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GENERAL INFORMATION
FOR APPLICANTS
FOR FAMILIES
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Who may work in the UK?(Home Office Guidelines)
Subsequent to the UK being in the EU, the Government has closed the Au Pair Scheme, as every EU citizen has the right to live and work in the UK without needing to come as an Au Pair in order to gain the right to entry.
Au Pairs are now included in the Youth Mobility Scheme, which as well as including any member of the EU, also incorporates youth (subject to various criteria and the Points System) from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Canada.Applicants from Non EU countries such as Macedonia and Turkey may not now come on an Au Pair Visa, but on a Student Visa, which means they must:• attend College a minimum of 15 hours per week, with strict attendance records being kept.
• work no more than 20 hours per week Term Time, and can work more during Holidays.
(If the Au Pair is already in the UK on an Au Pair Visa, that is absolutely fine.)
A Romanian or Bulgarian national is permitted to be an Au Pair in the U.K. as long as they are aged between 17 and 27 and have no dependants. They need to complete and return to the Home Office a BR3 form in order to obtain their purple accession workers card, which then enables them to work for a family in the capacity of an Au Pair. (This usually takes around 6-8 weeks.)Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway - citizens of these countries are not members of the EU, but under the European Economic Agreement have the same rights to live and work in the UK as EU citizens. Switzerland: Since June 1st 2002, Swiss nationals have the same rights as EEA nationals within the UK. They can work without a permit.PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE WORKER REGISTRATION SCHEME FOR ALL NATIONALS OF CZECH REPUBLIC, ESTONIA, HUNGARY, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, POLAND, SLOVAKIA AND SLOVENIA. FOR FULL DETAILS, LOG ON TO
www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/eea/wrs/whomustregister/
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