Cost of UK standard visitor visa

The cost of a UK standard visitor visa is £95. The long-term standard visa fee depends on your length of stay.

UK Standard Visitor Visa Application Fees:

Processing time for the UK standard visitor visa

The UK standard visitor visa comes within 3 weeks of attending the appointment at the visa application center.

Eligibility Criteria for a UK Visitor Visa

When submitting an application for the following, you must be able to provide the UK Visa and Immigration Officer with proof of the following:

Regular UK standard visitor visa 

To apply for a regular UK standard visitor visa you need to convince the immigration officer about the following;

• You will be leaving the country by the end of the trip
• Capable of supporting yourself while staying in the UK
• You can pay for your onward or return journey
• Purpose of visiting the UK

Long-term UK standard visitor visa

• You will only need this to come to the UK for a visit like on holiday, to attend a meeting, or to see family.
• You will leave the country at the end of each visit

UK standard visitor visa as an academic 

You need to prove that you are highly qualified in your field.

Visiting the UK upon an invitation letter while on sabbatical leave from the home university.

• You ought to engage in an official conversation with your colleague in the UK
• You ought to do your research
• Alternatively, you ought to participate in the clinical work, teaching, or research of others. However, this shouldn’t entail hiring a teacher on a long-term basis

UK standard visitor visa for private medical treatment

You should be able to prove that-

• You need private medical care or consultation in the UK for a medical condition you have
• You have either made or paid for the consultation or treatment
• You can support yourself without acquiring public funding
• Payment for your subsequent or return trip is available
• After the course of treatment is over or your visa expires, you will depart the UK.

UK standard visitor visa as an organ donor

• You are a family member and genetically belong to the recipient
• You have a close personal relationship with the recipient.

UK transit visa

If you are not from the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland and want to depart the UK  in less than 48 hours, you can apply for a visitor-in-transit visa.

• If you want to bypass UK Immigration control, you can apply for a direct airside transit visa.
• However, you will need to make a distinction between the two if you intend to pass through UK border control.

Marriage visitor visa

• • This type of visitor visa allows you to get married in the United Kingdom.
  • Register a civil partnership or get married in the UK 
  • Give notice of a civil partnership or marriage in the UK. 
  • Not stay or settle in the UK after marriage or civil partnership

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