Visit visa
Latest from UK Visas and Immigration
Key posts on visit visas
- Basic information on visit visa criteria from gov.uk
- Online application form for visit visa applications
- Home Office guide for applicants on what documents to include
- Check processing times for your country
- Internal Home Office guidance document
- The Immigration Rules on visit visas
Business travel between the UK and EU: immigration and visa rules
Before 1 January 2021, British and EU citizens did not require a visa to travel across the Channel on a business trip. This is largely still the case post-Brexit, so we’ve been left with the appearance that nothing has really changed from a legal pe ...
28th March 2022Pakistani property tycoons excluded from the UK
A visit visa can be cancelled for a variety of reasons. One such reason is that the person’s exclusion from the UK is “conducive to the public good” due to their conduct, character and associations. The Court of Appeal considered this provision ...
6th December 2021Immigration Rule PA 7: short-term work on a visit visa
British businesses have long relied on workers from the European Union to come in for short or medium-term projects. Before Brexit, this was frictionless from an immigration perspective. People arrived, people worked, people left and businesses were h ...
6th October 2021EU citizens are being denied entry to the UK – what are the visa rules for visitors?
Travel to the UK is opening back up, but not as we previously knew it. The news has been replete with examples of EU citizens being denied entry at UK airports and detained for removal. These stories are nothing new to jaded non-European ears. But for ...
21st May 2021Musicians’ tour visa fears are overstated
No doubt you will have read about the mudslinging between the UK and EU over the lack of a visa-free deal for touring musicians and entertainers. This has been retweeted and attacked by seemingly every artist you’ve heard of, and even been debated i ...
28th January 2021New-look Appendix V: changes to UK visit visa rules from 1 December 2020
New Statement of Changes alert! With the end of EU free movement nearly here and the visitor route likely to see greater use in future, changes to the route have (in the nick of time) now been announced. A new Appendix V will replace the existing vers ...
26th October 2020