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<p>As UK Visas and Immigration begins to reopen its Visa Application Centres both
in the UK and overseas, we are working closely with our partners to maximise the available
capacity to service applicants in line with social distancing rules in each location.</p><p>
</p><p>For those applicants who are due to start work in the NHS but who are unable
to make their application from overseas due to the temporary closure of the Visa Application
Centres, they should contact the UKVI NHS Team by emailing UKVINHSTeam@homeoffice.gov.uk
and the team will seek to assist them.</p><p> </p><p>Applicants sponsored by the NHS
who lodge an application in the UK under Tier 2 can begin work immediately while their
application is under consideration.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has put in place
a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak, full details
of which are published on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents.
The department continues to monitor the situation closely and takes these exceptional
circumstances into account.</p><p> </p><p>These are unprecedented times and further
adjustments may be made to requirements where necessary and appropriate, to ensure
people are not unduly affected by circumstances beyond their control.</p>
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