Indians and other foreign health and care professionals employed on work visas across the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK are set to benefit from a further free visa extension announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel on Wednesday. These key workers, including midwives, radiographers, social workers and pharmacists with visas due to expire before October 1, will receive an automatic one-year extension.
The Indian-origin Cabinet Minister said that the extension will apply to those working both in the National Health Service (NHS) as well as the independent sector, and also include their family members. The latest move builds on Patel's announcement last month of a similar fee-free extension for NHS doctors, nurses and paramedics on the Covid-19 frontline.
