Submitted on Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 4th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Allow conference speakers to be able to speak on a standard visitor visa
As of right now, you require a Tier 5 visa to be able to speak at conferences. This should instead only be made a requirement if the person is being paid to speak. Non-profit speaking in, for example, a tech conference should be allowed on a travel visa.
This is a negative for the country as a whole since it means that many talented speakers will not speak at UK conferences and will instead speak at ones hosted within other countries. Therefore, it is within the countries interests to allow conference speakers to be able to speak in situations where they are speaking for no profit without extra hassle.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Visitors on a standard vistor visa are able to take part in non-profit or non-commercial events as a speaker. You can find more information at www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do, for example extending the rules to cover all conferences.
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