Service Supplier visa: eligible trade agreements and sectors (accessible version)
Updated 15 December 2024
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Global Business Mobility Service Supplier – relevant trade agreements and sectors
This document provides information on eligible trade agreements and sectoral coverage on the Global Business Mobility Service Supplier route. For further information on this route, see the Service Supplier visa (Global Business Mobility) page on GOV.UK. Details on how to sponsor a worker on this route can be found in the Global Business Mobility sponsor guidance.
The work the applicant is coming to do must be for a service covered by one of the UK’s international trade agreements where that agreement is currently in force or being provisionally applied. Eligible trade agreements are listed in the table below. The first column contains a three-letter abbreviation, which is used in the tables containing detailed information on the sectors covered under each agreement. The second column gives the name of the agreement, with a link to the relevant agreement documents.
Table of eligible trade agreements
How to use the tables
Identify the sector in which the worker will supply a contracted service is operating. For example, if the contract is for the supply of architectural drawings and advice, the relevant sector is ‘architectural services’.
Sectors covered by the UK’s commitments are listed in column 1. If the sector is not listed, the worker cannot be sponsored on the Service Supplier route.
If the sector is listed, read across the other columns. Where the relevant box states ‘Yes’, there is a relevant commitment, which means the worker may be sponsored as a Service Supplier if the overseas service provider is established on the territory of a country covered by the agreement in question, and the worker meets the relevant nationality or residence requirements.
Refer to the table of eligible trade agreements above for an explanation of the abbreviations used and links to published information on each agreement.
Table A: employees of overseas service providers (‘contractual service suppliers’)
| Sector | GTS | CHI | CAR | COL | PER | ECU | UKR | GEO | MDV | CAN | JPN | SWI | EUT | ILN | VNM | AUS | NZL | LDC | CPTPP (also see table C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Advertising services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Architectural services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Auditing services | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Book-keeping services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Chef de cuisine | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Computer-related services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Engineering and integrated engineering services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Entertainment services | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Environmental services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Fashion models | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Insurance and insurance-related advisory and consultancy services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Legal advisory services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Maintenance and repair of aircraft and parts thereof | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| Maintenance and repair of metal products, non-office machinery, non-transport and non-office equipment and of personal and household goods | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles and road transport equipment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Maintenance and repair of rail transport equipment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Maintenance and repair of vessels | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Management consulting services and services related to management consulting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Manufacturing advisory and consulting services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Market research and opinion polling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Medical (including psychologists) and dental services | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Midwives services | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mining advisory and consultancy services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Other financial services advisory and consulting services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Postal and courier advisory and consultancy services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Related scientific and technical consulting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Research and development services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| Services provided by nurses, physiotherapists and paramedical personnel | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Site investigation services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Taxation advisory services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Technical testing and analysis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Telecommunications advisory and consultancy services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Tourist guide services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Translation and interpretation services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Transport advisory and consulting services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Travel agencies and tour operators services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Urban planning and landscape services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Veterinary services | Yes |
Table B: self-employed service providers (‘independent professionals’)
| Sector | CAR | COL | PER | ECU | UKR | GEO | MDV | CAN | JPN | SWI | EUT | ILN | AUS | NZL | LDC | CPTPP (also see table C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer-related services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Engineering and integrated engineering services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Insurance and insurance-related advisory and consultancy services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Legal advisory services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Management consulting services and services related to management consulting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Manufacturing advisory and consulting services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Market research and opinion polling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Mining advisory and consultancy services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other financial services advisory and consulting services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Postal and courier advisory and consultancy services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Research and development services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Telecommunications advisory and consultancy services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Translation and interpretation services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Transport advisory and consulting services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Urban planning and landscape services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CPTPP agreement
1. In addition to providing a service in one of the sectors listed in table A or B above, Service Suppliers sponsored under the CPTPP agreement must:
a. be working for a business that is located in a country that has ratified the United Kingdom accession to the CPTPP as listed in Table C below; or
b. be operating as an Independent Professional in a country that has ratified the United Kingdom accession to the CPTPP as listed in table C below.
2. Service suppliers under the CPTPP agreement must also be a national of a country that has ratified the UK’s accession to the CPTPP. These countries are listed in table C below.
3. Permanent residents of New Zealand or Australia are also eligible to apply from 24 December 2024.
Table C: location of the business
Japan
New Zealand
Vietnam
Chile
Malaysia
Brunei
Peru
From 24 December 2024:
Australia
Service suppliers working under the CPTPP agreement must also be a national of a country that has ratified the UK’s accession to the CPTPP. These countries are listed in table C. In addition to nationals, permanent residents of New Zealand or Australia (from 24 December 2024) are also eligible.