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Written Question
Immigration Controls
Monday 29th March 2021

Asked by: Robert Neill (Conservative - Bromley and Chislehurst)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide further immigration guidance on inward mobility including (a) short-term visitor routes, (b) frontier workers, (c) paid permitted engagement and the roles that qualify under this, and (d) longer term engagements.

Answered by Kevin Foster

Extensive guidance is already available on gov.uk for applicants and caseworkers.

There are no plans to publish any further at the current time.

Visitor applicant guidance is available here: https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa

Permitted paid engagement applicant guidance is available here: https://www.gov.uk/permitted-paid-engagement-visa

Visitor caseworker guidance, including for permitted paid engagements, is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance

Frontier worker applicant guidance is available here: https://www.gov.uk/frontier-worker-permit

Frontier worker caseworker guidance is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/frontier-worker-permit-scheme-caseworker-guidance

Longer term engagements are covered by our work routes. Further guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas


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