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My niece would like me to visit her in the UK. I'm a pastor and she wants me to officiate at the renewal of the marriage vows of her parents during their 50th wedding anniversary.

I'm in Italy, and hold a resident visa. What do I need to do to enter the UK?

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The UK operates a regime that does not recognise Italian residence visas as travel documents. Instead they go solely by what kind of passport you have. Assuming that in your case you have a Filipino passport, you would need a visa.

For the other part of your question, the rules will allow you to officiate as a pastor at a one-off event like the anniversary celebration you described (Paragraph 15, Permitted Activities, Appendix V).

You need to apply for a Standard Visitor Visa, and the Visa4UK site will help you get started.

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