Oversea representative visa

Oversea representative visa

Your key to expanding international business horizons. This visa is tailored for individuals seeking to represent their overseas business interests within our thriving community. Below, you'll find essential information about the program, eligibility criteria, and the application process.

You can apply as a representative of an overseas business if you’re an employee of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation posted on a long-term assignment to the UK.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this visa you must:

• Have enough money to support yourself without help from public funds
• Meet the English requirement

You can come to the UK if you’re an employee of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation and you’re being posted here on a long-term assignment.

Your partner and children

Your family members (‘dependants’) can come with you when you come to the UK on this visa.

A ‘dependant’ is any of the following:

• your husband, wife or partner
• your child under 18

If your partner or child’s application is successful, their visa will usually end on the same date as yours. If a child’s parents have visas with different expiry dates, the child’s visa will end on the earlier date.

If you’re a sole representative, your husband, wife or partner cannot be in the UK as your dependant if they own or control a majority of the overseas business you will be representing.

Switch to this visa

You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Representative of an Overseas Business visa if you’re already in the UK on a different type of visa.

Your partner or child’s visa will not automatically switch to this visa if you switch yours. If they do not switch their visa, it will be valid until its original end date.

They can either apply at the same time as you, or at any time before their current visa expires