If a Skilled Worker comes to the UK and leaves employment to either return to their own country or to work with another employer are they entitled to receive a proportional refund of the Immigration Health Surcharge paid?

A requirement of an application for permission to enter or stay as a Skilled Worker is that 'any…Immigration Health Charge must have been paid' (SW 1.2. (a), Appendix Skilled Worker, Immigration Rules).

The government website sets out the circumstances in which refunds will be paid.

You will get a full immigration health surcharge (IHS) refund if:

1. •

   you paid twice

2. •

   your visa application is refused

3. •

   you withdraw your visa application

You will get a partial IHS refund if your visa application’s successful but:

1. •

   you get less time on your visa than you asked for

2. •

   any dependants on your visa application are refused

If you are due a full or partial refund for these reasons, you do not have to do anything to get it. It is supposed to be