Guidance
Seafarers
UK Visas and Immigration guidance for how it handles applications made outside the UK from seafarers.
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Guidance for how applications from seafarers made outside the UK are handled by UK Visas and Immigration.
Updates to this page
Published 13 December 2013Last updated 15 May 2024 + show all updates
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Removed references to the Isle of Man and Channel Islands as exceptions to permission to work.
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Updated to reflect policy changes.
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Amended to reflect change to the Immigration Rules: removal of paragraph 128.
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Removed 'EEA nationals coming to the UK on short term visits must produce either a national identity card or a passport and are not subject to restrictions.'
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First published.