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Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
You must apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa if: you’ve been…
You need all of the following to be eligible for the creative category:…
When you apply, you’ll need to provide: your certificate of sponsorship…
Read the full guidance before you apply. Apply from outside the UK You…
Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…
You can apply to extend your Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa. You…
You can enter the UK without applying for a visa in advance if you: have a…
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer speaks at The Big Creative UK Summit 2024 following the Spring Budget
Ambitious plans to grow the economy and boost UK creative industries by £50 billion
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer delivers keynote speech at the GREAT Futures event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lord Parkinson gave the keynote speech at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Impact Acceleration Award (IAA) policy meeting.
Use our new employers toolkit to ensure your creative business is adopting an inclusive approach to hiring and progressing staff from low socio-economic backgrounds.
Qualitative and quantitative research exploring the economic and societal spillovers generated by creative industries activity.
This page provides supporting documentation for applications to the Creative Careers Programme 22/23-24/25 Competition.
This sector vision sets out how the government and industry will work together to unlock the growth potential of the creative industries.
This page provides information for local area partnerships submitting expressions of interest (EOIs) to apply for funding to participate in the £10.9 million expansion of the Create Growth Programme.
Advice to the Prime Minister on harnessing research and development in the UK creative industries
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