Citizenship Areas
Support for holidays, visits to friends and relatives, and other eligible personal visits to the UK.
We assess the purpose of the trip, proposed duration, personal circumstances and plans to leave the UK.
We can review the role of a UK host, proposed accommodation and financial support alongside the visitor’s own circumstances. An invitation does not guarantee permission.
The appropriate pre-travel permission depends on nationality, immigration status and circumstances. We assess whether a visitor visa, an Electronic Travel Authorisation or another arrangement is relevant. An ETA is not a visa or a guarantee of entry.
We help present a coherent application based on the intended visit and your circumstances, including any earlier immigration issues.
Review the purpose, proposed activity, travel history and personal circumstances to identify the appropriate application.
Advise on relevant supporting information and review any host, institution, event or medical-provider arrangements.
Assist with the visa application and required identity process, with advice on timing and travel plans.
Review the outcome and conditions, planned entry and the arrangements for the end of the visit.
We advise on the appropriate application service and costs. A visa application should be assessed separately from travel bookings; no outcome or decision date is guaranteed.
We help assess the visit as a whole, including earlier travel, any refusal history and the proposed itinerary.
The Standard Visitor route does not allow unrestricted employment or using repeated visits to live in the UK. The purpose of each visit must remain within the permitted activities.
Partners, children and other accompanying relatives need their own appropriate travel permission. A visitor visa does not provide a dependant route.
We review consent, travel and care arrangements for applicants under eighteen, including whether they travel alone or with an adult.
We can assess the proposed visit for each person and review the role of UK hosts or accompanying relatives. The main purpose, expected duration and personal circumstances remain relevant to each application.
Most Standard Visitor stays are limited to six months. A longer-validity visitor visa permits repeated eligible visits; it does not allow continuous residence or remove the limit applying to each stay.
A visitor granted less than six months may be able to extend to a total of six months. Staying beyond six months is limited to specified medical, academic and relevant examination or clinical-attachment circumstances. There is no general right to extend an ordinary visit beyond that limit.
We assess the current permission, purpose and proposed additional time before advising on any further application.
We can assess a later visit, review a previous refusal or advise on a separate work, study or family route. A change in plans does not automatically change your immigration conditions.
Many routes do not permit switching from visitor status inside the UK. We review eligibility and application location before you make commitments.
Standard Visitor permission is temporary and does not lead directly to settlement. It cannot be used to make the UK your main home through frequent or successive visits.
British citizenship has separate eligibility conditions. A visitor visa or ETA does not confer settlement or citizenship.
Advice on permitted business visits, professional engagements and events within the Standard Visitor rules.
We assess the proposed meetings, event, training or other business activity to determine whether it fits the visitor rules.
Visitor permission is not a general work authorisation. We review the duties, payment arrangements and UK involvement before advising.
The appropriate pre-travel permission depends on nationality, immigration status and circumstances. We assess whether a visitor visa, an Electronic Travel Authorisation or another arrangement is relevant. An ETA is not a visa or a guarantee of entry.
We help present a coherent application based on the intended visit and your circumstances, including any earlier immigration issues.
Review the purpose, proposed activity, travel history and personal circumstances to identify the appropriate application.
Advise on relevant supporting information and review any host, institution, event or medical-provider arrangements.
Assist with the visa application and required identity process, with advice on timing and travel plans.
Review the outcome and conditions, planned entry and the arrangements for the end of the visit.
We advise on the appropriate application service and costs. A visa application should be assessed separately from travel bookings; no outcome or decision date is guaranteed.
Some experts can undertake a permitted paid engagement under specific conditions. We assess the invitation, expertise and activity, including the requirement to complete that engagement within the first thirty days. Other work may require a work visa.
The Standard Visitor route does not allow unrestricted employment or using repeated visits to live in the UK. The purpose of each visit must remain within the permitted activities.
Partners, children and other accompanying relatives need their own appropriate travel permission. A visitor visa does not provide a dependant route.
We review consent, travel and care arrangements for applicants under eighteen, including whether they travel alone or with an adult.
We can assess the proposed visit for each person and review the role of UK hosts or accompanying relatives. The main purpose, expected duration and personal circumstances remain relevant to each application.
Most Standard Visitor stays are limited to six months. A longer-validity visitor visa permits repeated eligible visits; it does not allow continuous residence or remove the limit applying to each stay.
A visitor granted less than six months may be able to extend to a total of six months. Staying beyond six months is limited to specified medical, academic and relevant examination or clinical-attachment circumstances. There is no general right to extend an ordinary visit beyond that limit.
We assess the current permission, purpose and proposed additional time before advising on any further application.
We can assess a later visit, review a previous refusal or advise on a separate work, study or family route. A change in plans does not automatically change your immigration conditions.
Many routes do not permit switching from visitor status inside the UK. We review eligibility and application location before you make commitments.
Standard Visitor permission is temporary and does not lead directly to settlement. It cannot be used to make the UK your main home through frequent or successive visits.
British citizenship has separate eligibility conditions. A visitor visa or ETA does not confer settlement or citizenship.
Support for eligible short study, academic visits, research and relevant professional examinations or clinical activities.
We review the course, institution and intended activity, including eligible study of up to six months, examinations, electives or clinical attachments.
Academic exchanges and research visits have specific conditions. Some qualifying academics may be eligible for a longer visit; this is assessed separately.
The appropriate pre-travel permission depends on nationality, immigration status and circumstances. We assess whether a visitor visa, an Electronic Travel Authorisation or another arrangement is relevant. An ETA is not a visa or a guarantee of entry.
We help present a coherent application based on the intended visit and your circumstances, including any earlier immigration issues.
Review the purpose, proposed activity, travel history and personal circumstances to identify the appropriate application.
Advise on relevant supporting information and review any host, institution, event or medical-provider arrangements.
Assist with the visa application and required identity process, with advice on timing and travel plans.
Review the outcome and conditions, planned entry and the arrangements for the end of the visit.
We advise on the appropriate application service and costs. A visa application should be assessed separately from travel bookings; no outcome or decision date is guaranteed.
We assess whether the visitor rules fit the course and proposed activity. English-language study lasting over six and up to eleven months may instead fall under Short-term Study. Longer sponsored study may require Student permission.
The Standard Visitor route does not allow unrestricted employment or using repeated visits to live in the UK. The purpose of each visit must remain within the permitted activities.
See our Short-term Study and Student and Child Student services for other study routes.
Partners, children and other accompanying relatives need their own appropriate travel permission. A visitor visa does not provide a dependant route.
We review consent, travel and care arrangements for applicants under eighteen, including whether they travel alone or with an adult.
We can assess the proposed visit for each person and review the role of UK hosts or accompanying relatives. The main purpose, expected duration and personal circumstances remain relevant to each application.
Most Standard Visitor stays are limited to six months. A longer-validity visitor visa permits repeated eligible visits; it does not allow continuous residence or remove the limit applying to each stay.
A visitor granted less than six months may be able to extend to a total of six months. Staying beyond six months is limited to specified medical, academic and relevant examination or clinical-attachment circumstances. There is no general right to extend an ordinary visit beyond that limit.
We assess the current permission, purpose and proposed additional time before advising on any further application.
We can assess a later visit, review a previous refusal or advise on a separate work, study or family route. A change in plans does not automatically change your immigration conditions.
Many routes do not permit switching from visitor status inside the UK. We review eligibility and application location before you make commitments.
Standard Visitor permission is temporary and does not lead directly to settlement. It cannot be used to make the UK your main home through frequent or successive visits.
British citizenship has separate eligibility conditions. A visitor visa or ETA does not confer settlement or citizenship.
Immigration support for eligible private treatment, certain reciprocal healthcare arrangements and organ donation visits.
We assess the proposed consultation, treatment or donation visit alongside the arrangements with the relevant medical provider.
The expected treatment period, funding and intended departure need to fit the proposed visit. We review the immigration application in that context.
The appropriate pre-travel permission depends on nationality, immigration status and circumstances. We assess whether a visitor visa, an Electronic Travel Authorisation or another arrangement is relevant. An ETA is not a visa or a guarantee of entry.
We help present a coherent application based on the intended visit and your circumstances, including any earlier immigration issues.
Review the purpose, proposed activity, travel history and personal circumstances to identify the appropriate application.
Advise on relevant supporting information and review any host, institution, event or medical-provider arrangements.
Assist with the visa application and required identity process, with advice on timing and travel plans.
Review the outcome and conditions, planned entry and the arrangements for the end of the visit.
We advise on the appropriate application service and costs. A visa application should be assessed separately from travel bookings; no outcome or decision date is guaranteed.
Private medical visits and organ donation have specific conditions. Treatment expected to last longer than six months may require a longer medical visitor application. Immigration permission does not itself confer entitlement to free healthcare.
The Standard Visitor route does not allow unrestricted employment or using repeated visits to live in the UK. The purpose of each visit must remain within the permitted activities.
Partners, children and other accompanying relatives need their own appropriate travel permission. A visitor visa does not provide a dependant route.
We review consent, travel and care arrangements for applicants under eighteen, including whether they travel alone or with an adult.
We can assess the proposed visit for each person and review the role of UK hosts or accompanying relatives. The main purpose, expected duration and personal circumstances remain relevant to each application.
Most Standard Visitor stays are limited to six months. A longer-validity visitor visa permits repeated eligible visits; it does not allow continuous residence or remove the limit applying to each stay.
A visitor granted less than six months may be able to extend to a total of six months. Staying beyond six months is limited to specified medical, academic and relevant examination or clinical-attachment circumstances. There is no general right to extend an ordinary visit beyond that limit.
We assess the current permission, purpose and proposed additional time before advising on any further application.
We can assess a later visit, review a previous refusal or advise on a separate work, study or family route. A change in plans does not automatically change your immigration conditions.
Many routes do not permit switching from visitor status inside the UK. We review eligibility and application location before you make commitments.
Standard Visitor permission is temporary and does not lead directly to settlement. It cannot be used to make the UK your main home through frequent or successive visits.
British citizenship has separate eligibility conditions. A visitor visa or ETA does not confer settlement or citizenship.