The UK Visit Visa applicants must satisfy the Home Office that they are genuine visitor by meeting the below general requirements.
The UK Visit Visa allows individuals to meet family and friends, undertake permitted business activities, seek investment for proposed business, study up to 30 days, take part in exchange programmes or educational visits, pass through the UK in transit, get private medical treatment. However, this visa does not permit to undertake paid or unpaid work, live in the UK for long periods through frequent visits, enter into a marriage/civil partnership, give notice for the same, or claim public funds. The standard visit visa can be applied for 6 months, 2, 5 or 10 years if the applicant wishes to visit the UK regularly however, can only stay a maximum of 6 months on each visit. If you are going to the UK for private medical treatment, you might be able to extend your stay for up to eleven months.
Our Immigration lawyers at City Legal have immense experience in handling visit visa applications from all over the world. We have dealt with numerous visit visa refusals and obtained successful outcomes further to resubmissions. It is better to obtain legal assistance prior to the initial application. Our experience ranges from dealing with issues relating to ECO not being convinced that the applicant will return back to allegations of fraudulent documents submitted with the application. We are a multi award winning law firm and pride ourselves in being approachable, innovative and always going that extra mile to make sure our clients receive the individual attention they deserve. Our Immigration team maintains a high reputation and is committed to provide clear, transparent, and reliable advice to our clients. As an SRA-regulated firm, we act with the utmost integrity and pride ourselves in giving accurate and timely legal advice to increase your probability of success.
You can sponsor a visitor to the UK if you provide them with accommodation and funding for their stay. Your information will be listed on the applicant’s Visitor Visa application as their sponsor. Members of your family, acquaintances, and other individuals with whom you have a genuine friendship or business relationship are eligible sponsors. The Home Office will evaluate your previous experience sponsoring guests as well as your relationship with the applicant.
One cannot give notice of or register a marriage in the UK while on a regular visitor visa. The applicants must either apply for a Fiance visa or a Marriage visitor visa if their primary intention is to get married while in the country.
No, you cannot switch from a visitor visa to another visa type in the UK.
The major causes of rejections include applicants’ inconsistent bank account deposits, which are not equal to their reported income, lack of financial or economic incentives to return etc.
The applicant should attempt to comprehend the reasoning behind the refusal and determine whether more evidence can be offered to resolve the issues. If so, it is best to make a fresh application. There is no right to appeal a visit visa unless human rights issues are involved or mentioned and the application is not certified as being plainly baseless. The applicant may seek judicial review if there is no right of appeal and the judgement is incorrect or not in accordance with the rules.
