This guidance does not apply to General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and Student Internships.

You will need to get permission from the UK Border Agency if:

• you would like to employ a person who already has a work permit for a job, training, or work experience with another employer; or
• you want an existing employee to change posts within your organisation; or
• the person has a change to the duties and conditions of work from those on the previous work permit application.

If a person is to continue training or a work experience programme which the Home Office have already approved, they will need to carry on the training or work experience programme from the stage they had already reached with their previous employer. Home Office will approve only for the balance of the period agreed in the original application.

You do not need to provide evidence of a recruitment search provided Home Office receive your application either before the person leaves their current employment or within 28 days of the persons last day of work with their previous employer. They must be doing the same sort of work and you must wait for our permission before they can start working for you.

For change of employment applications you should use the following forms:

§                                 WP1 for Business and Commercial and Training and Work Experience Scheme; or

§                                 SR1 for sponsored researchers form; or

§                                 PD1 for post graduate doctors and dentists; or

§                                 WP3 for Sports and Entertainments.