Visa for volunteering in England

4/29/2019 10:01:16 PM

The UK government website for Standard Visitor Visas explicitly says

You cannot:

  • do paid or unpaid work
  • [some other things]

so that definitely isn’t the right visa.

The more detailed guidance says (on page 22):

Volunteering

Appendix 3 allows visitors to undertake volunteering (not voluntary work) provided volunteering is not the main purpose of the visit, it is for a registered charity and will be for no longer than 30 days in total. Where an individual is looking to come to the UK as a visitor specifically to volunteer they must be refused. Volunteering and voluntary workers are provided for in the Tier 5 Charity worker route of the points-based system.

The volunteering is the purpose of your visit (though it is less than 30 days), so you need a Tier 5 visa.

4/29/2019 4:43:02 AM

You need a “Temporary Worker – Charity Worker visa (Tier 5)” to work as a volunteer for a charity, which Kew Gardens basically is.

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