This is also known as the Standard Visitor Visa which is a UK short-stay permit that agrees its holder remain in the UK for a maximum six months. Though, the consulate office has the right to issue permits for a shorter period. This visa is formed for those that wish to travel to the United Kingdom for determinations of:
Tourism
To visit family members
Medical treatment
For professional reasons
The Standard Visitor permit has substituted the following kinds of visas:
Family Visitor visa
General Visitor visa
Child Visitor visa
Business Visitor visa, as well as permits for academics, doctors and dentists
Sports Visitor visa
Entertainer Visitor visa
Prospective Entrepreneur visa
Private Medical Treatment Visitor visa
Approved Destination Status (ADS) visa
How to Apply
The appeal for a UK visitor visa should be completed from outside the UK. The initial you can apply for this visa is 30 days before your scheduled travel to the UK. To appeal for permission to visit the UK, you have to go via these simple stages:
Discover if you are qualified for a tourist visa
Finish the online appeal form
Assemble all the needed documents
Book an appointment for visa interview
Be present in the interview
Required Documents
The documents needed to appeal for a UK tourist visa are as follows:
UK tourist visa appeal form VAF1A
Two photos in the line of the UK rules
Valid passport with a minimum of one empty page
Evidence of adequate reserves to cover living expenses while you are in the UK
Particulars about your housing in the UK. This could also be:
ID info and living address of an individual covering your travel expenses
ID info and passport number of any relative living here
Thorough travel plan. It has to include dates of your onward and backward travel
Previous travel record
Particulars about your living address in the home nation
You will require to submit your biometric info. This contains giving your fingerprints and a digital photo taken at the proper appeal centre
Invitation letter from the host
Evidence of paid UK visa charges
Proficient translations of any document that is not in either English or Welsh
Standard certificate of English language
Your criminal record
Academic and professional credentials (If you are a student).
Information about your biological/adoptive parents
Contact and info of your existing company) If you are employed in your home nation)
Tuberculosis checkup Results. Citizens of some countries will require this
Supplementary Documents to Submit
A student who is expecting to finish an exchange or research program in the UK:
Official letter of a home nation company
Official letter of the host institute/organization in the UK
If you desire to take a private medical facility in the UK:
Letter validating your medical condition issued by a UK doctor/consultant, naming your illness and the need
Evidence of having compensated the whole expenses of medical care
Letter validating you require more care (If you are necessitating for a visa extension)
If you are expecting to donate your organ to an individual in need in the UK:
Letter validating you as a donor for getting confirmed as a possible donor match
Evidence of housing in the UK of the organ recipient
Evidence that the organ receiver will be in the UK before transplantation date
If you are visiting to become a UK Businessperson in the Future:
A letter of support from venture capital firms in the UK
Letter of support from a recommended UK commercial seed funding competition
Support letter from UK departments
If you are expecting to attend a Professional Training/Assessment:
Validation letter for an agreed PLAB or OSCE test (If you are expecting to sit a PLAB/OSCE test)
Official job proposals as a clinician/dental observer (If appropriate)
Permitted to Do with A UK Visitor Visa
Job associated doings permitted for a Standard Visitor Visa owner are:
Partake in a seminar, regular conference, or training, or a sport connected event
As an artist to partake in an artistic, entertaining, or music activity
As a student to conduct a research study
As associated academic students who are about to register in Overseas Studies Programme
Involve in a medical responsibility, or a job as a witness, doctor or dentist
Commence an examination of the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) or the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Not Permitted to Do with A UK Visitor Visa
With the UK tourist visa, an owner should not use public medical facilities, should not use federal reserves, get wedded or go in a civil partnership and not declare any of them, and should not get an unpaid job.
Visa Charges
It charges £89 to appeal for a UK Tourist Visa. Though for private medical treatment agreed for six up to 11 months and for an academic to research for up to 1 year, the charge is £179. Whereas for a long-term permit for two years is £337, £612 for five years and £767 for ten years. To appeal for an extension, it charges £993 for a claim over the post and £1,583 for an appeal in person.
