{"id":787,"date":"2024-08-29T14:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/errs\/?page_id=787"},"modified":"2025-07-15T17:08:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:08:28","slug":"overseas-workers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/errs\/overseas-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting Internationally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Recruiting Internationally<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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The Scottish Government has guidance on international recruitment of health and social care personnel<\/a> which aims to promote high standards of practice in the ethical international recruitment and employment of health and social care personnel, to ensure all international recruitment is conducted in accordance with internationally agreed principles of transparency and fairness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An International Recruitment Toolkit <\/a>has been developed to encourage and enable good practices and processes within the NHS for the recruitment of all occupational groups. The toolkit covers all aspects of the journey from planning to recruit to induction and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most common routes to employing overseas candidates that don’t require sponsorship:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Settlement or Indefinite Leave to Remain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If this is on a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) then the individual can work, live or study in the UK permanently with almost no further restrictions . BRP are being phased out and will be replaced by eVisas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checks will also be conducted through the UKVI<\/a> website to confirm their right to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Visa or Tier 4 (General) student visa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The student visa has replaced the Tier 4 (General) student visa. Not all international students are entitled to work while they are in the UK, but some are allowed to take limited employment if the conditions of their permission to study permit this. There will have a clear endorsement in their passport, Biometric Residence Permit or online, which states that they are permitted to work and the number of hours of work permitted e.g., 10 hours or up to a maximum of 20 hours a week during term time. Students who have the right to work are permitted to work full-time before their course starts, during vacations or during the period they hold permission for after they have completed their course. Further guidance on employing students can be found in Annex B<\/a> (page 48) of the employer’s guide to right to work checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Family Visa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If the family member who is in the UK is on a work visa or a student then the individual won’t<\/strong> qualify for a family visa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family visa’s include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n