Entry Requirements for Ministers of Religion

The Boarder and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has put on to its website material explaining how individuals can apply to come to work in the UK as a minister of religion, missionary or a member of a religious order. The website (which contains application forms for individuals to complete) gives details of the admission requirements in terms of qualifications and the need to show that an individual is able to communicate well in English, and also information on how an individual can extend their visa or apply to settle permanetly in the UK after they have lived here for five years. This material is available at www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/ministersofreligion