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For applicants wishing to exercise access rights to a child resident in the UK.
(a) The applicant must be a parent of a child resident in the UK and intend to enter in order to exercise rights of access.
(b) The parent or carer with whom the child permanently resides in the UK must be resident in the UK.
(c) The applicant's child must be under 18.
(d) The applicant must have evidence that a UK court has granted rights of access to the child, or a certificate issued by a district judge confirming the applicant's intention to maintain contact with the child.
(e) The applicant must hold prior entry clearance.

For Parents with children at school in the UK.
Applicant must be a parent of the-child studying at school in the UK and visiting UK to take daytime care of the child.

For Relatives acting as temporary child minders.
(a) Applicant should be a close relative of one of the parents
e.g. brother, sister, in-law. (More distant relatives are acceptable only if they have formed part of the family unit overseas or are the closest surviving relatives of the parent).
(b) . Neither parent of the child is able to supervise the daytime care of the child.
(c) Applicant should be able to establish that, it is not simply an arrangement to enable both parents to take gainful employment in India (i.e. the arrangement should be to help in a temporary situation only).
(d) Neither parent of the child is in a category leading to settlement.

(e) The applicant should not receive payment for this purpose (except provision of board, accommodation and pocket money).
(f) The applicant intends to remain in the UK for not more than 6 months.
Note: If it is clear that the arrangement amounts to employment, paid or unpaid, the application will be refused all those grounds.
Child minders may even apply under domestic servants, or as working holiday makers.

. For Applicants visiting to get married or undertake a civil partnership (but not to stay).
(a) Applicant must travel along with her/his future husband/ wife.
(b) Applicant must make prior arrangements for either notification of marriage or civil partnership or for marriage to take place during the period for which the applicant seeks approval.

For Indian doctors taking Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) tests.
Some doctors and dentists who qualify in India are entitled to full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) of the UK. Most are required to pass an assessment test first. This test is set by the PLAB and is designed to assess medical expertise and knowledge of English.
(a) An applicant seeking entry to take this test should produce a letter from the GMC or a test admission card.
(b) Applicant should be able to satisfy the officer at the embassy that, if he fails a PLAB test he will leave the UK.

For Applicants visiting for the purpose of taking examinations (but not pursuing studies).
The applicant should be able to demonstrate that he is entitled to take the kind of exam for which he wants to go and is accepted by the examination authorities.

For Academic visitors.
The Academic visitor category is a concession outside the Immigration Rules allowing academics to visit the UK for 12 months to undertake certain academic activities. An applicant seeking entry under this concession should:
(a) Be well qualified within his own field of expertise.
(b) Be able to produce evidence that he has been working
(i) as an academic in an institution of higher education in India, or
(ii) in the field of his academic expertise (e.g. medicine), immediately prior to seeking visa clearance for entry in the category.
(c) Be either:
A person on sabbatical leave from an Indian academic institution who wishes to make use of his leave to carry out research here (for example to do research for a book); or An academics (including doctors) taking part in formal
.exchange arrangements with U.K counterparts; or
An eminent senior doctor or dentist going to the UK to take part in research, teaching or clinical practice.

Note:
An applicant who is on sabbatical leave from a private research company is not eligible for visa under the academic visitor category.
(d) Not receive funding for his work from any United Kingdom source (excluding payments of expenses or reasonable honoraria).
(e) Not get engaged in any work other than the academic activity for which he is being admitted.
(f) Not apply for any normal post or a genuine vacancy in the UK
(g) Not stay in the UK for more than 12 months.
(h) Be able to show that he intends to leave the UK at the end of the visit.
(i) Be able to maintain himself and any dependants accompanying him without having recourse to public funds (or be adequately maintained and accommodated by relatives or friends). Note: (a) Since entry clearance is not mandatory in this category, applicant
may only be granted visa for up to 6 months at a port of entry. In case an applicant wishes to stay for a longer period, he is advised to apply for entry clearance in India itself.
(b) 12 months is the maximum length of stay permitted under this category.
(c) Spouses/ civil partners and dependant children intending to accompany or join an academic visitor may be granted visa with the principal applicant, provided they meet the requirements for entry as a visitor. The requirement that a person must not intend to study at a maintained school may, however, be waived.
(d) An academic visitor is not permitted to switch into work permit employment.

For Applicants taking part in archaeological digs.
(a) Applicant should be a volunteer in the UK and not a paid employee (or receive only subsistence and travelling expenses).
(b) Applicant should provide a letter .from the organising body in the UK stating the period of employment and, where appropriate for accommodation and maintenance.
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