New UK Visitor Visa Rules For Paid Engagements

In our previous post, New Rules for UK Visitors: Working on a Visit Visa, we examined four recent changes to the Visitor visa rules introduced by the (former) Government: (1) clarifications regarding remote working as a Visitor, (2) the changes regarding intra-corporate activities, (3) the greater leeway for scientists, researchers and academics undertaking research in the UK, and (4) the expansion of permitted activities for legal professionals.

This post is the second of two posts discussing changes to the Visitor visa rules, and examines the changes regarding "permitted paid engagements". In particular, this post explains how the old "Permitted Paid Engagement (PPE) Visitor visa" has been absorbed into the "Standard Visitor visa", so that it is no longer necessary to apply for a specialised PPE Visitor visa in order to undertake permitted paid engagements.