Ineligible disciplines
The decision to return an application as ineligible is made by us when an applicant’s
area of practice does not come under our remit, or the remits of Pact, BFC or RIBA.
If we do not have the relevant expertise to carry out a fair assessment it is better that
we return these types of applications to UKVI as soon as possible, so that an
application can be made through a more appropriate route.
Some examples of ineligible areas of practice include (but are not limited to):
• Hair styling
• Make up for fashion
• Fashion stylists
• Editorial and fashion photography
• Commercial photography
• Photography for marketing campaigns, advertising or branding
• Modelling
• Journalism – written and photographic
• Investigative journalism
• Historians
• Manufacturing of functional items such as textiles or furniture
• Working in museums and galleries in non-creative roles such as front of house or
administration
• Design work that is not in a Visual Arts context, i.e. not created for exhibition
purposes, such as – graphic design, product design, industrial design, promotional
work, advertising, commercial design, branding, visual identity, craft design, service
design, typography
• Technical, scientific, medical, architectural or fashion illustration
• Factual podcasts
• Digital content creators such as YouTube channels and Instagram influencers/
models
• Art dealers/collectors
• Art critics
• Instrument makers
• Tattoo artists
• Martial arts
• Professional wrestling
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