what is the idea behind no multiple entry visa rules?
Apr 27, 2012 | 2:31 am
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Hello, Christopher! I knew you were around here somewhere!
I've never heard of such a visa, but thought that perhaps it was one of those weird, short-term volunteerish visas or something.
Anyway, I think we can agree that when the US issues a visa, it gives the visaholder Limited Leave to Remain with no restriction on movement until the visa expires. I would be very interested in knowing if anyone has experienced anything different.
I've never heard of such a visa, but thought that perhaps it was one of those weird, short-term volunteerish visas or something.
Anyway, I think we can agree that when the US issues a visa, it gives the visaholder Limited Leave to Remain with no restriction on movement until the visa expires. I would be very interested in knowing if anyone has experienced anything different.
Apr 27, 2012 | 2:41 am
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I was actually issued one of these visas as a temporary work authorisation in 2008. It was required by BAA to issue me with an unrestricted airside pass for Gatwick without having UK residency (or more specifically, no National Insurance Number). It permitted a single ENTRY but permitted me to work for up to 6 months in the UK for my specified employer.
There is an obscure provision in the visa regulations (I can look it up when I have time) that permit this to be done for very narrow categories of persons, one of which is managerial staff of non-EU airlines operating to the UK. Other than my own, I have never seen anything like it though.
There is an obscure provision in the visa regulations (I can look it up when I have time) that permit this to be done for very narrow categories of persons, one of which is managerial staff of non-EU airlines operating to the UK. Other than my own, I have never seen anything like it though.
Apr 27, 2012 | 6:06 am
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I was actually issued one of these visas as a temporary work authorisation in 2008. It was required by BAA to issue me with an unrestricted airside pass for Gatwick without having UK residency (or more specifically, no National Insurance Number). It permitted a single ENTRY but permitted me to work for up to 6 months in the UK for my specified employer.
There is an obscure provision in the visa regulations (I can look it up when I have time) that permit this to be done for very narrow categories of persons, one of which is managerial staff of non-EU airlines operating to the UK. Other than my own, I have never seen anything like it though.
There is an obscure provision in the visa regulations (I can look it up when I have time) that permit this to be done for very narrow categories of persons, one of which is managerial staff of non-EU airlines operating to the UK. Other than my own, I have never seen anything like it though.
But as you say this is an obscure provision, and the circumstances you describe, while no doubt not unique, are nevertheless very specific and hardly typical. It would be interesting to know what sort of work is done by the holder of the visa the OP is referring to.
Apr 27, 2012 | 9:52 am
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There were similar provisions for visiting preachers, journalists on temporary assignment and (rather obscurely) investigators of Nazi war crimes. Maybe he falls under one of those?
Apr 27, 2012 | 9:59 am
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Aha! Interesting!
But as you say this is an obscure provision, and the circumstances you describe, while no doubt not unique, are nevertheless very specific and hardly typical. It would be interesting to know what sort of work is done by the holder of the visa the OP is referring to.
But as you say this is an obscure provision, and the circumstances you describe, while no doubt not unique, are nevertheless very specific and hardly typical. It would be interesting to know what sort of work is done by the holder of the visa the OP is referring to.
Apr 27, 2012 | 1:30 pm
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Apr 27, 2012 | 3:24 pm
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It's a summer associateship which may or may not lead to permanent employment down the road, so I suppose temporary assignment though not necessarily intra-firm.