Can you get a Skilled Worker visa as a debt, rent or other cash collector?
No. You cannot get a UK Skilled Worker visa as a debt, rent or other cash collector (SOC 7122).
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 7122 (Debt, rent and other cash collectors) 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 | Debt, rent and other cash collectors |
|---|---|
| Skilled Worker eligibility | Ineligible |
| Going rate | Not applicable |
| Appendix table(s) | Table 6 |
| Immigration Salary List | No |
| Temporary Shortage List | No |
| SOC 2020 group | 71 Sales occupations › 712 Sales related occupations |
Job titles under SOC 7122
GOV.UK lists these related job titles:
- Bailiffs
- Debt collectors
- Meter readers
- Pawn brokers
- Vending machine operators
- Debt, rent and other cash collectors not elsewhere classified
More job titles from the ONS SOC 2020 index (6)
- Bailiff
- Collecting agent
- Debt collector
- Meter reader
- Pawn broker
- Vending operator
What the job involves
Debt, rent and other cash collectors collect payments due or overdue from households and businesses and empty cash from prepayment meters or machines.
Typical tasks
- Receives payment at centralised office or calls on household/business premises
- Records details of transaction, issues receipt or annotates rent book
- Reads gas, water and electricity meters
- Cleans, services and fills vending machines and collects money from meters, vending machines and other cash operated machinery
- Collects tolls from persons wishing to gain access to private roads, bridges, piers, etc. and operates tollgates to control entry
- Remits cash, cheques or credit notes to cashier, supervisor or bank, building society or post office
- Serves summonses and, on court authority, takes possession of goods to the value of outstanding debt
Typical entry routes and qualifications
No academic qualifications are required. Training is typically provided on-the-job. This may be supplemented by specialised training courses within larger agencies. To become a bailiff, you will need to be certified, which includes an enhanced DBS check.
Description: ONS SOC 2020 Volume 1.
Questions about SOC 7122
Can you get a Skilled Worker visa as a debt, rent or other cash collector?
No. You cannot get a UK Skilled Worker visa as a debt, rent or other cash collector (SOC 7122). SOC 2020 code 7122 (Debt, rent and other cash collectors) 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 7122?
7122 is the SOC 2020 code for Debt, rent and other cash collectors. Debt, rent and other cash collectors collect payments due or overdue from households and businesses and empty cash from prepayment meters or machines.
What job titles use SOC code 7122?
GOV.UK lists: Bailiffs, Debt collectors, Meter readers, Pawn brokers, Vending machine operators, Debt, rent and other cash collectors 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.