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	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Musicians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the music sector to discuss the requirement, particularly for self-employed musicians, of a flexible and affordable mechanism allowing short-term visa-free work travel.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	uin	HL9826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s Points-Based Immigration System has been designed with businesses and employers given huge consideration, including the music sector.</p><p>The Visitor route includes provision for professional artists entertainers and musicians to undertake paid engagements for up to a month. We expect to treat EEA and Swiss nationals as non-visa nationals, meaning they can undertake these engagements without needing to apply for a visa in advance of travel.</p><p>As non-visa nationals, EEA citizens will be in scope for the concession for temporary creative workers looking to remain in the UK for up to three months, without the need to apply for a visa in advance, provided they first secure a certificate of sponsorship. This is a popular and generous concession available only to non-visa nationals working in the creative industries.</p><p>We will continue to engage with the creative industries as we review the routes for creatives going forward.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/11/2020 17:13:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1248037

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: European Economic Area
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Permitted Paid Engagement visa will be extended to citizens in the European Economic Area after the end of the transition period.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	uin	HL9824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>EEA and Swiss citizens will be able to come to the UK under the Permitted Paid Engagement visitor route in order to undertake certain paid engagements for up to a month.</p><p>We expect to treat EEA and Swiss citizens as non-visa nationals, meaning they will be able to enter the UK without the need for a visa in advance of travel if they are intending to visit. This includes the Permitted Paid Engagement visitor route.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/11/2020 17:12:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty