Student Visa: Tier 4-Adult

This section explains how an adult student can apply for a student visa under tier 4 of the points-based system:

You can apply as an adult student if you are coming to the United Kingdom for your post-16 education. Here you will find information on visa cost, application form, study visa extension and eligibilty for Tier 4 student visa.

check out related information on:

• UK VISA: Complete procedure
• Sponsoring a Student
• Student Visitor

Adult student:
If you are 16 or 17 years old and want to study a course at National Qualification Framework level 3 or above, you can agree with your approved education provider either to apply as an adult or child. Those studying for an English language qualification at Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A2 or above must apply as an adult student. See Studying as a child for more information on how to apply as a child student.

How long can I come for and how long will it be extended?

Type of course --------Length of course ----- Length of stay allowed

Degree level or above --- 12 months or more ------The full length of the course + 4 months
Degree level or above ----6 -12months ------------The full length of the course +2 months
Pre-sessionalCourse -----Less than 6 months ----- The full length of the course + 1 month. Short course ------------ Less than 6 months ----- The full length of the course + 7 days.

Below degree level ------ 1 - 3 years -------------- The full length of the course +4 months Below degree level ------ 6 - 12 months ----------- The full length of the course +2 months Postgraduate doctors ----Upto of 3 years ----------The full length of the course +1 months and dentists

How much does a student visa cost?
The student visa application fee depends on where you apply from:

Inside the United Kingdom by post - £357

Inside the United Kingdom at a Public Enquiry Office (PEO) - £565

Outside the United Kingdom - £145

What application form should I use?
If you are applying from inside the United Kingdom, you should use the Tier 4 (general) application form, which you can find on the right side of this page.
If you are applying from outside the United Kingdom, go to our Application form page

What do I need to apply?

Points for Visa letter and Maintanace fund:

You need 40 points to be able to apply for a student visa and must provide the proof needed with your application form.

Points --- 30

What you gets points for --- Doing a course (at an acceptable level) with an approved education provider (also known as sponsorship)

Proof and documents needed --- Visa letter from your approved education provider, and the documents used to get the visa letter

Points ---10
What you gets points for --- Having enough money to cover your course fees and monthly living costs (also known as maintenance)
Proof and documents needed --- Bank statement or letter confirming that you have enough money available to cover your course fees and monthly living costs for up to one year, at the time you submit your application.

Money needed:
The money that you need includes course fees and monthly living costs. The monthly living costs needed depends on where you are studying.

Length of course----Where will study -------------- Money needed

9 months or less ------In London -------Course fees + £800 for each month of the course

9 months or less------Outside London --Course fees + £600 for each month of the course

More than 9 months --In London -------First year of fees+£7,200 to cover the first year in UK

More than 9 months --Outside London--First year of fees +£5,400 to cover the first year in UK

Visa letter for adult students:

The visa letter for adult student is an official offer letter which the education provider gives you. You must provide the visa letter with your application form as part of your documents and proof. It shows that you are studying a course (at an acceptable level) with an approved education provider and are able to get 30 points.

ID cards and biometrics:

Your identity card is proof of your permission to stay in the United Kingdom and shows any conditions you must meet while you are here. It helps your approved education provider see what you are entitled to. The card enables you to confirm your identity, what rights you have to study or work here and to access public services.

If you are applying from inside the United Kingdom, you will have to apply for an identity card for foreign nationals.

You must have your photograph taken and give your fingerprints, which are known as your biometric information.

If you are applying from outside the United Kingdom, you will have to check with local visa application centre to see what biometrics you need to give.

What do I need to apply for extension?
You need 40 points to be able to apply for a student visa for your extension and must provide the proof needed with your application form. and your extension will be depending on length of your current course as it is mentioned in the above table.

Points ---30

What you gets points for --- Doing a course (at an acceptable level) with an approved education provider (also known as sponsorship)

Proof and documents needed --- Visa letter from your approved education provider, and the documents used to get the visa letter

Points ---10

What you gets points for --- Having enough money to cover your course fees and monthly living costs (also known as maintenance)

Proof and documents needed --- Bank statement or letter confirming that you have enough money available to cover your course fees and monthly living costs for up to one year, at the time you submit your application

You must be able to prove that the money you need to apply has been in your account for 28 days before you submit your application.

Sponsored students extension
If you are in the United Kingdom as a postgraduate doctor or dentist or as a student and are being sponsored, or if your sponsorship ended in the last 12 months, we must receive consent from your sponsor to give you permission to stay. If your sponsor does not give this permission, we will refuse your application. If you received private sponsorship during your studies, we do not need your sponsor's consent. You should send an original letter from your sponsor giving us their consent for us to allow to you stay in the United Kingdom.

Sponsoring a migrant

How do I sponsor a migrant and Categories of migrant are explained in this section.
You must have a licence to sponsor skilled workers, temporary workers or students under the new points-based system.
To get a licence, you must apply online and send your payment and documents to support your application.
Before you apply, you should check whether you are eligible to apply for a licence, and make sure that you have the right human resource (HR) systems in place to comply with your sponsorship duties.

what kind of licence?
If you have a number of different offices, locations or campuses you can register in a number of ways. You need to decide whether:

• you are applying for a single licence that includes the head office and all branches in the United Kingdom;
• each branch is applying for a separate licence; or
• you are grouping a number of branches in a single licence.

If you are registering as 'group of branches', you must list all the branches that you wish to include in this registration and give their addresses. Where necessary, use a separate sheet and send this in with your submission sheet.

how many people will you need?
You will need to provide an estimate of the number of certificates of sponsorship you expect to issue each year. You can use your past work permit take up, your turnover of staff and any expansion plans as guides. Do not forget to check whether any of your existing work permit holders will require an extension over the coming 12 months.

The role of the sponsor:
Migrants applying under any tier except tier 1 will need to be sponsored in order for their application to be successful.

If a United Kingdom organisation wishes to recruit a migrant under tiers 2, 4 or tier 5:

• Temporary Workers they will have to apply to us for a sponsor licence.
• Under tiers 2 and 5: Temporary Workers, the sponsor will need to be a United Kingdom based employer.
• Under tier 4, the sponsor will need to be a United Kingdom based educational institution.
  Migrants wishing to come to the United Kingdom
• Under Tier 5: Youth Mobility do not require a United Kingdom based employer.

Ratings:
As a licensed sponsor, you will be given an A rating or a B rating and you will be added to our published register of sponsors. Sponsors that they think could be a risk to immigration control or those who do not have the correct systems in place will be given a B rating. B-rated sponsors must follow a sponsorship action plan designed to help them become A-rated or they risk losing their licence.

Certificates of sponsorship:
Sponsors are responsible for assigning certificates of sponsorship to migrants. As well as having a certificate of sponsorship, migrants must also pass a points-based assessment to come to or stay in the United Kingdom.

This section explains migrants coming to the United Kingdom must have sponsorship under tiers 2, 4 and 5 of the points-based system to study or work.

Categories of migrant:
Categories of skilled worker
Categories of temporary worker
Categories of student
General visitor - Other than PBS

If you are sponsoring a general visitor to come to the United Kingdom you should read the General Visitor Sponsor section for details of the eligibility requirements you and your general visitor will need to meet.

This section tells you how to apply for a licence to sponsor migrant workers or students under the points-based system.

Categories of student:
Tier 4 (Child ) student category.
Tier 4 (General) student category.

For more information on sponsoring a student checkout Sponsoring a Student

Categories of temporary worker:
Tier 5 - creative and sporting category
Tier 5 - charity worker category
Tier 5 - religious worker category
Tier 5 - government authorised exchange category
Tier 5 - international agreement category
Tier 5 - youth mobility scheme category

Sponsoring Tier 5 creative and sporting category:

To get a licence for creative workers and their entourage, you must be operating, or intend to operate, in the creative industries. For example, as a national body, event organiser, producer, venue, agent or other similar organisation. Where applicable, you must follow the codes of practice when taking into account the needs of the resident labour market in that field.

If the migrants sponsor is an agent and there is no more than a maximum of 14 calendar days between each engagement, the sponsor can issue a single certificate of sponsorship to cover the whole period. However, if the migrant is sponsored by the individual venues, producers or promoters, then each sponsor should issue a certificate of sponsorship to cover its own show. These certificates of sponsorship must not overlap.

If there is no more than a maximum of 14 calendar days between each engagement, then permission to enter will be given to cover the whole period. However, if there is a gap of more than 14 calendar days between engagements, then this will not be possible. The migrant will have to leave the United Kingdom and apply for permission to enter again.

Sponsoring Tier 5 charity worker category:
To get a licence under this category, you must be a genuine (bona fide) religious institution, which:

• Is a registered, excepted or exempt United Kingdom charity according to the relevant charity legislation in force in its part of the United Kingdom, or is an ecclesiastical corporation (either corporation sole or body corporate) established for charitable purposes. In Northern Ireland the organisation must have obtained charitable status for tax purposes from HM Revenue and Customs. Charities who are not registered according to the relevant charity legislation must explain the reason for non-registration when they apply; and
• Include any religious belief or similar philosophical belief in something transcendental, metaphysical or ultimate;
• Exclude any philosophical or political belief concerned with man, unless that belief is similar to religious belief; and
• does not exclude from its community on the basis of gender, nationality or ethnicity; and
• receives financial and material support for its core religious ministry from its congregation or community on a voluntary basis only, without promise or coercion; and
• does not breach, or encourage others to breach, any United Kingdom legislation; and
• does not operate against the public interest, or in a way that has a detrimental effect on personal or family life as these are commonly understood in the United Kingdom.

Sponsoring Tier 5 - international agreement category:

You must be a diplomatic mission or an international organisation recognised by the United Kingdom to get a licence to sponsor of private servants in diplomatic households or households of officials working for international organisations.
Diplomatic missions and international organisations must send a signed letter from the head of the mission or organisation, or his or her delegated person, confirming that they want a sponsor licence. You must show that the job or employment involved is covered by the terms of the agreement concerned.

Categories of skilled worker:
Tier 2 - skilled worker category
Tier 2 - intra-company transfer category
Tier 2 - sports people category
Tier 2 - ministers of religion category

Sponsoring Tier 2 - skilled worker category:

• Employment agencies can only join the register of sponsors as a sponsor to employ migrants who are not settled workers within their own organisation. you will not get a licence if you are only supplying personnel to another employer.
• You must show that the vacancy is associated with a particular job, project or piece of work that it is responsible for delivering.
• If the application involves providing a service to a client under a contract, you must keep a copy of the contract between everyone involved and we may check this as part of a visit by a visiting officer.
• We will only allow you to issue a certificate of sponsorship if it is clear that you have full responsibility for determining the duties, functions and outcomes or outputs of the post.
• You may apply for a licence to issue certificates of sponsorship to migrants who are not settled in the United Kingdom and who will be employed to provide services to a client under a contract. This may mean that the person will need to work at the client's premises.

Sponsoring Tier 2 - intra-company transfer category:

To get a licence, your entity must show that it has a direct link by common ownership or control with the overseas entities that you want to bring migrants to the United Kingdom from.
Common ownership or control can be:

• one entity controls the composition of the other entity's board; or
• one entity is in a position to cast, or control the casting of, more than half the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the other entity; or
• one entity holds more than half the issued share capital of the other entity (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital); or
• both entities have a common parent entity that itself or through other entities meets one of the requirements of the first three bullet points above in relation to both entities that are the subject of the intra company transfer; or
• one entity is related to the other entity as both entities are party to a joint venture agreement.

This section explains requirements that all sponsors must meet:

• you must be a genuine organisation or sole trader operating legally in the United Kingdom;
• there must be no evidence that you are a threat to immigration control - they look at the history and background of your organisation and key personnel;
• you must nominate a level 1 user, a key contact and an authorising officer for the sponsorship management system;
• you must be able to comply with your sponsor duties - we look at your processes such as your human resource (HR) systems to make sure you can carry out your duties;
• you must send all your supporting documents when applying; and
• you must meet the additional requirements for the tier and category you are applying under.

This section explains the documentaion to folllow:

Make sure you send the correct documents in support of your application. You must send original documents or certified copies (including a signed statement, either by the issuing authority or by a solicitor or notary, confirming that it is an accurate copy of the original). Any documents that we request to see that are not in English must be accompanied by a certified translation. The translator's credentials should be provided, along with their official confirmation that the translation is accurate.

Mandatory documents:
Certain documents are always required. These are shown in list A of Appendix A of the full policy guidance. We will refuse your application if you do not provide the appropriate mandatory documents.

Primary documents with exceptions:
The documents in list B of Appendix A of the full policy guidance are required (mandatory) for certain types of organisation in certain sectors. We will refuse your application if you do not provide the appropriate mandatory documents

Secondary documents:
The documents in list C of Appendix A of the full policy guidance can be provided in addition to the mandatory documents but cannot replace the mandatory documents.

Sending original documents:
You must send the original documents or certified copies. A certified copy is one that includes a signed statement, either by the issuing authority or by a solicitor or notary, confirming that it is an accurate copy of the original document. Any documents that are request to see are not in English or Welsh must be accompanied by a certified translation. The translator's credentials should be provided, along with their official confirmation that the translation is accurate

List of supporting documents:
You should read the list of supporting documents in Appendix A of the full policy guidance in the Guidance for sponsor applications. It tells you what supporting documents you should send.
To use the list, you should:

• choose your type of organisation;
• read the guidance, which gives you further instructions on the types of documents your organisation needs to send; and
• find out what mandatory documents (list A), primary documents (list B) with exceptions, and secondary documents (list C), you must send.

You can also download a copy of the sponsor application form (PDF 459k - opens in a new window) in order to help prepare your application

This section explains how migrants must apply for permission to enter or stay:

All migrants who want to come under sponsorship must get permission to enter before they come to the United Kingdom, except non-visa nationals in the tier 5 - creative and sporting categories wanting to come for less than three months.

Migrants will need permission to come to the United Kingdom (known as 'entry clearance') and a biometric identity card before entering the United Kingdom.

Migrants cannot apply for permission to enter or stay without a certificate of sponsorship. But a certificate of sponsorship does not guarantee that they will be given permission to enter or stay.

Student Visitor

This section explains how you can come to the United Kingdom as a student visitor,Eligibility,Extension and sponsorship:

A student visitor can come to the United Kingdom for up to six months.

Check out related information on:

• UK VISA : Application fees
• UK VISA : Application Forms
• UK VISA: Complete procedure
• Student Visa: Tier 4-Adult
• Student Visa: Tier 4- Child
• General Visitor

Eligibility:
If you are coming to the United Kingdom as a visitor to study you must:

• Genuinely be seeking entry as a student visitor for the limited period you tell us you require that does not exceed six months.
• Have been accepted on a course of study that will be provided by an organisation which is:
  1. The holder of a sponsor licence for Tier 4 of the points- based system, or
  2. accredited by a UK Border Agency approved accrediation body, or
  3. an overseas higher education institution offering only part of their programmes in the United Kingdom, holding their own national accreditation and offering programmes that are of an equivalent level to a United Kingdom degree
• Leave the United Kingdom at the end of the visit you told us about
• Support and pay for accommodation for yourself and any dependants without help from public funds; or
  ensure that you and your dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends and not take employment; and
• Be able to meet the cost of the return or onward journey.
• You must not;

1. take employment in the United Kingdom;
2. engage in business, produce goods or provide services within the UK , including selling goods or services direct to members of the public;
3. study at a government-funded school;
4. be a child under the age of 18;
5. undertake part-time (up to 20 hours), or full-time vacation employment;
6. undertake a work placement or internship (paid or unpaid) as part of your course of study; or
7. extend your stay in the United Kingdom.

Applying:
If you wish to come here as a student visitor for a course of less than six months, you must meet the same entry clearance requirements as General visitors.

Extending your stay:
You will not be able to extend your stay in the United Kingdom as a student visitor. There are no provisions in the student visitor rules for extensions to be granted. You can only obtain leave (permission to enter the United Kingdom) as a student visitor by applying for a student visitor visa at a British diplomatic post abroad or by seeking leave from an immigration officer when you arrive in the United Kingdom.

For further information see General visitors. For information on how to obtain a sponsor licence and accreditation, see How do I sponsor a migrant?

Studying in the UK

This section includes a number of quick guides for students applying for a visa to come to the United Kingdom to study:

16 and 17 year old students applying to come for more than six months You and your approved education provider should agree whether you need to apply for an adult or child student visa. If you will be studying a course below National Qualification Framework level 3, you must apply as a child student. If your course is at National Qualification Framework level 3 (or equivalent) or above and is longer than two years, we recommend you apply as an adult student. If you want to study for an English language qualification at Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level A2 or above, you must apply as an adult student.

Check out related information on:

• Sponsoring a student.
• Visa letter for adult student
• Visa letter for child student
• Student Visa: Tier 4-Adult
• Student Visa: Tier 4- Child
• UK VISA: Complete procedure

Types of student visa:

Child student : You can apply as a child student if you are between 4 and 17 years old. If you are between 4 and 15 years old, you must be coming to the United Kingdom to be educated at an independent fee-paying school.

Child visitor: You can apply as a child visitor if you are 17 years old or under and you want to come to the United Kingdom to do a course of study for up to six months. You will not be able to switch and apply for a child student visa while you are in the United Kingdom as a child visitor. If you want to apply for a child student visa, you must apply from the country you live in.

Adult student: You can apply as an adult student if you are coming to the United Kingdom for your post-16 education.

Student visitor: You can apply as a student visitor if you are 18 years old or over, you want to come to the United Kingdom to do a course for up to six months, and you do not want to work while you are here.You will not be able to switch and apply for an adult student visa while you are in the United Kingdom as a student visitor. If you want to apply for an adult student visa, you must apply from the country you live in.

Prospective student: You can apply as a prospective student if you want to come to the United Kingdom to help you decide which course to study or if you plan to start a course of study within six months.You will be able to switch and apply for an adult or child student visa while you are in the United Kingdom.

This is for an adult student and child student who wants to apply for a student visa under tier 4 of the points-based system:
Adult students
Child students

UK VISA: Complete procedure

This section explains the complete procedure to make an application for UK Visa:

Where to apply for UK visa?

You can apply for a visit visa or EEA family permit at any visa application centre overseas. For all other types of visa, you should apply in the country of which you are a national or where you are living.

You can apply in a number of ways, for example, by post, by courier, in person and online.

If you are applying in person you must apply at the nearest visa application centre, run by UK Visa's commercial partners, VFS Global or WorldBridge Service.

Commercial partners only collect visa application forms and supporting documents, biometric data and the visa application fee. Commercial partners are not involved in the decision making process.

We strongly recommend that you visit a Visa Application Centre (s) by prior appointment, saving you unnecessary waiting time.

How to Schedule an Appointment?

To get an appointment you should send Email to your near by visa application centre with following information:
Name and Surname of the applicant --
Passport number --
Visa category --
Visa Application Centre (s) that you would like to visit --
Preferred date and time -- provide 3 options

They will send you an email by the end of the day confirming your appointment. You need to print this out and carry it with you to the Visa Application Centre (s). You should reach the Visa Application Centre (s) 5 minutes before the appointment time.


Where do I get Application Form and Which form do I need?

You can get a form, free of charge, from your nearest visa application centre or British mission overseas that offers a visa service, or you can download the form you need from the list of Application Forms here
You will need to fill in only one application form, according to the type of application you will make. However, a separate application form must be completed for each person who is travelling with you.

You can make an application in 8 easy steps:

1. Visit the Visa Application Centre with appointment letter
2. Pay the published Visa Application Fee
3. Present a signed, dated Visa Application Form (VAF)
4. Valid Passport and its 2 set of photocopies of all the pages
5. Provide Recent Photograph in colour of size Unmounted - 45 mm x 35 mm
6. Provide covering letter for your application
7. Provide all other supporting documents mentioned by UK Border Agency
8. Consent to have their biometrics data recorded

Business and Special visitor

This section gives you general idea about business or special visitor visa for UK:

If you are coming to the United Kingdom as a business or special visitor, you can usually stay for six months unless you are:

• an academic visitor
• a doctor taking the professional and linguistic assessment board test
• a parent of a child at school
• a visitor in transit

Check out related information on:

• UK VISA: Complete procedure
• UK VISA : Application fees
• UK VISA : Application Forms
• UK VISA: Extension

Who can apply as a business visitor?

You will only need permission to come (known as 'entry clearance' or 'a visa') to the United Kingdom for a business visit of up to six months if you are a visa national.

If you a non-visa national, permission to come for up to six months is not needed as a business visitor.

If you are an academic visitor and want to come for more than six months you will need permission to come whatever nationality you are.

Multiple entry visas are available for business visitors for six months, and one, two, five and 10 years.

How to come to the United Kingdom as a business visitor.

To come to the United Kingdom as a business visitor you must be able to show that you:

• Only want to visit the United Kingdom for up to six months;
• Plan to leave the United Kingdom at the end of your visit;
• Have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working, help from public funds or you will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
• Do not intend to charge members of the public for services provided or goods received;
• Do not intend to study;
• Can meet the cost of the return or onward journey;
• Are based abroad and have no intention of transferring your base to the United Kingdom even temporarily;
• Receive your salary from abroad.
• You must also show that you plan to do one or more of the permissible activities which include:
  1. Attending meetings, including interviews that have been arranged before coming to the United Kingdom, or conferences;
  2. Arranging deals or negotiating or signing trade agreements or contracts;
  undertaking fact finding missions;
  conducting site visits;
  3. Delivering goods and passengers from abroad such as lorry drivers and coach drivers provided they are genuinely working an international route;
  4. Tour group couriers who are contracted to a firm outside the United Kingdom, who are seeking entry to accompany a tour group and who intend to leave with that tour group;
  5. Speaking at a conference where this is not run as a commercial concern and the conference is a 'one of';
  Representing computer software companies by coming to install, debug or enhance their products. Representatives of such companies may also be admitted as business visitors in order to be briefed as to the requirements of a United Kingdom customer but if they are to provide a service involving the use of their expertise to make a detailed assessment of a potential customer's requirements this should be regarded as consultancy work for which entry under the points-based system would be required;
  6. Representing foreign manufacturers by coming to service or repair their company's products within their initial period of guarantee;
  7. Representing foreign machine manufacturers by coming to erect and install machinery too heavy to be delivered in one piece, as part of the contract of purchase and supply;
  8. Interpreting or translating for visiting business persons, provided the interpreter/translator is employed by the overseas company and is coming solely to provide this service for the visiting company member.
  9. Monteurs - workers, for example fitters or servicepersons coming for up to six months to erect, dismantle, install, service, repair or advise on the development of foreign-made machinery;
  10. Board-level Directors attending board meetings in the United Kingdom provided they are not employed by a United Kingdom company, although they may be paid a fee for attending the meeting.

Others who are business visitors.

Business visitors include:

• Academic visitors (may enter or stay for twelve months maximum, subject to entry clearance if over 12 months).
• Doctors taking the professional and linguistic assessment board (PLAB)
• Doctors coming for clinical attachment or dentists coming for observation
• Visiting professors accompanying students undertaking study abroad programmes. See guidance for further information.
• Film crews on location shoots only, provided they are employed or paid by an overseas company.
• Representatives of overseas news media provided they are employed or paid by an overseas company and are gathering information for an overseas publication or programme.
• Secondees from overseas companies.
• Religious workers undertaking some preaching or pastoral work during a business visit (eg to attend a conference), provided their base is abroad and they are not taking up an office, post or appointment.
• Interpreters and translators employed by an overseas company who are coming to the UK solely to accompany and provide a service to business visitors from the company.
• Advisers, consultants, trainers or trouble shooters employed abroad by the same company to which the client firm in the UK belongs, provided this does not amount to employment paid or unpaid for the UK branch;
• Persons undertaking specific, one-off training in techniques and work practices used in the UK.

Who can apply as a special visitor?

You can come to the United Kingdom as a special visitor if you are coming:

• As child visitor;
• For private medical treatment;
• For marriage;
• As a parent of a child at school;
• As a student visitor;
• As a prospective student;
• As a visitor in transit.

Special visitors can come to the United Kingdom for up to six months unless:

• You are a parent of a child at school, you you can stay for up to 12 months; or
• If you are a visitor in transit, you can stay for 48 hours.

Can my dependants come to the United Kingdom?

If you are coming to the United Kingdom as a special visitor, your dependants can also come for up to six months. Your dependants are a wife, husband, civil partner, same sex partner, unmarried partner and child under the age of 18 years old. Your dependants may need permission to enter before they come.

Usefull Links and Contacts

Here we are suggesting some usefull links:

Home office: UK Border Agency - http://ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/

UK Visa operation agency: http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/

UK Visa online processing : Visa4UK -http://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/Welcome.htm

UK Visa application centres overseas: http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/wheretoapply/

UK Visa services commercial partners:
VFS Global - http://www.vfsglobal.com/applyforvisa.html#uk
WorldBridge Service - https://www.visainfoservices.com/

General Visitor : Document list

This section explains what documents you should have when coming to the United Kingdom as a general visitor.

There is no set list of documents which should be provided as this varies depending on the category that you are applying for. The guidance notes list the documents most commonly asked for.

Here we providing list of documents which mandatory for Visa Application.

• A signed, dated Visa Application Form (VAF)
• Provide the required Photographs -Please provide your recent photograph (not more than six months old). 1. The photographs should be in colour. 2. Taken against a light background (white or off-white)so that features are Cleara and good quality 3. Printed on normal photographic paper. 4. Unmounted - 45 mm x 35 mm in size; full face (without sunglasses and normally without a hat or other head covering, unless the applicant wears such items because of their religious belief or ethnic background).
• Provide a Passport & Photocopy of all the pages with attestation by Guedgeted officer(or other travel documents where specified by UKVisas)- for all applicants travelling to the UK- which correspond to data in the VAF (name, passport number, expiry date)- which have not expired- which have at least one page free in the visa pages for the insertion of a vignette.
• Pay the published visa application fee and
• Covering Letter
• Consent to have their Biometrics data recorded.

Select appropriate documents from below list as your supporting documents

• If you are employed a letter from your employer granting leave of absence from your job for a specified period. The letter should also say how long you have been employed by that employer, in what job(s) and should indicate when you are expected back at work.- Leave sanction letter, Company ID card.
• If you are self-employed, evidence of your business activities and financial standing - Income Tax Paper, Bank statements, Planned appointment letter.
• Evidence of any property you own in your home country-Property Ownership Documents
• If you are a student, a letter from your school or college stating which course you are on, its start and finish dates and the dates of the holiday period during which you intend to visit the United Kingdom- School Permission letter
• It will also help if you can show that you have family or social ties and responsibilities to return to - Marriage Certificate, Land Ownership/ property ownership
• Evidence of any firm travel plans you have made- Travel tickets, Accommadation booking for certain periods
• Bank statements going back over a period of several months and
• Evidence of savings available to you.- 3-6 months bank statements, Travellers Cheque.

If you are getting financial support and accommodation from your sponsor and/or pay for your travel to the United Kingdom,

You will need the following as evidence that your sponsor is able to do so

• A letter of sponsorship explaining relationship between you and your sponosor, the purpose of the visit and where you will stay and your travel expenses will carried by them-Sponsors Invitation/Sponsorship letter.
• Evidence of their immigration status in the United Kingdom - Sponsors Visa stamped page copy
• Photo Identification proof of sponsor -Copy of sponsors Passport Bio-Data Page
• Evidence of their financial status and fund available to sponsor your travel expenses -Copies of sponsors bank statements and payslips for the last 6 months or A copy of sponsors savings account book.
• Accommodation proof of sponsor - Full Tenency Agreement or Property Ownership Document, Utility bills/Council Tax bill.
• National Insurance Number
• Tax paper

Please contact the visa application centre or visa section overseas where you intend to make your application for a full list of documents which you may have to provide there.

UK VISA : Application Forms

Visa application forms :

Below you will find all the application forms and guidance notes that you need to make a visa application. If you have any problems downloading the forms, please use the feedback page to let us know.

Please note that the visa application forms on this page are for use outside the United Kingdom (UK) only. If you are in the UK and making an application to the UK Border Agency you can find application forms on their website or you can call the Application Forms Unit on 0870 241 0645

Some visa application centres will only accept online applications. To find out if you can apply online please visit the Visa4UK. If you are not in the UK, and if you cannot apply online you will need to fill in a visa application form. You can get a form, free of charge, from your nearest visa application centre or British mission overseas that offers a visa service, or you can download the form you need from the list of application forms below.

Which form do I need?

You will need to fill in only one application form, according to the type of application you will make. However, a separate application form must be completed for each person that is travelling with you (for example, if you are travelling with 2 children, you must complete an application form for yourself, as well as an application form for each of the children travelling with you – so in this example 3 forms in total).

Completing the formsPlease read the guidance notes for help in completing these forms. The forms must be completed in English, using blue or black ink.

Visitor visa Application form
Application form VAF1A - General visitor
Application form VAF1B - Family visitor
Application form VAF1C - Business visitor
Application form VAF1D - Student visitor
Application form VAF1E - Academic visitor
Application form VAF1F - Marriage visitor
Application form VAF1G - Medical treatment visitor
Application form VAF1H - Visitor in transit
Application form VAF1J - Sports visitor
Application form VAF1K - Entertainer visitor
VAF Guidance notes

Other Application form
Application form VAF2 - Employment
Application form VAF3A - Prospective Student
Application form VAF3B - Student dependant
Application form VAF4A - Settlement
Application form VAF4B - Returning resident
Application form VAF5 - EEA Family Permit
Application form VAF6 - Direct Airside Transit
Application form VAF7 - Right of Abode
Application form VAF8A - Overseas Territories
Application form VAF8B - Commonwealth Countries
VAF Guidance notes

Points-Based System (PBS) Application form
Application form VAF9 - PBS Migrant
PBS Migrant guidance notes
Application form VAF10 - PBS Dependant
PBS Dependant guidance notes

Self-Assessment form for Point Based System application.
You must complete the correct self-assessment form, from the list below, and submit a printed copy with the application form VAF9. The self-assessment form must be completed after you have obtained your points score from the electronic Self - Assessment Points Calculator (not available for Appendices 8 and 9)

PBS Appendix 1 General Migrant self assessment form
PBS Appendix 2 Investor self assessment form
PBS Appendix 3 Entrepreneur self assessment form
PBS Appendix 4 Post-Study Work self assessment form
PBS Appendix 5 Skilled Worker self assessment form
PBS Appendix 6 Temporary Worker assessment form
PBS Appendix 7 Youth Mobility Scheme assessment form
PBS Appendix 8 General Student self assessment form
PBS Appendix 9 Child Student self assessment form

Extention application form under PBS and HSMP
Form for extension application Tier 1 general
PBS dependent extention application form
Form for extension application under HSMP

Sponsorship Undertaking Form (SU07)
If you are applying for settlement as the parent, grandparent or other dependent relative of someone in the UK, your sponsor needs to complete and sign the Sponsorship Undertaking Form (SU07) below. By signing this form, your sponsor confirms that they will be responsible for your maintenance and accommodation in the UK. You should include this completed form when you make your settlement application.
Sponsorship undertaking form

Extention application form for other category
Application form FLR(BUS)
Application form FLR(BID)
Application form FLR(M)
Application form FLR(O)
Application form HPDL

UK VISA : Application fees

Here is the fee list for different types of UK Visa :

Guidance notes and fees for visa extensions, nationality and right of abode applications, for applicants who are already in the UK, are available on the UK Border Agency website.

Dependants are charged the same fee as the main applicant. All dependants who are travelling must pay the fee whether or not they are included in the main applicant's passport.

Fees are subject to periodic review.
Visa fees are non-refundable but if a payment has been made and the application is not submitted or if the applicant refuses to provide biometrics details with their application, then we will refund the fee.

All the fees below are quoted in pounds sterling, but are usually payable in local currency. Please contact your nearest visa application centre to find out what the local fees are and how you can pay for your visa.

These fees are effective for all visa applications made from 6 April 2009.

Category - Visit ------------------------------------------------ Fee (£)
Approved Destination Status (ADS) Agreement with China, up to 30 days only ---- 67
Single, double and multiple visit, valid up to 6 months --- 67
Single or double visit up to 1 month (India only) --- 46
Longer term multiple entry (1 to 2 years) --- 215
Longer term multiple entry (5 years) --- 400
Longer term multiple entry (10 years) --- 500
Entertainer visitor --- 67
Business visitor - general --- 67
Business visitor - academic visitor (up to 12 months) --- 67
Business visitor - visiting professor --- 67
Business visitor - religious worker --- 67
Business visitor - film crew --- 67
Business visitor - clinical attachments/dental observations (up to 6 weeks) --- 215
Business visitor - PLAB test --- 215
Special visitor - marriage/civil partnership --- 67
Special visitor - medical treatment --- 67
Special visitor - visitor in transit --- 46
Special visitor - student visitor, up to 6 months --- 67
Special visitor - child visitor --- 67
Special visitor - prospective student --- 67
Special visitor - parent of a child at school (up to 12 months) --- 215
Sports visitor --- 67
Family visitor --- 67
Business visitor - general --- 67
Business visitor - academic visitor (up to 12 months) --- 67
Business visitor - visiting professor --- 67
Business visitor - religious worker --- 67
Business visitor - film crew --- 67
Business visitor - clinical attachments/dental observations (up to 6 weeks) --- 215
Business visitor - PLAB test --- 215
Special visitor - marriage/civil partnership --- 67
Special visitor - medical treatment --- 67
Special visitor - visitor in transit --- 46
Special visitor - student visitor, up to 6 months --- 67
Special visitor - child visitor --- 67
Special visitor - prospective student --- 67
Special visitor - parent of a child at school (up to 12 months) --- 215
Sports visitor --- 67

Category: Study (non points-based system) --------------- Fee ( £)
Dependant of prospective student applicant --- 67
Dependant of student applicant --- 145

Category: Employment (non points-based system) ------- Fee (£)
Work permit holder --- 215
Work permit/HSMP dependant --- 215
Off Shore Workers --- 215
Overseas domestic worker - private household --- 215
EC Business Association Agreement --- 215
Sole representative --- 215
UK Ancestry --- 215
Seasonal agricultural worker --- 215
Dependants of any of the above --- 215
Vander Elst --- Free of charge
Swiss Posted Worker --- Free of charge

Category: Settlement ----------------------------------------- Fee (£)
Spouse/civil partner of a settled person --- 585
Unmarried/same sex partner of a settled person --- 585
Fiancé(e)/proposed civil partner of a settled person --- 585
Child or dependent relative of a settled person --- 585
Adopted child of settled person --- 585
Family reunion --- Free of charge
Former UK Armed Forces --- 585

Category: Points-based system (PBS) ----------------------- Fee (£)
Tier 1 general applicant --- 675
Dependant of tier 1 general applicant --- 675
Tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement) --- 250
Dependant of tier 1 general applicant with HSMP letter (transitional arrangement) -- 250
Tier 1 investor or entrepreneur --- 675
Dependant of tier 1 investor or entrepreneur --- 675
Tier 1 post study applicant --- 265
Dependant of tier 1 post study applicant --- 265
Tier 1 general applicant - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia --- 615
Dependant of tier 1 general applicant - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia --- 615
Tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement) - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia --- 230
Dependant of tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement) - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia --- 230
Tier 2 applicant --- 265
Dependant of tier 2 applicant --- 265
Tier 2 applicant - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia --- 245
Dependant of tier 2 applicant - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia --- 245
Tier 4 (general) student applicant --- 145
Dependant of tier 4 (general) student applicant --- 145
Tier 4 (child) student applicant --- 145
Chevening Scholarship or Fellowship --- Free of charge
British Marshall Scholarship --- Free of charge
Fulbright Scholarship --- Free of charge
Tier 5 applicant (temporary worker) --- 125
Dependant of tier 5 applicant (temporary worker) --- 125
Tier 5 applicant (temporary worker) - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia --- 110
Dependant of tier 5 applicant (temporary worker)-national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia --110
Tier 5 applicant (youth mobility scheme) --- 125

Category: Exempt -------------------------------------------- Fee (£)
Diplomats: official visit/posting --- Free of charge
Members of international organisations on official visits --- Free of charge
Member of UK or visiting forces --- Free of charge

Category: Others --------------------------------------------- Fee (£)
Course F --- 67
Exercise the right of access to a child --- 215
Parent/primary carer of an EEA national child --- 215
Family member of an EEA national --- Free of charge
Family member of a Swiss national --- Free of charge
Handling applications on behalf of Commonwealth Countries/Overseas Territories --- 47
Forwarding documents to Commonwealth Countries/Overseas Territories (additional fee)--63
Returning resident --- 215
Right of Abode Certificate of Entitlement --- 215
Joining ship/aircraft --- 46
Direct Airside Transit (DAT) --- 46
Turkish nationals to establish in business --- Free of charge
Vignette transfer --- 75
Mobile biometrics/call out charge £128 an hour up to a maximum of £922 for each 24 hour period