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Business
Visa / Visit Visa |
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Business visas are normally granted for a period
of six months. As a visitor, you may do business
that is directly linked to your employment or
business abroad. You must not do work for which
you would need a work permit. You should get
your salary from abroad. You may receive reasonable
travel and living expenses from sources in the
United Kingdom.
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As a visitor you may:
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Go to meetings,
trade fairs, conferences and seminars |
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Buy
things, and negotiate contracts with United
Kingdom businesses |
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Undertake
fact finding missions, check details
or examine goods
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Receive training
through observation and classroom instruction
only
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You may also enter the United Kingdom as
a business visitor:
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To deliver
goods from abroad; for example, if you
are an international lorry driver |
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As
a representative of a foreign IT company
to install, service or modify their product |
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As a representative
of a foreign machine manufacturer to
install, service or repair machinery.
(As part of a contract of purchase and
supply, you may install machinery that
is too large to be delivered in one
piece)
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As
an adviser or consultant to a UK firm;
(You must be employed abroad, either directly
or under contract, by the same company
or group of companies that the client
firm belongs to. Advisers must not get
involved in project management.) |
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To give
certain kinds of training. The training
must be for a specific purpose, not
go beyond classroom instruction and
must not be readily available anywhere
else in the United Kingdom.
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As
a guest speaker at a conference or seminar.
This must be a single or occasional event
and not a commercial venture that you
are part of. |
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To run
a conference or seminar. Events must
last no more than five days, and be
single or occasional, involving a specialist
subject that attracts a wide audience,
including people from outside the United
Kingdom.
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As
an expert to talk to United Kingdom businessmen
about overseas export requirements. |
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As a sports
person or entertainer for trials or
auditions, or for personal appearances
which do not involve performances
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Business Visitor Qualifications
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To qualify to come to the United Kingdom
as a business visitor, you must be able to
show that:
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You only want
to visit the country for up to six months |
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You
plan to leave the United Kingdom at the
end of your visit |
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You will
not need help from public funds
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You
normally live and work abroad and you
have no plans to base yourself in the
United Kingdom |
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You do
not plan to work, produce goods or provide
services in the United Kingdom |
All visitors to the United Kingdom, whether
they are here for business or social reasons,
can only stay for six months.
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Duration of stay and number
of visits
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Duration of stay and number of visits to
the United Kingdom as a Business Visitor
There is no limit to the number of times
you can visit; but you are expected not to
spend more than six months of any 12-month
period in the United Kingdom.
A long stay might suggest that you are basing
yourself here and working without permission,
and entry may be refused.
For more information visit please contact
us. If you are not a visa national, you
will find it helpful to carry documents showing
the immigration officer why you are visiting.
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VAF1 Application
Form completed |
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Passport |
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2 recent passport-sized
photographs |
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Fee (paid in local currency and non-refundable) |
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Invitation
letter from UK |
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A letter from
your employer |
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