Friday, March 03, 2006

Whitehall reviews foreign artists' visa costs / The Stage Online, 2 Mar 2006

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Alistair Smith
"Arts campaigners and immigration law experts had feared that revisions to the work permit system, by which all foreign workers applying for entry to the UK, could have meant a prohibitive increase in costs for companies booking foreign acts. This would have dissuaded many groups from visiting the country or venues from booking them."