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The remainder of the available vouchers will be allocated to category A. These applications are considered broadly in the order in which they are received, but not more than 15% of the vouchers issued in category A are issued to applicants from any one country.

If you have a specific job to come to, your prospective employer in the United Kingdom should apply for a voucher for you on a form (E.D.414) which may be obtained at any office of the Ministry of Labour. If you want to apply for a voucher in category B, you must do so on a form (E.D.412) obtained from the n

st British official representative overseas.

If a voucher is issued, it will be sent to you in your own country through official channels. It will be valid for entry to the United Kingdom within six months from the date of issue, and it must be in your possession before you arrive in the United Kingdom. If you are coming for employment and do not have a voucher, you are not likely to be admitted.

15. Who can come to work without a voucher?

The following do not need vouchers:

(a) persons in the service of a Department of the United Kingdom Govern-

ment;†

(b) persons not exempt from immigration control who are coming to the United Kingdom in the employment of any Commonwealth or Colonial Government, or in the employment of the United Nations Organisation or another international organisation of which the British Government is a member;

(c) persons coming for employment that will last less than two months or for employment in sport or entertainment that will last for not more than six months;

(d) persons whose employment will be only incidental to a holiday;

(e) ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders,

including those engaged in teaching;

(f) seamen under contract to join a ship in British waters;

(g) operational (but not other) staff of overseas-owned airlines;

(h) seasonal workers engaged with the approval of the Ministry of Labour.

† The term "Department of the United Kingdom Government" does not include a nationalised industry or other public corporation.

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