Can I travel to the UK after having previously been denied a Tier 5 visa?
I went into the UK in October '15 coming from work in Japan and came to UK to see work clients. I didn't have a return flight but they still granted me to come in with a letter from my work. No issues.
Anyway, I came for two months (Oct-Dec) and left back to NYC (I am a US citizen) to do my UK visa. My type of visa was sponsorship so I believe Tier 5 type visa. I applied but was immediately denied due to the wrong paperwork my work (my modeling agency) provided me. The UK uses a point system and I got no points for the paperwork the modeling agency sent me.
Anyway, it's been almost three months and I have friends/boyfriend that I want to go visit next week.
Should I apply for a visitor visa?
Any legal advice anyone can give me?
I am strongly not going for work. Also I am staying with my best friend who lives/works in London.
Best Answer
Legal advice is something that nobody is qualified to do (or could legally do here).
However, your broad questions of do you need/should you apply for a Visa is reasonably well covered by the offical UK government visa checker:
You won’t need a visa to come to the UK
However, you should bring the same documents you’d need to apply for a visa, to show to officers at the UK border.
You may want to apply for a visa if you have a criminal record or you’ve previously been refused entry into the UK.
You've been refused a work visa in the past. This will show up when you arrive in the UK. For any future entry, or any visitor visa application, you're going to have to try quite hard to convince the authorities that you don't intend on trying to work.
Your liklehood (or lack thereof) of obtaining a Visa I wouldn't care to comment on. You can find out more about UK visitor visas, along with application guidance on gov.uk
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