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Work permit holders (except Bulgarian and Romanian nationals)

Supplementary employment

This page explains if you are allowed to do any other work outside your normal hours for which your work permit allows.

A person who has a work permit is able to undertake work, provided:

  • it is outside of their 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 the holder's work permit was issued; and
  • they are not employed by a recruitment agency, employment agency or similar business to provide personnel to a client (does not apply to Sports and Entertainments work permit holders).

The work permit holder is 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.

Under the following categories of the work permit arrangements, work permit holders are not permitted to take supplementary employment. These are:

  • Business and Commercial and Sports and Entertainments multiple entry work permit holders;
  • Training and Work Experience Scheme; and
  • General Agreement on Trade in Services.