| GENERAL VISITOR: person living or working outside UK entering for tourism Multi entry visas – 6 months, 12 months, 2 years, 5 years and 10 years. Still can only stay in UK for 6months If family/friends sponsor G.V – may be asked to give a written undertaking for maintenance and accommodation. Where application would normally be refused, G.V given benefit of doubt and asked to provide written statement declaring intentions. *Permitted study* = up to 30 days recreational activity, English Language or academic study provided it is not the main purpose of visit. | 41 42 - not exceeding 6months, prohibition on employment and no recourse to public funds. | Genuinely seeking entry for limited period not exceeding 6months and not exceeding 12 months for academic visitor (41(i)) Intends to leave the UK at the end of stay (41(ii)) Does not intend to take up employment (41(iii)) Does not intend to produce, sell goods or provide services directly to public (41(iv)) Does not intend to undertake course of study unless ‘permitted study’ (41(v)) Will maintain and accommodate himself and any dependants without recourse of public funds or taking up employment, can be maintained by friends and family (41(vi)) Can meet cost of return journey (41(vii)) Is not a child under 18 (41(viii)) Does not intend to do any of the activities listed in 46G(iii), 46M(iii) or 46S(iii) (41(ix)) Does not intend to marry or form C.P during visit or give notice of marriage or C.P during stay (41(x)) Does not intend to receive private medical treatment during visit (41(xi)) Is not in transit to a country outside the Common Travel Area (41(xii)) Where seeking leave to enter as general visitor to take part in archaeological excavations, provides a letter from director or organiser of the excavation stating length of visit and accommodation/maintenance arrangements. |
| STUDENT VISITOR Undertake short period of study as a visitor which should be completed within 6 months limited leave; or As a student, to study for 6 months or less, provided he does not take up part time employment, or undertake paid or unpaid work placement as part of court. English language concession:- student wishing to learn English as foreign language – 6months can be exceeded but not more than 11 months. | 56K 56L – leave cannot exceed 6 months, prohibition on employment and no recourse to public funds | Genuinely seeking entry as student visitor for limited period, not exceeding 6 months (56K(i)) and; Has accepted court of study which is to be provided by an institution which is: Hold of a sponsor licence for Tier 4 of the points based system, or Accreditation UK, the Accreditation body for language and services (ABLS); the British Accreditation Council (BAC) or the Accreditation Service for International Colleges (ASIC), or The holder of a valid and satisfactory full institutional inspection, review or audit by one of the following bodies: Bridge Schools Inspectorate; the Education and Training Inspectorate; Estyn; Education Scotland; the Independent Schools Inspectorate; Office for Standard in Education; the Schools Inspection Service or the Education and Training Inspectorate Northern Ireland, or An overseas Higher Education Institution offering only part of its programmes in the UK, holding its own national accreditation and offering programmes that are of a level equivalent to a UK degree (56K(ii)); and Intends to leave the UK at the end of his visit (56K(iii)); and Does not intend to take up employment in the UK 56K(iv)); and Does not intend to engage in business, to produce/sell goods or provide services direct to public (56K(v)) Does not intend to study at a maintained school (56K(vi)) Will maintain and accommodate himself and dependants without recourse to public funds or taking employment (can be maintained by family/friends) (56K(vii)) Can meet costs for return journey (56K(viii)) Is not a child under 18 (56K(ix)) Meets the requirements set out in 41(ix)-(xii) (from above) |
| BUSINESS VISITOR Based abroad and has no intention of transferring his base to UK, even temporarily; Will not receive his salary from UK source; and He will not be involved in selling goods or service to public directly | 46G | Genuinely seeking entry for limited period: Not exceeding 6 months, or Not exceeding 12 months if seeking entry as an academic visitor (46G(i)) Meets requirements from 41(ii)-(viii) and (x) – (xii) from above (46G(ii)) Intends to do one or more of the following during visit – To carry out permissible activity defined in 46G(iii)(a) To take party in a location shoot as member of film crew To represent overseas news media, including journalist, correspondent, producer or cameraman, provided he is employed or paid by an overseas company and is fathering information for an overseas publication, To act as academic visitor, but only if he has been working as an academic in institution of higher education overseas, or in the field of his academic expertise immediately prior to seeking entry, To be a secondee to a UK company which is directly contracted with visitor’s overseas company, with which it has no corporate relationship, to provide goods or services, provide secondee remains employed and paid by overseas company throughout visit, To undertake some preaching or pastoral work as a religious worker, provided his base is abroad and he is not taking up an office, post or appointment, To act as an adviser, consultant, trainer, internal auditor or troubleshooter to the UK branch of the same group of companies as the visitor’s overseas company, provided the visitor remains employed and paid by the overseas company, and does not undertake work, paid or unpaid with UK company’s clients, To receive specific, one off training on techniques and work practices used in the UK where: The training is to be delivered by the UK branch of same group of companies to which the individual’s employer belongs; or The training is to be provided by UK company contracted to provide goods or services to the overseas company; or A UK company is contracted to provide training facilities only, to an overseas company The training is corporate training provided for the purposes of the person’s employment overseas and delivered by a UK company that is neither part of the person’s employer’s corporate group nor whose main activity is the provision of training, (xii) To share knowledge or experience relevant to, or advise on, an international project that is being led from the UK as an overseas scientist or researcher, provided the visitor remains paid and employed overseas and is not carrying out research in UK, (xiii)...
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