Post-Transition Visitor and Trade-Related Service Provider Rules

Policy effect

Implemented commitments under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and Swiss Services Mobility Agreement regarding short-term business visitors and contractual service suppliers.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… enforcement of, requirements, restrictions, conditions or standards which relate to any activity carried on by a business or voluntary or community body. Changes to the Introduction Intro1. In paragraph 6.2, after the definition of “English language course”, insert: “ “EU national” in Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker means a person who is a national of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal … on Trade in Services and the overseas undertaking is established in a country which has made a notification under Article XXVIII(k)(ii)(2) of that agreement, a permanent resident of that country; or (b) where the application is covered by a commitment in the Temporary Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Services Mobility, a permanent resident of Switzerland.”. IA2. In IA 10.1.(c), after “country” insert: “or, where the application is covered by a commitment in the Temporary Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Services Mobility, be a permanent resident of Switzerland”. IA3. For IA 14.1., substitute: “IA 14.1. If the application is for entry clearance as a contractual service supplier or independent professional, subject to IA 14.6., the applicant will be granted either: (a) the period of the role on the Certificate of Sponsorship plus 14 days before and 14 days after that period; or (b) if shorter, (i) if the applicant is an EU national covered by a relevant commitment in the United Kingdom-European Union Trade and Cooperation Agreement, 12 months; or, (ii) if the applicant is a Swiss national or permanent resident covered by a relevant commitment in the Temporary Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Services Mobility, 12 months; or (iii) in all other cases, 6 months.”. IA4. For IA 14.2., substitute: “IA 14.2. If the application is for permission to stay as a contractual service supplier or independent professional, subject to IA 14.6., the applicant will be granted either: (a) the period of the role on the Certificate of Sponsorship plus 14 days before and 14 days … after that period; or (b) if shorter, (i) if the applicant is an EU national covered by a relevant commitment in the United Kingdom-European Union Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the difference between the period the applicant has already spent in the UK since their last grant of permission as an International Agreement Worker and 12 months; or, (ii) if the applicant is a Swiss national or permanent resident covered by a relevant commitment in the Temporary Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Services Mobility, the difference between the period the applicant has already spent in the UK since their last grant of permission as an International Agreement Worker and 12 months; or (iii) in all other cases, the difference between the period the applicant has already spent in the UK since their last grant of permission as an International Agreement Worker and 6 months.”. IA5. For IA 14.6., substitute: “IA 14.6. An applicant who is not an EU national may not be granted permission as a contractual service supplier or independent professional for a total period of: (a) if the applicant is a Swiss national or permanent resident …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other United Kingdom changes operative in 2020

• 2020-01-31EU Settlement Scheme Appeals System Establishment
• 2020-02-20Global Talent Visa Application Fees & Fast-Track Endorsement Fees
• 2020-02-20Launch of the Global Talent Visa Route (Statement of Changes HC 56)
• 2020-04-05Transition of Priority Change of Circumstances Service to Email-Only
• 2020-04-29Automatic Visa Extensions for Frontline Healthcare Workers
• 2020-06-04Stricter Rules for Representative of an Overseas Business Route (Statement of Changes CP 232)
• 2020-06-22Youth Mobility Scheme 2020 Deadline Extension for Taiwan
• 2020-08-01Implementation of Coronavirus Grace Period
• 2020-09-01Implementation of Exceptional Assurance Concession for Overstaying
• 2020-10-05Introduction of New Points-Based Student and Child Student Routes
• 2020-11-12COVID-19 Financial Requirement Concessions for Family Visas
• 2020-12-01Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 813 (Introduction of the Skilled Worker Route and Global Points-Based Framework)
• 2020-12-31End of EU Free Movement and Repeal of Free Movement Law
• 2020-12-31Introduction of Post-Brexit Third-Country Asylum Inadmissibility Rules (HC 1043)
• 2020-12-31Saving of EU Public Policy Deportation Grounds for Pre-Transition Conduct