ARC card. UK Work Permit for 2 years

Oksana, a young woman from Russia, contacted us. She applied for asylum through a charity organization. However, she was NOT allowed to work in the ARC – Application Registration Card.

The ARC card is issued to all applicants for asylum in the UK for up to 2 years while the case is being considered. They are called Asylum Seekers in the UK.  They can get a work permit with an ARC card, depending on how they applied for asylum:

• after which type of visa they were applied for,
• what were the conditions of that visa at the time of application,
• whether the visa was expired or not.

If the ARC card holder has received this card, as well as a Home Office decision with a mark on the card with the decision that he is not allowed to work, then the asylum applicant has the right to apply for a work permit after 10-12 months in the UK.

Oksana did not have an official work permit on her ARC card. I wrote an official letter to the Home Office with a reference to the UK law so that she would be given a work permit. We sent this letter at a time when she had been in the country with the ARC card for 10-11 months.

The decision on a work permit is made for a very long time – from 3 to 6 months.   In Oksana’s case, we wrote a letter in February, and she received permission on July 14, in 4.5 months.

A work permit is issued only for those jobs where there are shortage occupations. Professions such as: Care for the elderly (Care Workers), on construction sites, etc.

Oksana has received a new ARC card with a work permit for two years – see the photos of the documents in the carousel.

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