UK is tied to your sponsorship, so your employer tells the Home Office when it ends. You are normally given a limited period to find a new sponsor, switch to another route or leave. Read the letter the Home Office sends you, because the period stated on it is the one that counts.
What happens to my visa if my employer loses its licence?
The same thing, and not on the day the licence is revoked. You are written to and given a period to find a new sponsor. The employers able to take one on are on the public register, which is where this service starts.
Which care companies offer visa sponsorship?
Any care employer holding a licence on the Home Office register is able to, and there are thousands of them. Able to and willing to are different things, which is why we match the register against live vacancies and read each advert for wording that rules sponsorship out.
How much does it cost to change employer?
Your new employer pays the sponsor licence and Certificate of Sponsorship fees. You pay the visa application fee and the immigration health surcharge, both set by the Home Office and both published on GOV.UK. You must never pay an employer or an agent for a Certificate of Sponsorship: charging a worker for one is illegal.
What happens to care workers after 2028?
In-country switching into a care role is currently due to end on 22 July 2028. What that means for someone already sponsored, and for settlement, is a matter for the rules in force at the time. We are not going to guess at it, and neither should a recruiter.
Still not answered
Write to us on the contact page. If it is about your own immigration case we will point you at someone qualified rather than guess, because guessing at that does real damage.