Questions tagged [uk-visa]
uk-visa tag should be used with questions concerning visas of various types for visiting the United Kingdom (the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and several other islands in the region).
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Can you apply for UK citizenship while there on a tourist visa?
My son (7yo) has a right to British citizenship, but we need to be in the UK in the autumn/winter and I'm worried about applying and it not coming through in time. Can you apply for a visa and ...
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Will getting UK student visa cancel my current Tier 2 ICT visa?
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I am working in UK on ICT Tier 2 Visa which is ending on 31st August. But, I am planning to join university on 14th or 21st September. I can apply for Student visa 3 months prior to start ...
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5 Year Visit visa while 2 year visit visa has 10 months?
My parents visit visa to uk for 2 years has still 10 months left in it. Can i apply for 5 year visit visa right now. As in future our financial scenario will be changing.
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UK IHS surcharge incorrect question
I'm applying UK ICT partner dependent visa for my spouse. I'm the main applicant and I'm still outside UK. We are planning to travel together. In IHS page, it is asking us to enter my visa expiry date....
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UK tuition fee Refund
I am planning on paying the tuition fees for my MSc at a UK university. I want to confirm if I will I get a refund if I get refused for a UK student visa.
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EEA Brexit wife of British national
I am the wife and mother of British passport holding husband and son. I am Indonesian. We live in Spain, I have residency in Spain.
With Article 10 I could enter UK with husband for free, no visa.
Now ...
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My fiance's dad and grandmother were born in the UK. Would he qualify for a visa based on his dad's place of birth?
My fiance's dad was born in Cambridge (UK) while his dad was in the US airforce and his mom was a local (UK born). Would he qualify for a visa based on his dad's place of birth and grandmothers? His ...
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UK Spouse visa for my wife and daughter
Am naturalised British citizen since 2007 having lived there 2000-2018. Since Dec 2018 am on overseas work stint and non resident in UK.When my contract ends in December 2021 I plan to return back.
In ...
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Will multiple UK visits/visas affect my next Tier 4 visa application?
I am a US citizen/passport holder currently nearing the end of my tier 4 student visa (sep '19- feb '21) for my MA, this is after I studied in the UK with 6-month visa stamp during my undergrad (jan '...
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Romania travel visa requirements on UK work visa
Respected Community,
I have a query regarding my entry requirements to Romania from the United Kingdom.
I am an INDIAN passport holder living in United Kingdom on a UK Tier 2 general work visa (now ...
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Can I have a UK tier 2 visa and a French dependent residence permit at the same time?
I will be moving to the UK on a tier 2 visa and my spouse will be working in France. My question is can I have the UK tier 2 visa as well as a dependent French visa at the same time?
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Very soon, my PhD starts in UK but UK visa center in Paris is closed. What should I do?
I am a non-EU citizen, currently residing in France. I am supposed to start a PhD on december the 1st in UK. I completed the VISA application and paid all the realted fees (NHS + application fees) ...
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Can a tier-4 holder in the UK do crypto trading?
Title, really. I'm a tier-4 visa holder in the UK and I'm wondering if I can trade crypto.
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As an international student in France, can I apply for UK's tier-4 Visa (for a PhD) from Paris?
I have received a PhD offer from an English university. I am currently living in France with a student residence permit (titre de séjour étudiant). My residence permit expired on August 2020 but I ...
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Traveling to Europe on UK biometric resident permit (BRP)
Can an Indian National working in UK on Tier 4 general visa use the biometric resident permit (BRP) card to travel to European (Schengen) countries w/o applying for a seperate visa?
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EEA Family Permit for a UK/EEA dual national residing in EEA state
This question is going to be quite specific, but to cut a long story short, i'm a UK-EEA national residing in the EEA state of which I hold citizenship - apparently rendering me unable to use the EEA ...
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Father's approval for UK Tier 2 dependent visa for my 2-month old baby
I am the main tier 2 applicant, I have a two-month old baby. He is my dependent. I live inEgypt, my husband lives in gulf. We are not divorced but he is absent from our life.
He included in marriage ...
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UK Spouse visa: implication of not applying for extention?
I currrently live in UK as a spouse with leave to remain residence permit which is expiring in May 2021. Due to personal reasons, we have decided to move from UK. So I will not be applying for a ...
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Guaranteed rejection of citizenship application if non-dom status claimed on a previous Tier 2 work visa?
How does claiming a non-domiciled status by origin in the UK while on a Tier 2 work visa affect future naturalization application? Is rejection guaranteed due to past claim of non-domicile (and hence ...
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UK Home office - Lost Landing Card
I applied for Subject Access Request as I had a minor immigration problem with the officer before the last time I entered the Uk. They speculated that I was trying to live in the UK through frequent ...
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I receive childcare vouchers from my employer in UK but my Tier 2 general visa says “no public funds”. What are the implications?
I have a Tier 2 general visa with note that I have no access to public funds (NRPF). As part of my employee benefits I receive childcare vouchers from my employer which are deducted pre-tax.
My ...
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At what point in the application cycle does the UKVI service-standards timeline begin for visa applications made from within the UK?
For visa application made from within the UK, the UKVI's service standards on processing times is as follows:
Processing time: 8 weeks, for Customers applying to remain on a temporary basis including ...
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Entering UK on US passport with different name to the BRP
My wife and I visited the USA. I am a Uk national resident in the Uk. My wife is a US national living with me in the UK on a BRP. My wife lost her US passport and had to apply for a new one. The only ...
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Should I join UK for a job, or should I stay in Germany? [closed]
I am currently getting 80K in my current position, will be 90, or maybe 100K next year. I have an offer from the UK for 55K to 60K including a bonus. I feel comfortable in Germany, but the language is ...
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UK Clean Slate policy
I am a US citizen and had few minor immigration problems one time when I tried to enter back in 2018 but they let me in after all. Last year in 2019 I tried to enter again and they let me in with no ...
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NHS debt and Tier 4 visa
I have been visiting the UK to take a few short courses ( On short term student visas) once a year and I would go to my GP to perform some blood tests every now and then. They never charged me as they ...
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Can you apply for UK Tier IV visa from outside your home country?
I'm trying to apply for a UK tier IV visa to start on a PhD course starting in October. While the UKVI office is taking applications, there are no visa application centers open (or any date given to ...
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Help with UK Spousal Visa [duplicate]
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Hi, I am a British citizen in Scotland my girlfriend is from Russia We plan to be together and Marry. She has been here since Dec 19 on a visitor visa extended till the end of July 2020 (COVID ...
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Seeking asylum as a Pakistani citizen
So. The situation here is a little complicated but I would really appreciate it if someone gave me some advice on what to do. I know a lot of people read the words 'Pakistani citizen seeking asylum' ...
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UK Work Visa requirements for US citizen working for EU branch of US company
Recently I have transferred to an EU branch (Netherlands) of a US based company. I am a US citizen with a US passport.
As part of the transfer I was sponsored and approved for residency/work permit ...
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Locked down in UK - spousal visa application?
I am a US citizen and my wife is a UK citizen. We have been married since 2016 and been living and working abroad together since then (not US either, have never used spouse visas). She recently moved ...
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What UK Visa Is best for my Girlfriend? [duplicate]
My Girlfriend has completed her bachelors degree and we are currently looking at her coming to UK to live with me or do her masters. However, I am torn between Fiancee visa or paying for the masters ...
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Does overstaying on a previous visit result in automatic refusal?
I have previously held a student visa in the UK in which I overstayed for less than 30 days (7 days). This overstay occured less than 1 year ago and I left voluntarily and with my own funds. I now ...
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10 years UK ban, now married to UK national, can I apply for a spouse visa?
I’m a Nigerian. I applied for UK visa in 2016 through an Agent and I was placed under V3.6 because the agent made a mistake in my company registration letter. Then I applied for the UK visa again in ...
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Can I apply for UK tourist visa after EEA family permit refusal?
I applied for my wife for EEA family permit as an extended family member of my EU nation father. however got refusal because of low family income. I want to know can i apply for a UK tourist visa for ...
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Dependent Child can sponsor wife for UK family visa?
My father has Italian nationality and is living in pre-settled status in UK. I am nearly 30 of age, and I received pre-settled status as a dependent child under EEA regulation 2016. My baby received ...
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Probability of UKVI issuing me a visa
I studied in the UK on a tier 4 visa September 2019 but, due to course difficulty and unsuitability, I had to withdraw from the course on January 2020 and my visa was curtailed.
I am now planning to ...
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Visa or not visa uk 2020
I would like to know if people need visa to stay more than 3 months in the UK during the transition period.
My friend is planning to travel there for 6 months.
He is spanish.
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Can I apply for a visitor visa for UK while on a Working Holiday Visa within the country?
I am a Canadian, on a working holiday visa in the UK. The expiry of my working holiday visa is April 25th. Can I apply for a visitor visa to activate when my working holiday expires? What is the ...
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Marrying an EEA national on a standard UK visitor visa
If I go to UK on visitor visa, am I allowed to marry an EEA national and apply for a residence card?
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Dependent visa for unmarried partner EU/Canada
I am looking to relocate to Europe (preferably Spain/Germany) or Canada, visa sponsorship for me shouldn't be an issue as my company has offices in all these locations. But I am worried about my ...
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If I have a UK residence card, can I move to Italy?
If I have a UK residence card, as it has almost no requirments for me to obtain, with my husband being Italian, can we move to Italy permanently?
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J1 visa tax exemption: does 2 months as camp counselor affect exemption period?
an answer would be great but pointers to information would also be greatly appreciated:
I'm from the UK currently in the US on a J1 visa doing research. Roughly 10 years ago I was in the US on a J1 ...
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Living in the UK as US spouse of pre settled EU citizen - which of the various visa options is right for me
I am from the US. My German spouse works in the UK and has the EU settlement scheme pre settled status.
What do I need to move to the UK permanently and live (not work) there?
Various pages on the ...
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Will my non EEA wife get British citizenship when I get mine?
I'm an EEA national who's been living in the UK since 2016 and I brought my non EEA wife here in 2017. We both have pre-settled status and I'll qualify for settled status in 2021. At that point, will ...
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Will the Norway have no deadline to call family members to uk?
I am unable to find the qouted text from UK GOV website about Norway and UK after brexit.
I have heard Norwegians will be able to call family members after brexit in case the relationship existed ...
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Will my parents get residence card on visitor visa to Uk?
Can my parents obtain a residence card after entering the UK on visitor's visa?
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Is Appendix 2 for sponsors who have settled in the UK only?
In my Spouse VISA application i found out that there is Appendix 2 that i have to fill and it says Use the appendix 2 (financial requirement form) to tell us how you meet the financial requirement ...
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What steps need to be taken for my non-EU spouse (Lebanese) to move with me to the UK (I am a British Citizen). Details below
Here are the facts:
I am a British Citizen
My wife is Lebanese - she has a 5 year residency permit in Germany.
We have been living in Germany since 2016
She has been working and paying taxes etc ...
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Appendix 2 for UK Spouse visa
Do I still have to fill Appendix 2 of VAF4 (financial requirements) for UK spouse visa if i am applying in 2020 ?
