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- UK Visit Visa
- General Tourist Visa
- Family visitors
- Child Visitors
- Student Visitors
- Permitted paid engagement
- Business Visit Visa
- Transit Visa
- Visitors for private medical treatment
- Prospective Students
- Parents of children at school
- Entertainer visitor
- Visitors for marriage or civil partnership
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UK Visit Visa
The United Kingdom is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Sightseeing, visiting family and friends, travelling, business trips, and even medical visits make the six-month Visitor Visa the most popular category for travellers to the UK.
A UK visit visa allows a person to travel and stay in the UK for up to six months.
Conroy Baker a UK Visitor / Tourist Visit Visa Consultant in UK has a panel of expert Solicitors, who can guide on how to get the visas without any hassles.
General Tourist Visa
If you want to visit the UK as a tourist or to stay with friends in the UK, you should apply to come here as a general visitor (or as a child visitor if you are under 18). If you are a Chinese national and you will be coming to the UK as part of a group for a maximum of 30 days, you can apply for a visa as an ADS visitor. There are restrictions on what you can do in the UK in these visitor categories. For example, you cannot get married.
- General visitors
- Child visitors
- ADS visitors
Family visitors
You can apply for a Family Visitor visa if you’re visiting a family member in the UK and you’re from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. Also your family member must also be either a British citizen or settled in the UK or have been granted asylum in the UK or under humanitarian protection in the UK.
Child Visitors
To come to the UK as a child visitor, you must be under 18 years old and be visiting the UK for no more than 6 months (or 12 months if you’re travelling with an academic visitor). In addition you should have made suitable arrangements for your travel to and your stay in the UK and have consent from your parent or guardian for your trip to the UK. There should be adequate funds to be able to pay for your return or onward journey and have enough money to support yourself without working or help from public funds, or have relatives and friends who can support and house you.
Student Visitors
If you want to study in the UK for up to 6 months (or up to 11 months if you will be studying an English Language course), and you will not work while you are here, you can come here as a student visitor (or as a child visitor if you are under 18).
If you intend to study in the UK under Tier 4 of the points-based system, but you have not completed the arrangements for your course of study, you might be able to apply for a visa as a prospective student.
If you have a child aged under 12 who will be studying in the UK under Tier 4 (Child) of the points-based system, you can apply to accompany them as a parent of a child at school.
- Student visitors
- Child visitors
- Prospective students
- Parents of children at school
Permitted paid engagement
If you would like to come to UK to do specific paid work without having to be sponsored under the points-based visa system then this could be a preferred category.
Business Visit Visa
You can apply for UK Business visit visa [sometimes also referred to as UK Business visitor visa] if you would like to visit the UK for business-related activities, for example:
- visiting the UK for a conference, meeting or training
- visiting UK to take part in a specific sports-related event
- visiting the UK for a performance if you’re an artist, entertainer or musician
- visiting the UK for research purposes or accompanying students on a study abroad program [you will be required to demonstrate that you are an academic]
- visiting the UK for clinical attachment or as a observer if you’re a doctor or dentist
- visiting the UK to take the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) test or sit the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
- visiting the UK to get funding to start, take over, join or run a business in the UK. [this refers to obtaining funding from the UK to start, take over, join or running a business and not actually running a business]
Transit Visa
If you want to come to the UK for up to 48 hours on your way to another country, you can come here as a visitor in transit. UK Visitor visas can be granted for a minimum of 6months to even 10 year multiple entry visit visas.
Visitors for private medical treatment
If you want to receive private medical treatment in the UK, you should apply to come here as a visitor for private medical treatment.
Prospective Students
For people who need to finalise their arrangements for their Tier 4 course of study in the UK. You can visit the UK as a prospective student if you intend to study in the UK under Tier 4 of the points-based system but you have not completed all the arrangements for your course of study.
For example, you can come here as a prospective student if you have been provisionally accepted on a course, with final acceptance dependent on an interview.
Parents of children at school
For people who need to finalise their arrangements for their Tier 4 course of study in the UK. You can visit the UK as a prospective student if you intend to study in the UK under Tier 4 of the points-based system but you have not completed all the arrangements for your course of study. For example, you can come here as a prospective student if you have been provisionally accepted on a course, with final acceptance dependent on an interview.
Entertainer visitor
This category is suited for individuals who would want to visit the UK You must be coming to the UK to take part in 1 or more specific performances as an individual amateur entertainer or as an amateur group or perform at a major arts festival or cultural event on the permit-free festival list or take part in music competitions or be part of the technical or support staff at the same event as a performer on an Entertainer Visitor visa, eg a sound engineer, tour manager or press officer.
Visitors for marriage or civil partnership
If you want to get married or register a civil partnership in the UK, and you intend to leave the UK soon after the ceremony, you should apply to come here as a visitor for marriage or civil partnership.
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