Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to amend the Skilled Worker Visa to enable visa holders to have a second job outside of their permitted occupation.

The Government has no plans to change the supplementary employment rules. The rules were put in place to protect migrant workers from exploitation. In their main employment, migrant workers must be sponsored by a registered sponsor.

A migrant may undertake supplementary employment of up to 20 hours per week in a job which is in the same occupation code and at the same level as their main job, or in a shortage occupation.

If they wish to work more hours, or in a different qualifying role, they can apply to vary their permission to stay so that both jobs are with Home Office approved sponsors.