Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what current restrictions are placed upon tourist visitors from China.

Chinese nationals travelling to the UK as tourists are able to use the Standard Visitor route to come to the UK for up to six months, though they will need to apply for a Standard Visitor visa prior to travel. This requirement applies to all visa national countries designated under the UK’s Immigration Rules.

The UK welcomes genuine visitors from across the world and the visitor conditions in the Immigration Rules apply to all visitors irrespective of nationality.

The Immigration Rules Appendix V: Visitor sets out the requirements for visitors coming to the UK. Visitors must leave the UK at the end of their visit and must not live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits, or make the UK their own home. A visitor must also intend to undertake one or more of the permitted visitor activities, such as visiting friends and family or coming to the UK for a holiday, and they must not intend to work or study except where this is specifically permitted.

www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor