Visitors: prohibited and permitted activities


Produced in partnership with Zoe Bantleman of Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
Practice notes

Visitors: prohibited and permitted activities


Produced in partnership with Zoe Bantleman of Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association

Practice notes
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The immigration rules contains lists of activities which are specifically prohibited and explicitly permitted for visitors. When assessing an application for entry clearance, permission to enter or stay as a visitor, the Home Office will consider whether the activities that the applicant intends to undertake amount to any of the prohibited activities or fall within the scope of the permitted activities applicable to the specific type of visitor application that has been made. Some activities are only allowed for visitors who meet additional eligibility requirements set out in the Immigration Rules, Appendix V: Visitor, paras V 5.1-V 15.4. For further information, see Practice Note: Visitor: eligibility—Additional eligibility requirements for specific types of visitor applicants.

Each time a visitor seeks entry at the border, unless they enter via an eGate, they will be asked to explain what they intend to do in the UK and for how long. It is expected that a visitor will have and be able to articulate one or more reasons for visiting the UK. If a person already holds

Zoe Bantleman
Zoe Bantleman

Legal Director, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association

Zoe is the Legal Director of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA).
 
She was previously a barrister at Richmond Chambers, where her practice covered a wide spectrum of advisory work, drafting, and advocacy across UK immigration, nationality, asylum and human rights law. She gained extensive experience in preparing complex private and family life applications and in all aspects of immigration for businesses and skilled individuals under the Immigration Rules. She regularly challenged decisions by preparing appeals for human rights and asylum claims and applications for administrative and judicial review.
 
Before qualifying, Zoe volunteered at Notre Dame Refugee Centre, and conducted pro bono research for LSE Centre for Women, Peace, and Security and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association.
 
She frequently writes about changes to the UK’s immigration law system and provides commentary on key cases. She is an editorial board member of the Journal of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law and has been a tutor for ILPA.

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What does Immigration Rules mean?

Statements contained in House of Commons or Command Papers setting out the practice to be followed in the administration of the Immigration Act 1971 for regulating the entry into and stay in the United Kingdom of those who do not have the right of abode (including the period for which leave is given and the conditions attached in different circumstances).

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