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Skip to content A UK Visitor Visa is available to foreign nationals who want to visit friends and relatives or spend a vacation in the UK.
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If you plan to stay in the UK, you will most likely need to apply for a Standard Visitor Visa (UK). Visitor visas in the UK let you stay for up to six months and may be used for work or pleasure, among other things.
Depending on why you want to come, there are different types of visitor visas. You can get a business visit visa, a tourist visa to visit the UK for vacations, an academic visit visa, a marriage guest visa to get married or form a civil partnership, and more.
In general, all Standard UK Visitor Visas are short-term visas that let the person stay for no more than six months. You are free to come and go from the UK as long as your visa is still valid.
As a non-EEA citizen looking for a vacation visa, the normal visiting visa to UK territories will let you enjoy your time off for up to six months. A UK standard visa, also called a UK tourist visa, is what you need if you are coming to see family, see places, or just travel in general. Tourists from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to visit the UK usually need a standard tourist visa.
As long as you need to enter the UK for short-term business reasons, like conferences, events, or business meetings, the general visitor visa UK will let you do business there for up to six months. It will not let you work for money with companies in the UK. If you want to do more business, you might need to apply for a different type of visa, like a UK Business Visa.
This type of visa lets you study for up to six months. If you want to apply, you need to show proof that you have been accepted into a study or module that lasts less than three months.
With a standard tourist visa, you can go to the UK for things like private medical care.
If you are not from an EEA country or Switzerland, you need to fill out an application form on the gov.uk website in order to get a normal visa.
But the rules for getting a UK visa can be hard to understand, and there may be more options based on where you live. If you’re not sure if you need a tourist visa to visit the UK, you should talk to a lawyer or check the Home Office website.
While you are in the UK with a Visitor Visa, you can do the following things for up to 6 months:
If you have a Visitor Visa UK, you won’t be able to:
In order to be eligible for a UK Visitor Visa, applicants must meet the following basic requirements:
There may be other requirements you’ll have to meet if you want to come to the UK to study, do a placement, or take a test. You might have to fulfil these requirements if you are an academic, a senior doctor, or a dentist, or you need medical treatment. If you want to apply for a UK travel visa, you can talk to one of our immigration lawyers for free.
The Home Office will check that you really want to visit by looking at your reasons for coming, your past immigration records, the number and length of visits you’ve made before, your personal and financial ties to your home country, and other things.
Being a guest in the UK, the Home Office doesn’t say how much money you need. They will figure out how much your stay is likely to cost (meals, lodging, transportation, etc.) and compare that to the money you have on hand. Additionally, they will look at your current debts to see if you are likely to have enough money to pay for your stay here.
The Home Office will want to be sure that you are not coming to the UK on a Visitor Visa and then staying there by making more trips. They’ll look at your travel history, the reason you’re going, how long you plan to stay, how many times you’ve been to the UK in the last 12 months (and how long you stayed each time), how long it’s been since your last visit, and whether you’ve spent more time in the UK than in your home country.
Along with your application for a visit visa for UK, you must send proof to the Home Office to show that you are eligible for one. If you don’t have an EEA visa, you’ll need to show that: