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Tourist and short stay visas
Find the right visa
Types of visa
- Apply for a Standard Visitor visa: step by step
- Apply for a Short-term study visa: step by step
- Apply for a Parent of a Tier 4 child visa: step by step
- Apply for a Permitted Paid Engagement visa: step by step
- Standard Visitor visa
- Short-term study visa
- Permitted Paid Engagement visa
- Marriage Visitor visa
- Parent of a Tier 4 child visa
- Visit the UK in a Chinese tour group
Detailed guidance
Visas and immigration
A to Z
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Asylum
Claiming asylum as a refugee, the asylum process and support
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EU, EEA and Commonwealth
EEA family permits, UK residence cards, UK Ancestry visas
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Family visas
Visiting the UK for 6 months or more, including visas for partners (eg spouse) and family members
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Immigration appeals and legal advice
Appeal against a visa, settlement or asylum decision, legal advice
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Manage your application
Visa processing times, biometric information, premium services, report a change
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Settle in the UK
Get indefinite leave to remain (ILR)
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Sponsor workers or students
Licences and certificates of sponsorship for employers and universities and colleges
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Stateless
Stay in the UK if you're stateless
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Student visas
Short-term study and Tier 4 visas for students
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Tourist and short stay visas
Visiting the UK for up to 6 months
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Transit visas
In transit through the UK: airside, landside or the common travel area
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Travelling to the UK
Entering the UK, going through customs and moving your belongings
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Work visas
Paid and voluntary work visas (eg Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 5)
All categories
- Benefits
- Births, deaths, marriages and care
- Business and self-employed
- Childcare and parenting
- Citizenship and living in the UK
- Crime, justice and the law
- Disabled people
- Driving and transport
- Education and learning
- Employing people
- Environment and countryside
- Housing and local services
- Money and tax
- Passports, travel and living abroad
- Visas and immigration
- Working, jobs and pensions