Nurse or Midwives Visas —Get  Clearance  to Work and Live in the UK

Student nurses are allowed to enter the UK and along with the other requirements they must show that the course for which they have been accepted leads to registration as a nurse with the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC).

Requirements

To qualify for admission as a student nurse or midwife, the applicant must:

• have been accepted for a course of study in a recognised nursing educational establishment offering nursing training which meets the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC);
  
  
• be accepted for a course of study at such an establishment and not have gained acceptance by misrepresentation;
  
  
• be able, and intend, to follow the course;
  
  
• not intend to engage in business or take employment except in connection with the training course;
  
  
• have sufficient funds for accommodation and maintenance for himself and any dependants without recourse to public funds during the course of study. (A bursary may be taken into account in assessing maintenance. It is not considered as public funds).

Questions

What is meant by adequate maintenance?

Providing the level of maintenance is broadly equivalent to that of a person receiving income support and the associated benefits that normally accompany it (e.g. housing benefit, council tax relief, free school meals) then that will be considered to be adequate for the purposes of the immigration rules.

Maintenance can usually be provided by a third party sponsor such as a relative. However, third party support is not permissible in child cases.

What is meant by adequate accommodation?

Accommodation must be adequate for the person coming to the UK other than in the student category. For people seeking entry on a long-term basis there are two main considerations:

1. the sponsor/applicant must 'own or exclusively occupy' the proposed accommodation in family cases. Accommodation can be shared with other members of a family provided that at least part of the accommodation is for the exclusive use of the sponsor and his dependants. This may be as small as a separate bedroom but must be owned or legally occupied by the sponsor.
   
   
2. the proposed accommodation must not be overcrowded once the applicant arrives. A room must have a floor area larger than 50 Sq. ft. and normally used as a bedroom or living room. It relates number of rooms to number of persons, allowing for the fact that children aged between 1 and 10 years only count as half a person: 1 room = 2 persons, 2 rooms = 3 persons, 3 rooms = 5 persons, 4 rooms = 7.5 persons, and 5 rooms = 10 persons.
   
   

What is meant by Public Funds?

Under the Immigration Rules, if you want to travel to the UK you must be able to support yourself and live without claiming certain benefits.

Public funds are income-related benefits paid by the state. These include:

1. Housing - accommodation as a homeless person and accommodation from a local authority register;
   
   
2. Benefits - income support/Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Attendance Allowance, Severe Disablement Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, State Pension Credit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit.

Social housing, education, health care and benefits paid as a result of contributions such as incapacity benefit or contributory job seekers' allowance are not considered to be a public funds for the purposes of the Immigration Rules.