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How to recover your UKVI account: video

This video explains how to recover access to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 18 February 2025
• Last updated: 23 June 2025
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  1. 23 June 2025

     Added information about how to auto-translate the videos.

  2. 6 March 2025

     Added a video explaining how to help someone else recover their UKVI account.

  3. 18 February 2025

     First published.

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Details

These videos will play in English. You can translate these videos into your preferred language by following these steps:

1. Click the “CC” (Captions) button to enable subtitles
2. Click the Settings (⚙️) icon on the video player
3. Select “Subtitles/CC” from the menu
4. Choose “Auto-translate”
5. Select your preferred language from the list

These translations are automatically generated by YouTube.

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is not responsible for any errors or misunderstandings that may result from these translations.

Further information

Recover your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.