From Lawpack's Employment Contracts Kit.
If you're not an EU or EEA national, you're subject to immigration control and must obtain a work permit before taking up employment in the UK, unless you belong to one of the categories of people for which this isn't necessary.
These include:
- ministers of religion;
- representatives of overseas newspapers, news agencies and broadcasting organisations;
- private servants of diplomatic staff;
- sole representatives of overseas firms;
- teachers and language assistants under approved exchange schemes;
- employees of an overseas government or international organisation;
- seamen under contract to join a ship in British waters;
- operational ground staff of overseas-owned airlines;
- seasonal workers at agricultural camps under approved schemes;
- doctors and dentists in postgraduate training;
- business visitors admitted by the Home Office;
- Commonwealth citizens with the right of abode and those with at least one grandparent born in the UK.
For further information about applications for work permits, contact the Home Office's Work Permits UK Helpline (tel. 0114 259 4074).
Law stated as at 1 April, 2005