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- Visitor Visa Applications - Top 10 Tips
- Refer to the guidance and obtain a visitor visa application
form free from official website: http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/vafs/.
The visitor forms are VAF1 A-K - depending on the purpose
of your visit.
- Apply in good time - allow a minimum of 5 working days
for your visa to be processed if you have travelled to the
UK within the last 5 years and about 15 working days if you
have not. You can submit your visa application up to 3 months
before your intended date of travel.
- You need to provide supporting documents with your application.
These documents show that you qualify for entry to the UK
as a visitor. Even if you have travelled to the UK before,
if you do not provide this evidence, your application will
be delayed or refused. Please read the guidance on supporting
documentation and checklists on the application forms and
also available at: http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/vafs/vafsdocschecklist/
All documents must be supplied in English. Please provide
translation of all documents that are not in English along
with the document.
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As a guide, you should provide the following documents:
• bank statements, payslips or some other evidence
that you can pay for your trip and can support yourself
and accompanying dependants without working or getting help
from public funds and
• evidence that you intend to leave the UK at the end
of your visit (for example, a letter from your employer)
and
• if you are visiting family or friends, you need to
provide a letter from the person you are visiting (called
your sponsor) to explain your relationship with them and
the reason you are visiting and a copy of the page of their
UK passport with their photograph or if they are not a UK
national, evidence of their immigration status in the UK
and
• if your sponsor is paying for the cost of your visit
and supporting you when you are in the UK, you need to provide
their payslips, bank statements or some other evidence to
show you have enough money to support you.
Please note:
(i) the financial documents should be original documents
if at all possible, verifiable and from national or government
recognised institutions. The documents must show your current
salary and savings. If you supply copies, they need to be
certified by a recognised lawyer.
(ii) When you state your relationship to family members,
please remember that your brother means you have the same
parents, your aunt or uncle means a sister or brother of
one of your parents and your cousin means only a first cousin
(the son or daughter of your aunt or uncle).
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It is important that you supply all the documentation
necessary, otherwise your application will be delayed or
refused. If you do not have a particular document, explain
why.
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Do not submit forged documents or false information -
if you do, your application will be refused and you face
the possibility of a 10 year ban on travel to the UK. Do
declare previous immigration problems - no matter when or
how small.
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Fill in every box on the application form. If the question
does not apply to you, write "not applicable"
or "N/A". Use additional information boxes to
explain answers you have given.
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Do read your completed application carefully and do not
forget to sign the declaration that the information is correct.
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You will need to assemble all your documents before you
attend the visa application centre in person to submit your
application. Please refer to www.vfs-uk-ae.com
for the opening times and locations of the visa application
centres, the current fees and how to contact the centres
to make an appointment to submit your application and if
you have a question.
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