How do i apply

How do I apply?

Anyone wishing to apply for a UK visa or seeking to re-submit their passport following an allowed appeal , should contact our call-centre (0900 10411 from a landline or 8865 from a mobile) in order to make an appointment at their nearest Visa Application Centre (VAC). Access to VACs is strictly by appointment only. .Anyone arriving without an appointment will be turned away.

All applicants visiting the Visa Application Centres must submit to a security search. All personal items such as bags, mobile phones, cigarette lighters, liquids and offensive weapons are prohibited and access will be denied to those found in possession of such items.

Applicants must submit their original documents with a complete set of photocopies, including the completed Visa Application Form. Student applications should provide 2 sets of photocopies. Photocopies should be clearly legible, A4 size only unless legal size documents. The Visa Application Centre may refuse to accept your application if you do not provide the required copies.

Some elements of the visa application may be sent overseas for processing. This may result in extended decision making times.

How to Apply:


1 Complete a Visa Application Form (VAF)

2 Visit a CVisa Application entre to submit a completed Visa Application Form and supporting documentation, pay the relevant fee and for Biometric enrolment.


Applications will only be accepted at the Visa Application Centre if applicants:


1) present a signed, dated Visa Application Form (VAF);

2) provide the required photographs;

3) provide passports (or other travel documents where specified by UKBA):

a) for all applicants travelling to the UK;

b) which correspond to data in the VAF (name, passport number, expiry date);

c) which have not expired;

d) which have at least one page free in the visa pages for the insertion of a vignette,

4) present an original NIC card with one photocopy

5) npresent a valid TB certificate if planning to come to the UK for more than six months

6) pay the published visa fee; and,

7) consent to have their biometrics data recorded.


Guidance for applicants from Afghanistan

UK Visa Applications Centres in Pakistan


Holiday Closures

Additional information may be obtained at the links below:

Health (Tuberculosis) Screening

Customers with Disabilities



If you are applying under Tier One General of the Points Based System (Highly Skilled Migrants) full details, including Administrative Review, are available on the UK Border Agency website.

Please click on the links below for information on the below categories:

INF 21 PBS General Migrant
INF 22 PBS Investor
INF 23 PBS Entrepreneur
INF 24 PBS Post Study Work
Tier 4 General students and Tier 4 (child) student


The recent High Court ruling in the UK resulting from the Highly Skilled Forum Judicial Review affects certain people who formerly had leave in the UK under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP). You may be covered by this ruling if you joined HSMP under the arrangements which were in place until the scheme was suspended on 7 November 2006 and you either:

a) applied for and were refused further leave to remain under the new extension rules which came into force on 5 December 2006, and subsequently left the UK, or
b) left the UK after 7 November 2006 without ever applying for further leave to remain under the new rules.

A policy document which explains in detail who is affected by the ruling is available on the UK Border Agency website. Forms, guidance and information on supporting documents for those overseas who think they are affected by the ruling and who wish to apply for entry clearance to return to the UK as a highly skilled migrant are being prepared and will be available on the UK Border Agency Visa Services website. Applications will need to be made via our VAC.