Anderson refers to payment for services, which may constitute a commercial
activity, but in the past I have had no problem travelling to any country
for scientific work for which I received only expenses. Plus the followup by
DeVoe who was deported for 'implied intent to commit to voluntary charity'
is hardly a case of commercial activity.
In any case, on looking over the various documents from the UK it seems that
the policy applies to anyone not holding a UK passport, not just non EU
residents. I am an EU resident but it seems that I would need a visa to
carry out any professional activity in the UK whether I got paid for it or
not. Since I sometimes work on EU projects which hold meetings in the UK,
that is a problem.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Highland Statistics Ltd." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "William Silvert" <[email protected]>
Sent: quinta-feira, 29 de Outubro de 2009 10:34
Subject: Re: A WARNING FOR PROFESSIONALS GOING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM
Bill,
to the UK, both England and Scotland, in connection with EU projects, and I
cannot figure out from the UK web pages what the current policy would be.
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/inf2visitors#9244241
The problem is that Prof Anderson is a non EU resident coming into the UK/EU
for commercial work. And that is not allowed. Same rules apply in the US.
Alain
