UK Health and Care Worker Visa Costs 2026: Visa fees, savings to show and employer charges from GOV.UK, October 2026

The published costs of the UK Health and Care Worker visa and the standard Skilled Worker visa for comparison: application fees, optional faster decisions, the immigration health surcharge (which Health and Care Worker visa holders and dependants do not pay), the savings an applicant must show, and the sponsor's own charges. There are 20 rows with 8 GOV.UK source pages. Published by MedicSail (https://medicsail.com), a licensing consultancy for internationally trained doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals. The same figures appear on MedicSail's free guides and tools, where they are kept up to date. Files uk_health_care_worker_visa_costs.csv: One row per published visa fee, charge or savings requirement. (20 rows) Column Type Meaning payer string applicant or employer (the sponsor) item string What the amount is for applies_to string Who or what the amount applies to amount_gbp number Amount in pounds sterling unit string one-off, per year, per 6 months, or held funds, not a fee source_name string Official page source_url string URL of the page checked_on datetime Date checked (yyyy-mm-dd) medicsail_page string MedicSail visa cost calculator Notes Nothing is estimated. Every amount is in pounds sterling as published on the GOV.UK page named in the row. Rows with unit held funds, not a fee are money to hold in your account, not a cost. Amounts depend on your case (length of visa, whether you apply inside or outside the UK, family members). Use the source page or an authorised adviser for your own figure. Check the source page before you rely on or pay anything. Rules and fees change. This is general information, not immigration, legal or professional advice. MedicSail is independent and is not affiliated with any regulator or government body. Licence CC BY 4.0. You may reuse the data with attribution: "MedicSail, UK Health and Care Worker Visa Costs 2026 (October 2026), https://medicsail.com". Also on Kaggle: kaggle.com/datasets/medicsail/uk-health-care-worker-visa-costs-2026. Current figures and guides: medicsail.com.