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If you are between the ages of 17 and 30, then you can visit
the United Kingdom on a holiday and work while you are in the
UK. This lets you check the place out before deciding to emigrate
permanently. It also lets you earn money while you are there;
you don't need to have a large amount of money in the bank to
do this.
To qualify to enter the United Kingdom as a working holidaymaker
you must:
- be a national of one of the Commonwealth countries listed
in Appendix 3 of the immigration rules (click here to see the list, opens in a
new window), OR a British overseas territories citizen, OR
a British overseas citizen, OR a British national (overseas);
and
- be between 17 and 30 years old; and
- intend to come to the United Kingdom mainly for an extended
holiday, working for no more than a total of 12 months during
your stay; and
- not intend to establish any type of business or to provide
services as a professional sportsperson during your stay; and
- be unmarried or not in a civil partnership, or married to
or in a civil partnership with a person who also qualifies as
a working holidaymaker and who intends to take the working holiday
with you; and
- not have any dependent children who are aged five years or
over, or who will turn five before you complete your working
holiday; and
- be able to support and accommodate yourself in the United
Kingdom without recourse to public funds; and
- not have spent time in the United Kingdom on a previous working
holidaymaker visa; and
- plan to leave the United Kingdom at the end of your working
holiday.
source: United Kingdom Home Office, February
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