Work permit holders (except Bulgarian and Romanian nationals)
Supplementary employment
This page explains whether you are allowed to do any other work outside your normal working hours covered by your work permit.
You can undertake work if:
- it is outside your normal working hours;
- it is no more than 20 hours a week;
- it is in the same profession and at the same professional level for which your work permit was issued; and
- you are not employed by a recruitment agency, employment agency or similar business to provide personnel to a client. (This restriction does not apply to holders of Sports and Entertainments work permits.)
You are not allowed to enter self-employment, set up a business or join another business as a director or partner without obtaining further permission from us.
You are not allowed to take supplementary employment if you are covered by one of the following work permit categories:
- Business and Commercial multiple entry work permits
- Sports and Entertainments multiple entry work permits
- the Training and Work Experience Scheme
- the General Agreement on Trade in Services