Visit Uk:
If you are coming to the UK as a visitor, you are allowed to stay for up to six months in most cases. This section explains the different types of visitor and what you are allowed to do as a visitor.
If you intend to stay here for longer than six months, you need to look at the Residency, Working or Studying
To be allowed to enter or pass through the UK, you must meet certain requirements. For information about these, and to find out what you can expect when you arrive at our border, you should know the Travel and customs.
Our service standards set out how quickly we aim to decide applications for coming to the UK as a visitor. The standard is that we will decide 65 per cent of applications within four weeks.
This section explains:
. how you can come to the UK as a general visitor:
. how you or your child can come to the UK as a child visitor:
. how you can come to the UK as a student visitor:
. how you can come to the UK as a business and special visitor:
. whether you can come to the UK for medical treatment:
. how to sponsor a visitor:
General visitors
This section explains how you can come to the United Kingdom as a general visitor.
As a general visitor, you can visit the United Kingdom for up to six months, or up to 12 months if you are accompanying an academic visitor.
.Can I come to the United Kingdom as a general visitor?
.What documents do I need?
.Can I extend my stay?
.What happens if I am refused permission?
Child visitors:
This section explains how you or your child can come to the United Kingdom as a child visitor.
A child visitor, who must be under the age of 18, can visit the United Kingdom for up to six months, or up to 12 months if they have entry clearance and are accompanying an academic visitor.
.Can I come to the United Kingdom as a child visitor?
.What documents do I need?
.Can I extend my stay?
.What happens if I am refused permission?
Student visitors:
This section explains how you can come to the United Kingdom as a student visitor. A student visitor can come to the United Kingdom for up to six months.
.Eligibility
.Applying
.Extending your stay
.Appeals
Business and special visitors:
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
This section explains:
.the different types of business visitors and what activities they can do;
.business and special visitors including visiting sportspeople and visiting entertainers who are coming for particular events.
.who is included in the definition of special visitors;
.whether you can change your conditions of stay; and
.where to find further guidance.
Private medical treatment:
.How to come to the United Kingdom for private medical treatment
.What document you need to visit the United Kingdom for private medical treatment
.How to extend your stay as a visitor for private medical treatment
.How to appeal if you are refused permission to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor for private medical treatment
Sponsoring a general visitor:
.if you are sponsoring a general visitor, what your general visitor has to do in order to qualify to come to the United Kingdom;
.what you will need to do to support the application;
.what happens when your general visitor arrives in the United Kingdom; and
.how you or your general visitor can appeal against our decision.