UK Visitor Visa

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:

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.