Visiting as a sportsperson

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Sport Visitor

If you want to take part in any sporting events in the UK, you might be able to come here as a sports visitor

Eligibility:-

• You are below 18 years of age.
• You intend to visit UK for no more than 6 months.
• You intend to leave UK once the visa gets expire or going to get expired.
• You must have sufficient funds to support yourself and accompanying members.
• You are not in transit to a country outside the ‘Common Travel Area.
• You must have suitable arrangements made for your reception and care in UK as per the guidelines set by the government.
• You have at least one of your parent in your home country to take care of you and provide consent that the arrangements have been made for you in UK.
• You must show that you will not get involved into activities such as live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits, take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public, study, marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership, carry out the activities of a business visitor, a sports visitor or an entertainer visitor; or receive private medical treatment.
• If you are a sportsperson you can come to UK to perform the activities such as take part in a specific event, tournament, or series of events (including charity events and exhibition matches) as an individual competitor or a member of an overseas team; or join an amateur team as an amateur sportsperson or make a personal appearance or take part in a promotion such as a book signing or television interview or negotiate a contract or discuss a sponsorship deal or take part in a trial (which must not be in front of an audience, either paying or non-paying) or do a short period of training, as an individual or as part of a team or if you are a member of the technical or support staff of amateur or professional sportspeople, and you are attending the UK with them for the same event or series of events; or you are an official attending a sporting event or series of events as, for example, an umpire
• a business visitor, a sports visitor or an entertainer visitor; or receive private medical treatment.

Child visitor

This visa allows the children who are outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland to visit UK.

Eligibility:-

• You are below 18 years of age.
• You intend to visit UK for no more than 6 months.
• You intend to leave UK once the visa gets expire or going to get expired.
• You must have sufficient funds to support yourself and accompanying members.
• You are not in transit to a country outside the ‘Common Travel Area.
• You must have suitable arrangements made for your reception and care in UK as per the guidelines set by the government.
• You have at least one of your parent in your home country to take care of you and provide consent that the arrangements have been made for you in UK.
• You must show that you will not get involved into activities such as live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits, take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public, study, marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership, carry out the activities of a business visitor, a sports visitor or an entertainer visitor; or receive private medical treatment.

You can take any short term course on this visa if it is being offered by a licensed sponsor under Tier 4 of the points-based system; or accredited by an accreditation body which has been approved by the UK Border Agency.