Visa requirement to hire EU aupair

[joe1210]

Dear all,

I am looking into hiring an EU aupair, as they are just able to fly after July 2021, do you know what kind of Visa would they need to come to the UK?

Thank you

[secret.simon]

Employing someone to work in your home

Hiring an au pair

You can hire an au pair if they:

• are from the UK or Ireland

• are from an EU country and have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, or are eligible to apply under the EU Settlement Scheme

• have a Youth Mobility Scheme visa

Keep in mind that if they arrive in the UK without one of the visas specified above, they are on a visit visa and are ineligible to work in the UK. Both they and you may be open to fines or other punishments for illegal working.

The paperwork for their being able to work in the UK needs to be sorted out before they arrive in the UK, not after. Also, they cannot switch to another visa from a visit visa. They'd need to leave the UK to apply for one of the visas listed above and then reenter with the new visa.

[manci]

An expensive additional option would be for you to obtain a sponsor licence and then the au pair could apply for a skilled worker visa under occupation code 6122. You would need to pay the au par a minimum wage of £10.10 per hour.

[joe1210]

Do you know what we need to do to obtain that license? Thank you

[kamoe]

I am looking into hiring an EU aupair, as they are just able to fly after July 2021

Just to point out that after Brexit there is no special provision for hiring EU nationals outside of the EU Settlement Scheme (for which anyone who has not already resident in the UK before December 2020 is not eligible).

This means the process is the same if you hire a EU au pair or a non-EU au pair, and therefore, this post does not belong into the EEA route Applications section. Can a moderator please move it to the appropriate category?