Comment by DanBC
10 years ago
Pretty much any country has separate entry rules for people travelling for leisure or work.
She was travelling for work. She, and the conference, failed to get good enough legal advice about the travel requirements.
Here' the page she links to: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/usa/work/six_months_or_le...
Read that and tell me you'd travel how she did without getting more advice.
> If you’re invited as an expert
> You can stay in the UK for up to 1 month without a visa, but you can only be paid to do certain things, eg:
> give guest lectures at a higher education institution
> provide advocacy in legal proceedings
> take part in arts, entertainment or sporting activities
> Check the full list of what you can be paid to do - it’s the same as what you can do on a Permitted Paid Engagement visa.
From her screenshot (with pretty different wording) and the footer ("Last updated: 9 June 2016") it's clear that that page has substantially changed since, which is unfortunate (although definitely clearer now!).