Visit Visa

If you want to visit as a tourist or to stay with friends, you should apply as a general visitor (or as a child visitor if you are under 18).

You need to verify information about yourself and your purpose to visit.

Information About You and Your Employment

You may submit financial documents. You should consider including evidence of your total monthly income from all sources – for example, employment, friends, family, personal savings, and property. You should consider providing this information even if someone else is paying for your trip.

Accomadation and Travel Details

You might submit the documents to show your accommodation and travel arrangements abroad and the date when you intend to leave the country. We advise that you do not make any payments for accommodation, travel, and so on until you have received your visa.

Information About Your Visit

Depending on the reason for your visit, you need to provide some documents to show what you plan to do during your stay.
In some locations, you can only apply by making an online application. If you make an online application, you must also print off the application form and submit it with any supporting documents you have chosen to submit.

If you will provide financial support and accommodation for your general visitor and/or pay for his/her travel, you should send the following as evidence that you are able to do so:

• copies of your bank or building society statements and payslips for the last six months; or
• a copy of your savings account book

Validity Of Visa

Generally, visit visas are valid for 6 months. But they can be issued for longer, for 1, 2, 5, or 10 years. However, those with longer-term visas can still only stay for six months at any one time, other than Academic Visitors and parents of children at school as outlined above. Longer-term visas are generally issued to frequent travelers.