UK industry calls for reversal of Ireland visa restrictions

According to a bevy of industry groups and MPs, an end to visa-free travel between the UK and RoI could force "many hundreds of acts" to cancel their UK or Irish tours

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UK industry associations including the Concert Promoters Association, Association of Independent Festivals and Entertainment Agents’ Association, along with Coda Agency, Music Venue Trust and…

umbrella group UK Music, have written to the Home Office to urge a rethink of new guidance that requires American artists to apply for British visas if arriving via the Irish republic.

The letter, delivered today by Alex Sobel MP to immigration minister Caroline Nokes, calls on Nokes to reverse changes to recent certificate…

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