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Contact UK Visas and Immigration for help

Contact UK Visas and Immigration in a language other than English

If you have a question about your application you can contact staff who speak:

  • Arabic
  • Cantonese
  • French
  • Hindi
  • Mandarin
  • Russian
  • Spanish

Contact centre staff cannot give you advice about your personal circumstances.

Online

You can send an online query to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

Contact UK Visas and Immigration online.

Online queries cost £2.74. You’ll not be charged for any follow-up emails about the same enquiry.

You’ll get a reply to your query within 5 days, except on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and UK public holidays.

If you’ve not had a response within 5 working days, check your email’s spam or junk folder before contacting UKVI again.

By phone

You can call UKVI.

UK Visas and Immigration contact centre
Telephone: +44 (0)300 790 6268
Calls cost 69 pence per minute on top of your standard network charges.

If you cannot contact UK 0300 numbers, use +44 (0)203 875 4669.

When you can call depends on which language you speak.

Arabic

Sunday to Thursday, 5am to 1pm UK local time.

Cantonese

Monday to Friday, 1am to 9am UK local time.

French

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm UK local time.

Hindi

Monday to Friday, 4am to midday UK local time.

Mandarin

Monday to Friday, 1am to 9am UK local time.

Russian

Monday to Friday, 6am to 2pm UK local time.

Spanish


Monday to Friday, 1pm to 1am UK local time.

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