Guidance and regulation

What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 5 others
• Updated: 28 December 2023

This guidance explains the documents you should provide to support your application to visit the UK.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 1 February 2024

• Visiting the UK: guide to supporting documents

  To visit the UK, you need to show that you’re a genuine visitor. You can…

Immigration staff guidance about the different visitor categories for visiting the UK and how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 31 January 2024

• Visit caseworker guidance (accessible)

  Version 14.0 About this guidance This guidance tells you about…

You can enter the UK as an S2 Healthcare Visitor if you have been authorised to receive planned healthcare in the UK under the ‘S2 arrangement' or you're accompanying or joining someone who is.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 6 June 2021

Customer service standards for visit and transit visa applications if you're applying from inside or outside the UK.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 22 May 2023

Guidance about how Chinese and Indian nationals can visit the UK and Ireland using a single visa.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 8 May 2019

Information and guidance to support visa applications made outside the UK.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 31 January 2024

Immigration staff guidance explaining the process for considering human rights claims in overseas visit applications.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 24 April 2015

Guidance for leaders of school parties and other groups crossing the UK border on a coach or bus.

• From: Border Force and 1 others
• Updated: 8 January 2015

Details of payees for vendors who wish to pay non-UK resident classical music artists.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 13 March 2017

Immigration staff guidance on routing and processing applications from customers applying for a Student visa under Appendix Student.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 6 September 2023

Immigration staff guidance on routing and processing applications from customers applying for a Visitor visa under Appendix V.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 17 May 2023

How to apply to get on the list of permit-free art and music festivals.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 30 November 2023

Home Office consultation published 12 October 2009.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 12 October 2009

Information on applying for a UK business visitor visa in Turkey.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 1 December 2012

Guide for applicants who are considering on making a visa application, or sponsoring an applicant if they want to work in the UK.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 1 August 2015