Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor

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Visit on business

You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to do the following business activities:

  • attend interviews, meetings, conferences and seminars
  • negotiate and sign deals and contracts
  • attend trade fairs to promote your business (you cannot sell things)
  • get work-related training if you바카라 사이트™re employed overseas and the training is not available in your home country
  • give a one-off or short series of talks as long as they바카라 사이트™re not for profit or a commercial event - you can only be paid for speaking at certain engagements or events (a 바카라 사이트˜permitted paid engagement바카라 사이트™)
  • carry out site visits and inspections
  • oversee the delivery of goods and services provided by a UK company to your overseas company or organisation
  • deliver training or share knowledge on internal projects with UK employees of the company you work for overseas
  • install, dismantle, repair, service or advise on equipment, computer software and hardware, if your overseas company has a contract with a UK company or organisation

You should:

As a visitor, you cannot work for a UK company or as a self-employed person unless you바카라 사이트™re coming to the UK for a permitted paid engagement. You바카라 사이트™ll need to apply for a work visa if you want to do any other paid or unpaid work that바카라 사이트™s not included in the business activities on this page.

Doing activities as part of an overseas job role

You can do certain additional activities in the UK as a Standard Visitor, if you바카라 사이트™re employed overseas as:

  • an archaeologist
  • an artist, entertainer or musician
  • a bodyguard
  • a camera operator
  • a driver
  • an internal auditor
  • a journalist or correspondent
  • a lawyer or expert witness
  • a market researcher or analyst
  • a personal assistant
  • a pilot or cabin crew member coming to work in the UK under a 바카라 사이트˜Wet Lease Agreement바카라 사이트™ approved by the Civil Aviation Authority
  • a professor from an overseas academic institution
  • a religious worker
  • a scientist or researcher
  • a seafarer (someone whose normal place of work is on board a ship)
  • a sports person or sports official
  • a tour group courier
  • a translator or interpreter
  • a member of a film crew, including actors, producers, directors or technicians
  • a member of the production team supporting an artist, entertainer or musician
  • a member of technical staff supporting an artist, entertainer, musician or sports person

Check the Visitor Rules for details of what you can do as a Standard Visitor in these job roles.

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