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Our next coffee morning is:
2:00pm GMT | 11 March 2024
Topic: Travelling and working in Northern Ireland
Our next guest contributors are:
Úna Boyd, Immigration Project Solicitor & Coordinator, The Committee on the Administration of Justice
Post Brexit Northern Ireland sits in the unique position of being part of the UK and also shares a land border with Ireland and subsequently the EU.
Are you an artist who is planning to tour or work in Northern Ireland or a local organisation hosting international artists? You might be planning a tour across the island of Ireland and/or the UK, and unsure what is required in terms of visas?
This informal information session is aimed at artists and creative professionals travelling to Northern Ireland and engaged in short-term work (e.g. co-productions, part of a tour, or stand-alone activity).
This session will look at immigration visa and entry requirements and provide context to the unique issues to consider when entering Northern Ireland, and working across the land border.
British and Irish nationals have the right to work and move freely across Ireland and Britain under the Common Travel Area (CTA) rules without the need for visas.
Therefore, this session is more likely to be of interest to incoming international artists beyond the UK and Ireland.
Or you could be an organisation, producer, promoter, or agent working with international artists who have plans to visit Northern Ireland.
Understandably movement of goods is also part of touring and working across borders, however we won’t be explicitly covering it in this session. We will be focussing on movement of people. A future session on movement of goods is planned.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions, however we will not be able to provide advice on individual cases or scenarios during this session.
We will be recording the session which will be on our website for further reference.
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Open to all artforms, our monthly online coffee mornings can connect you with other UK-based artists and creative organisations to share cross border working challenges, plans and ambitions. Each session will feature contributions from partners and networks we work with to share current insights and key updates around international mobility.
The coffee mornings usually take place online every first Tuesday of the month between 09:30-10:30am GMT.
Session agendas are shaped by what you and our speaker bring to the day: whether it be administration for exhibitions or productions; supporting artists to come across borders with new immigration rules; or simply joining to connect with others facing similar challenges. Our aim is to create an informal, supportive network of internationally focused peers.
Automatic closed captioning is available during the sessions.