Permitted Paid Engagement

You may be able to visit the UK for a paid engagement if you have been invited as an expert in your profession by a UK based organisation or client.

You can visit the UK for upto 1 month and cannot extend the stay on this visa.

as a professional artist, entertainer or musician
as a professional sportsperson
as a qualified lawyer - to represent a client
to give a lecture or series of lectures
as an academic - to be a student examiner or assessor
as an air pilot examiner

Please contact our office on +91 9315425950 today to check what you're being paid to do in the UK is allowed.

Eligibility

You must be able to show that:

you’ve been formally invited by a UK-based organisation to attend a pre-arranged event or other permitted engagement
the event or engagement relates directly to your expertise, qualifications and main job in your home country
you’re 18 or over
you’re visiting the UK for no more than 1 month
you’ll leave the UK at the end of your visit
you’re able to support yourself during your trip (or have funding from someone else to support you)
you’re able to pay for your return or onward journey (or have funding from someone else to pay for the journey)
you’ll not live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits, or make the UK your main home

You may need additional documents depending on what you're being paid to do in the UK.

Our qualified and regulated lawyers can help you. Please contact our office on +91 9315425950 today to check what you're being paid to do in the UK is allowed.

Permitted Paid Engagement