Useful contacts
On this page you can find contact details and links to relevant websites that offer further advice and information on coming to work in the UK and immigration matters.
Working in the UK
The website Working in the UK details the various routes open to Foreign Nationals who want to come and work in the UK. The site is offered by the Border and Immigration Agency, which is a shadow agency of the Home Office. Go to: www.workingintheuk.gov.uk.
The NHS has a dedicated website to help refugee and overseas qualified health professionals who are settled in the UK find employment in the UK health sector. Go to: www.rose.nhs.uk.
The National Health Service (NHS) have a confidential information and advice helpline for overseas nurses. There is a freephone number for those in the UK at: Freephone 08000 150 850 or you can email: u-i@nhs.org.uk. Go to the website: www.nhsu.nhs.uk.
How to find an immigration adviser in the UK
You can find details on the website of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC). Go to: www.oisc.gov.uk.
Community Legal Service (CLS Direct): 0845 345 4345 or
The Immigration Advisory Service has a network of offices around the UK. Full details of contact numbers are at www.iasuk.or.
Immigration detainees
Bail for Immigration Detainees offers a free service. Go to the website: www.biduk.org.
Asylum advice
Refugee Legal Centre. Go to the website: www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk.
Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Portals (HARP). Go to the www.harpweb.org.uk
Entry visas
Immigration
The Border and Immigration Agency.