Can you get a Skilled Worker visa as a bank or post office clerk?
No. You cannot get a UK Skilled Worker visa as a bank or post office clerk (SOC 4123).
You might be able to work in the UK on a different visa. Compare UK work visas.
Based on the UK Immigration Rules and the Skilled Worker visa guide on GOV.UK. This is a summary, not advice about your own situation.
The rules in detail
SOC 2020 code 4123 (Bank and post office clerks) is listed as not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes in Table 6 of Appendix Skilled OccupationsT6 · 29 Oct 26.
Source: Appendix Skilled Occupations and eligible occupations and codes, GOV.UK.| Occupation | Bank and post office clerks |
|---|---|
| Skilled Worker eligibility | Ineligible |
| Going rate | Not applicable |
| Appendix table(s) | Table 6 |
| Immigration Salary List | No |
| Temporary Shortage List | No |
| SOC 2020 group | 41 Administrative occupations › 412 Administrative occupations: finance |
Job titles under SOC 4123
GOV.UK lists these related job titles:
- Bank and building society clerks
- Post office clerks
- Bank and post office clerks not elsewhere classified
More job titles from the ONS SOC 2020 index (5)
- Bank clerk
- Cashier (banking)
- Customer service adviser (building society)
- Customer service officer (banking)
- Post office clerk
What the job involves
Bank and post office clerks deal with the payment and receipt of money, cheques and other routine financial transactions and open and close accounts. They advise upon financial products and services offered by banks, building societies and post offices.
Typical tasks
- Deals with enquiries from customers, other banks and other authorised enquirers
- Maintains records of transactions and compiles information
- Advises customers on financial services and products available
- Manages the operations of a sub-post office
- Receives and pays out cash, cheques, money orders, credit notes, foreign currency or travellers cheques
- Provides postal services, pays state pensions, unemployment and other state benefits to claimants, supplies official forms and documentation to the public, and performs other tasks specific to the activities of a post office
Typical entry routes and qualifications
There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants usually possess GCSEs/S grades, A levels/H grades or an Advanced GNVQ/GSVQ level III. On-the-job training is provided. NVQs/SVQs in relevant areas are available at levels 2, 3 and 4.
Description: ONS SOC 2020 Volume 1.
Questions about SOC 4123
Can you get a Skilled Worker visa as a bank or post office clerk?
No. You cannot get a UK Skilled Worker visa as a bank or post office clerk (SOC 4123). SOC 2020 code 4123 (Bank and post office clerks) is listed as not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes in Table 6 of Appendix Skilled Occupations.
What is SOC code 4123?
4123 is the SOC 2020 code for Bank and post office clerks. Bank and post office clerks deal with the payment and receipt of money, cheques and other routine financial transactions and open and close accounts. They advise upon financial products and services offered by banks, building societies and post offices.
What job titles use SOC code 4123?
GOV.UK lists: Bank and building society clerks, Post office clerks, Bank and post office clerks not elsewhere classified.
Sources
- Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes (GOV.UK, updated 29 April 2026)
- Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations (GOV.UK, updated 29 October 2026)
- Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Worker (GOV.UK, updated 29 October 2026)
- ONS SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions of unit groups
Compiled by SWC Editorial Team from the sources above. An information summary, not immigration advice. Report an error on this page.