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knotty  
#1 Posted : 23 April 2021 08:56:25(UTC)
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knotty

We need a specialist contract engineer from Germany to attend a UK site for a three day job. This is travel for work, not holiday. Does anyone have insight into the Covid rules and requirements to enable the visit to go ahead?

Many thanks.

Alan Haynes  
#2 Posted : 23 April 2021 09:21:24(UTC)
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Alan Haynes

This government document lists who can enter for work,and what they need to do. Does your contractor fall into any of the criteria? https://www.gov.uk/gover...mpt-from-uk-border-rules
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knotty on 23/04/2021(UTC)
knotty  
#3 Posted : 23 April 2021 09:44:16(UTC)
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knotty

Perfect - yes he does. Thank you.

peter gotch  
#4 Posted : 23 April 2021 12:11:23(UTC)
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peter gotch

Interesting that HS2 is being treated as a special case compared with most other infrastructure construction workers.

achrn  
#5 Posted : 23 April 2021 13:58:31(UTC)
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achrn

Originally Posted by: peter gotch Go to Quoted Post

Interesting that HS2 is being treated as a special case compared with most other infrastructure construction workers.

I don't think that's true - teh special exemptions cover workers for waste, IT and telecoms, power infrastructure, space infrastructure, water supplies and sewerage services, offshore oil and gas, any Network Rail workers engaged in essential or emergency works to the rail network, and moire.

The 'goods and services' exemption covers "Workers with specialist technical skills for essential or emergency works or services (including construction, commissioning, installation, maintenance, and repairs and safety checks) to ensure the continued production, supply, movement, manufacture, storage or preservation of goods."

I'm struggling to think of any class of infrastructure that doesn't have an exemption.

peter gotch  
#6 Posted : 23 April 2021 15:45:07(UTC)
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peter gotch

achrn - the first one that came to my mind would be a road project EXCEPTING certain elements of that project.

But even in rail, unless the work is on existing Network Rail infrastructure, there does not seem to be equivalence with HS2 Phase 1.

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achrn  
#7 Posted : 26 April 2021 09:21:49(UTC)
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achrn

Originally Posted by: peter gotch Go to Quoted Post

achrn - the first one that came to my mind would be a road project EXCEPTING certain elements of that project.

But even in rail, unless the work is on existing Network Rail infrastructure, there does not seem to be equivalence with HS2 Phase 1.

A road project ensures the movement of goods.

Eurotunnel workers get their own exemption too.

There's little work on rail infrastructure that's not on existing NR infrastructure and not HS2. Only a very few recreational / hobby / tourist railways won't have an exemption.

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