Hey,,.thanks. The problem is I'm not going to be enrolled in any course of studies in UK, and I'm a full time PhD student in Australia. Thus, I cannot visit UK as a visiting research student. For all practical reasons I'll be an academic visitor, working jointly with a Prof there for few months. I think I have to apply for 'Academic Visitor' visa, but I'm wondering whether my student status in Aus would cause any problems. I called the High Commission, but the help desk people knows nothing more than what is already there in the website. Please let me know if there are other PhD student visiting UK with 'Academic Visitor' visa.

Hey..guys, I'm a 3rd year PhD student in Australia. I'm planning to visit London for 3-4 months later this year. I'll be doing some academic research there. I'm bit confused about the type of visa that I need. I've been searching through internet for a while, but seemingly there's no information regarding visas for visiting PhD students to UK. I'm wondering whether I can apply for 'Academic Visitor' visa. If you have any experience on this, please give me some advice.