Post-study workers
Employment and switching rules for dependants
This page explains some rules for family members who want to apply to stay in or come to the United Kingdom if you are applying under the post-study worker category (Tier 1 Post-study work) of the points-based system to work in the United Kingdom.
The work dependants can do
Your dependants are allowed to work, though your partner may not be allowed to work as a doctor in training.
Switching in to the points-based system
Dependants may not switch into any category of the points-based system in their own right. If your dependants later want to be in the United Kingdom under the points-based system in their own right, they will have to leave the United Kingdom and apply for entry clearance (permission to enter the United Kingdom).
Application forms
Dependants of points-based system migrants - for applications made inside the United Kingdom
- Application for an extension of stay as a dependant of a points-based system migrant PDF 899KB opens in a new window
- Points-based system dependants - policy guidance PDF 315KB opens in a new window