Business Visitors :- Visitors are allowed to come to the UK for all the “normal” activities associated with overseas business trips such as attending meetings and conferences, negotiating deals, signing contracts, “fact-finding” missions, purchasing or inspecting goods and certain types of training such as observing procedures in the UK. There is also provision for individuals coming to provide certain limited types of advice, consultancy and training within their own group of companies or to install, service or repair products sold to a UK end user by an overseas company. However, visitors must not do “productive” work in the UK, including project management. Such employment will usually require a work permit or other immigration status which permits employment. It is important to know that receiving salary or other payments overseas (rather than from a UK source) does not remove the need for permission to work - the Immigration Officer will look at the proposed activities in the UK, not where payment is being received. Individuals who are visa nationals must obtain an entry clearance (visa) from the British Consulate in their home country before travelling to the UK. Whether an individual has (or needs) a visa or not, if the Immigration Officer is not satisfied that the proposed activities are acceptable under the rules concerning visitors and that the individual will in fact be doing work for which permission would be required, entry can be refused. It is therefore very important to be certain that the proposed activities are permissible before arriving and that any evidence which may be needed is readily available.