UK Border Agency, 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF UK
ATTN: Applicant
Application Ref Number: EM13UK/01
Date: 24 January, 2014
The UK Home Office is responsible for securing the UK borders and controlling migration in the United
Kingdom. We manage border control for the UK, enforcing immigration and customs regulations. We
also consider applications for permission to enter or stay in the UK, citizenship and asylum.
Disclaimer:
The UK Home Office wishes to authoritatively inform applicants seeking for immigration status into the UK not to
make any payments for processing of Work Permit, Visa and/or Expatriate Quota Approval. Approval for entry
(Visa) into the UK is executed by the Nearest British Embassy or Consulate within the applicants country of
residence or location after certification and issuance of Visa Approval to the applicant by the UK Home Office as
at the time of application. Au pair Applicants please apply for National Insurance Number and Work Scheme Card
only.
The UK Home Office will exercise its full powers to perform its responsibility to regulate entry into the
UK, by:
Ensuring that the sponsor is financially capable to support the applicant entering the UK for
Business or Pleasure throughout the duration of the validity of the Entry Visa.
Ensuring that the applicant, has the minimum stipulated financial requirement to earn the
needed points for Entry/Work Approval, going by the new point-based system for immigration in
2012.
Ensuring that the applicant is eligible to Live, Work and carry out business activities in the UK
legally within 2 to 8 months.
The new points-based system (PBS) is the biggest shake up of the immigration system for 45 years.
Under the new system, migrants will need to pass a points-based assessment before they can receive
National Insurance Number, Work Scheme Card and supporting Au pair paperwork for the UK. It will
help UK businesses recruit the skills it needs from abroad and assure the British public that only the
skilled Applicants will need to come to the UK. The role of employees/migrants with qualifying financial
base is crucial to its success.
We would like to acknowledge receipt of your application for National Insurance Number, Residence
Permit and Work Scheme Card. *Smith’s Family* is your Host in the UK and shall fulfill necessary
hosting requirement to support your application in due course.
National Insurance Number and Work Scheme Card would be issued to you before you can work after
appropriate registration with the Social Service Bureau to fulfill 2012 requirements for applicants.
Apart from sponsorship from UK Based Employers, workers in Social Service Category (i.e Au pair,
Babysitter, Nanny) coming to live and work in the UK for at least 2 to 8 months are mandated to have a
minimum of £670GBP, which is the stipulated financial requirement/basic applicant insurance
A PROPERTY OF UK HOME OFFICE, ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY A LEGAL PRACTITIONER IN THE UK HOME OFFICE
allowance that must be in possession of the applicant/employee into the UK. You must be able to
demonstrate that you have funds to support yourself. This is to certify that you can be responsible for
your maintenance as mandated by UK Insurance policies to protect and secure Au pairs financially.
The mandatory insurance allowance is £670GBP. National Insurance process is for the security and
wellbeing of the applicant and is mandatory. Note: This is not a payment but a deposit to ensure that
you can carter for your needs and support yourself once you arrive here before you receive your first
salary from your Employer.
The UK Home Office would ensure via this means that only eligible applicants who are financially capable are
allowed entry into the UK and must be completed to fulfill availability of funds in cases of Emergency and for full
financial security of the applicant/worker before receipt of first month salary and benefits from Employers.
This process is solely for proof that you have the stipulated financial requirement as per an applicant
seeking to enter the United Kingdom despite sponsorship from your Employer for your financial
security and would take 24hrs for confirmation hence follow the detailed instructions for confirmation
of immigrant travel allowance below.
PROCEDURE: VERIFICATION/CONFIRMATION OF MANDATORY BASIC INSURANCE FUNDS
The following process has been adopted following the new-points based system to earn the needed points for
issuance of National Insurance Number, Work Scheme Card and supporting documents. Bank statements were
hitherto accepted, however due to falsification of bank statements which does not compulsorily certify/surety
that the applicant would enter the Country with the mandatory insurance allowance/financial requirement, we no
longer accept bank statements as final travel guarantee
Important (As per Immigration policies, this process must be completed by anyone you wish to stand
in as your next of kin; i.e any member of your immediate family must be aware of your intended travel
to the UK. This can be either your Father, Mother, Close friend or relative.
To meet the above requirement your Father, Mother, Close friend or relative is to make a deposit of the
stipulated financial requirement of £670GBP to your name and address in the UK via any Western
Union or Money Gram agent as proof that you have secured funds to support yourself when you arrive
here till you receive your first salary from your Employer:
METHOD TO BE USED WHILE MAKING THE DEPOSIT VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM:
SENDER: Could be either your Father, Mother, Close friend or relative.
RECEIVER: Must be you the primary immigrant
PAYOUT COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAYOUT AMOUNT: 670GBP
Note: You must ensure that the sender is either your Father, Mother, Close friend or relative and the
receiver must be you (your name) for the security of your funds and to enable you withdraw the fund
back as soon as you arrive UK. After you have make the deposit kindly send us the scan copy of the
deposit receipt for Verification and Confirmation process in the UK Home Office.
Your Father, Mother, Close friend or relative should Visit the nearest Western Union or Money Gram
Office, close to him or her and make a deposit of £670GBP to your name as the receiver here in UK
which is your insurance allowance following the transfer instructions above carefully for our
verification and confirmation Process.
A PROPERTY OF UK HOME OFFICE, ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY A LEGAL PRACTITIONER IN THE UK HOME OFFICE
Application Checklist: You are to send the following application requirements:
Confirm Courier Address for Shipment of Hard Copies of your National Insurance Documents,
Work Scheme Card, Residence Permit and supporting documents via courier within 28 hours
you will received it.
Scan the receipt of the deposit of your financial requirement including the Money Transfer
Verification Number to enable our office perform Verification of the deposit. This is usually
carried out within 24hrs.
The filled Application Form (if any).
Note: Ensure that the receiver of the 670GBP is you so that only you can withdraw the deposit after the
verification of deposit has been carried out. This is not a payment but a deposit for verification which
is why it is in either your Father, Mother, Close Friend Relative or name as the sender and your name
as the receiver and to also fulfill that you have funds to support yourself as it is the mandatory process
for your financial security when you arrive here till you receive your first salary from your Employer.
Confirmation of Basic Insurance Allowance satisfies the requirement for release of Relocation Package
(ERP). Relocation Package protects the right of Au pairs and ensures full compliance to terms and
conditions of contract engagement by UK Employers.
The instructions above would earn you the needed points under the point-based system for the release
of your Work permit, National Insurance Number, Work Scheme Card, Residence Permit and
supporting documents to legalize your work status here.
We are aware that you are not a member of European citizens and we want to specify to you that this is
not a payment, this is a deposit for your proof of sufficient fund which will prove to the UK Home Office
your financial capability and that you are capable of taken care of yourself before receiving your first
salary from your employer. This is as a result Global Economic Crisis in the country at the moment,
remember this fund will be withdrawn by you upon your arrival to the UK that is why you have been
advised to use your name as the receiver here in UK and any of your relative, Father, Mother, Close
Friend can be the sender.
**Please note that your application will be rejected as invalid if you do not deposit the specified fund**
Cooperate with us to enable us serve you better.
Your safety is our priority.
UK Border Agency,
2 Marsham Street
London, SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom.
Application: Barrister Wilfred Smith
[email protected] (Home Office Representative for Au -pair Application)
