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Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
You can visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to do the following business…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: study at an accredited…
If you’re a scientist, researcher or academic you can: take part in formal…
You can visit the UK for certain paid engagements or events (a ‘permitted…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: have private medical treatment…
You may visit the UK if you’re under 18 and: you’ve made suitable…
If you need a Standard Visitor visa, you must apply online before you…
You may be able to extend your stay if you have permission to be in the UK…
A checklist for performing artists, creatives, management and production staff in the performing arts touring in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.…
Latest FCDO travel advice for Turkey including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides advice…
This advice reflects the UK government’s understanding of current rules…
You should also read FCDO’s overall travel advice and regional risks…
This section has safety advice for regions of Turkey. It only covers…
Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Rules covering how entertainment and modelling agencies work; charging fees and refunds for for finding work
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
Find out how to value your goods to help when working out the VAT due when importing goods into the UK.
Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
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.
Find out if you qualify for Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief for Corporation Tax and what you can claim.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Kazakhstan.
Find out if relief is available for goods using Temporary Admission and if your goods require you to be established inside or outside the UK.
FCDO travel advice for Greece. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
A checklist for musical artists and accompanying staff working, performing or touring in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
A checklist for artists, specialists, museum professionals, exhibitors or businesses working or touring in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and going rates for Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes
Withhold tax on payments to foreign entertainers and sportspersons when they exceed their personal allowance and how to make payments to HMRC.
A short summary of the projects to be funded under the 2022 Windrush Day Grant Scheme.
Find out which jobs are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa.
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