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 UK Border Agency website details the various routes open to Foreign Nationals who want to come and work in the UK. The site is offered by the UK Border Agency, which is a part of the Home Office. Go to: www.ukba.homeoffice.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.

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

www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk

The Immigration Advisory Service has a network of offices around the UK.  Full details of contact numbers are at www.iasuk.org.

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 (HARP).  Go to www.harpweb.org.uk

Entry visas

www.ukvisas.gov.uk

Immigration

The UK Border Agency.

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk