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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…
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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…
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Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer speaks at The Big Creative UK Summit 2024 following the Spring Budget
This page provides supporting documentation for applications to the Creative Careers Programme 22/23-24/25 Competition.
The Temporary Work - Creative Worker route is for a person who wants to work within the creative sector.
This sector vision sets out how the government and industry will work together to unlock the growth potential of the creative industries.
Ambitious plans to grow the economy and boost UK creative industries by £50 billion
Culture Secretary celebrates northern creativity in Manchester as hundreds of UK firms get funding to help them grow
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
Application form for people who want to enter the UK from Ireland to undertake paid, temporary engagement on the Temporary Work - Creative Worker route.
This report, published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), examines skills and performance challenges in the digital and creative sector.
Checklists on touring Europe for those working in the arts, cultural, creative, and heritage sectors.
Find out if you need a licence to copy a creative work, find out if a work is covered by copyright or an exception
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