1. Overview
UK is wonder land that many people want to come and live here. However, it is not easy to apply for a visa to eligible to enter UK . Depending on the purpose of entering UK, applicants must fill different kind of visa application forms. For the paper form, you will need to complete the form then print it out and sign it. For evisa application form, you just need to fill in the form online then submit it without signing. There are more than one hundred types of visa for you to apply so check out carefully what type is suitable with your trip’s purpose.
2. Types of UK Visa Application Forms
Visa application can be online form or paper form. Sometimes, both are required together. It is recomend that you find the appropriate Form and the latest update (not older version than twenty-one days before the application) for visa application that suits properly with your situation and with a reason for requiring a visa.
– Online Application system: visa4UK system, you can apply at the following link: https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/Account/login
Below is the list of common UK visa application forms that you can apply for a UK visa. These application forms are for people in countries that cannot apply online.
FORMS FOR A VISA TO VISIT OR SHORT TERM STAY IN UK
This form is for applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK with the purpose of making a visit.
VAF1A – Tourism, Transit, Visit a Child with Tier 4 (Child), Short-Term Studies
For the applicant want to enter UK with one of the following purposes:
- Tourists visit;
- Transit the UK,
- Visiting a child in the UK who is a Tier 4 (Child) Visa holder;
- Starting short-term studies
Link to download the Application Form VAF1A here.
You can find more information on VAF1A Guide.
Form VAF1B – Visit Settled Family Members
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the reason to apply is to visit any of a settled in the UK family member:
- Spouse (wife or husband), civil partner, parents, child, sibling;
- Grandfather, grandmother, grandson or granddaughter;
- Spouse’s or civil partner’s parents or siblings;
- Children’s spouse or civil partner;
- Stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister;
- Unmarried partner – living together for minimum two years in the past three years
Link to download the Application Form VAF1B
Form VAF1C – Facilitate Permitted Paid Engagements
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the reason for applying is to perform a visit as a business visitor, future entrepreneur or facilitator of a Permitted Paid Engagements.
Link to download the Application Form VAF1C
Form VAF1D – Start Studying
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the reason to apply is for starting studies.
Link to download the Application Form VAF1D
Form VAF1EA – Make an Academic Visit
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the reason to apply is make an academic visit.
Link to download the Application Form VAF1E
Form VAF1F – Register for Marriage or Civil Partnership
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the reason to apply is for marrying or registering for a marriage or a civil partnership.
Link to download the Application Form VAF1F
Form VAF1H – Transit through UK to another place
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the reason to apply is for visiting the UK in transit, on the way to go in another country.
Link to download the Application Form VAF1H
Form VAF1J – Participate in a Sport Event
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the reason to apply is to take part in a sport event.
Link to download the Application Form VAF1J
Form VAF1K – Participate in an Entertainment Event or Festival
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the reason to apply is for take part in a well-known entertainment event or festival.
Form for a visa to Enter to Work, Study, as a Dependent, to get a Right to Abode, to Visit UK Overseas Territories or Commonwealth
Applicants want to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK should use one of the following VAF2 form, if the reason to apply is for staying in the UK for more than six (6) months to work, study, as a dependent, to get the Right to Abode (reside permanently), or for visiting the UK overseas Territories or Commonwealth
Visas supported by this form are:
- Work Visas
- Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent, Investor, Entrepreneur or Graduate Entrepreneur);
- Tier 2 (Skilled Worker: General, Intra-Company Transfer, Minister of Religion and Sportsperson);
- Tier 5 (Temporary Worker: under creative and sporting, charity or religious workers, as well categories under government authorized exchange and international agreement, as well as Youth Mobility Scheme);
- Work Visa out of the Point Based System
- Student Visas
Tier 4
- Dependant Visas
In any of the aforesaid categories
- UK Returning Resident Visa;
- Right to Abode (A Certificate of Entitlement)
A permission which allows its holder to live permanently (endlessly) in the UK without any immigration limitation;
- Visa to visit a UK Overseas Territory
- Visa to visit a Commonwealth State
Form VAF3 – Enter as a Student
In this category are gathered forms dedicated for applications under student category.
Form VAF3A – Enter as a future Student
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if applying as a prospective (potential) student.
Link to download the Application Form VAF3A
Form VAF3B – Enter as a Dependent of a Student
For applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, from a dependent of a foreign person who is applying to enter the UK himself, or who is already in the UK as a student.
You can download the Application Form VAF3B
Form VAF4 – Enter under Right to Abode Category
This visa application forms is used to apply for a Right to Abode (Settlement) category.
Form VAF4A – Enter as an Adult Dependent Family Member
For applications to enter into the UK with a family visa (family settlement or reunion), for an adult dependent family member, a child of settled parents, or a parent who held a visa before 9 July 2012. The form is to be used only for applications from out of the UK (if they cannot be done online).
Link to download the Application Form VAF4A here.
VAF4A Appendix 1 – Family Settlement and Family Reunion
This additional form should be submitted together with the Appendix 2 (Financial Requirement Form), and the completed VAF4A Application Form for applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, for the next categories of dependents:
- Adult Family Member (of a person who is living in the UK and is settled there);
- Adult Family Member (of a person who has a leave to remain, or a refugee status, or under humanitarian protection in the UK);
- Child (of a person who is settled in the UK or a leave to remain as a partner or parent given before 9 July 2012)
Link to download the Appendix 1 of VAF4A here.
VAF4A Appendix 2 – Financial Requirement Form
This is an additional form submitted together with a completed VAF4A Application Form for applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, only if the candidate is applying as a:
- Spouse, or Civil Partner (of a person who lives and is settled in the UK);
- Child (of a parent who lives in the UK with a Leave to Remain as a partner, that was given under Rules into force on 09 July 2012);
- Child (of a widow Gurkha soldier who died in active service after 1997);
- Child (of a widow of an ex-Gurkha soldier who was discharged before 1997);
- Adult Dependent Family Member (of the widow of a former Gurkha soldier who lives as settled in the UK);
- Adult Dependent Family Member (of a former Gurkha soldier who lives and is settled in the UK);
- Fiancé or Proposed Civil Partner (of a person who lives and is settled in the UK);
- Unmarried or Same Sex Partner (of a person who lives and is settled in the UK);
- Post Flight Family Member (spouse or civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, fiancé or proposed civil partner) – of someone with Leave to Enter or to Remain, or with a Refugee Status, or under Humanitarian Protection in the UK;
Link to download the Appendix 2 of VAF4A here.
VAF4A Appendix 3 – A dependent of a HM Forces Participant
This supplementary form should be submitted together with a completed VAF4A Application Form for applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, only if the candidate is applying as a:
- Dependant of someone in HM Forces (Her Majesty Forces) that is released from immigration control;
- The orphan child of an ex -HM Forces Participant discharged from active service;
Link to download the Appendix 3 of VAF4A here.
VAF4A Appendix 4 – Pre-Flight Family Reunion
This supplementary form should be submitted together with a completed VAF4A Application Form for applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the candidate applies as a:
- A Pre-Flight Family member (spouse or civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, or child) of someone with Limited Leave to Enter or Remain in the UK, or with a refugee status, or under Humanitarian Protection)
Link to download the Appendix 4 of VAF4A here
VAF4A Appendix 5 – Parent with Access Rights to a British Child
This form should be submitted together with the completed VAF4A Form for applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, as a parent with access rights to a child who is a British citizen or settled.
Link to download the Appendix 5 of VAF4A here.
VAF4A Appendix 6 – Former Gurkha Soldiers & their Dependents
This additional form should be submitted together with the completed VAF4A Form for applications to enter into the UK, submitted from out of the UK, if the candidate applies as a:
- Ex-Gurkha soldier discharged before 1997;
- Spouse, civil partner or widow of an ex-Gurkha soldier discharged before 1997;
- Child of an ex-Gurkha soldier discharged before 1997 settled or soon to be settled in the UK;
- Dependant of an ex-Gurkha soldier discharged after 1997
This form should be submitted together with the completed VAF4A Form.
FORMS TO EXTEND YOUR STAY IN THE UK
This section covers visa application forms to apply for a temporary visa, for those living in the UK with a valid visa who wants to extend their stay in the UK (beyond the existing visa period).
Form FLR (FP) – Extend the Stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain as a Family Member or Based on Private Life
For applications done from within the UK, for Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement Permission) if the candidate applies under the following categories:
- Bereaved Partner;
- Business Director;
- Dependent of a Point Based System (PBS) Visa holder;
- Highly Skilled Migrant (in Terms of the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme indefinite leave to remain judicial review policy document);
- Highly Skilled Migrant;
- Innovator;
- Investor;
- Employee who does not need a Work Permit;
- Self-employed Attorney;
- Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) – normal and fast-tracked path;
- Tier 1 (General);
- Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent);
- Tier 1 (Investor) – normal and fast-tracked path;
- Tier 2 Any Visa;
- UK Ancestry Visa;
- Work Permit and their Dependents;
- Writer, Composer or Artist;
- Other reasons that are not covered by other forms
Link to apply online Form FLR (FP)
Form FLR (S) – Extend the Stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain as Stateless Person
Applicants apply this form to extend the stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain, as a stateless person (person with no nationality) and to get a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP).
Now you can apply this form online. Link to apply online Form FLR (S)
Form FLR (DL) – Extend the Stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain as Stateless Person
Applicants apply this form to extend the stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain or Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement Permission), as a person whose application for asylum was rejected.
Link to apply for Form FLR (DL) online
Form FLR (IR) – Extend the Stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain in Different Categories
Applicants will need to apply this form to extend the stay in the UK, with a Leave to Remain and to get Biometric Residence Permit in any of the following categories:
- Visitor Visa Holder (excluding visas: Transit, Permitted Paid Engagements and Approved Destination Status);
- UK Ancestry;
- Domestic Worker in a Private Household;
- Domestic Worker a Victim of Slavery or Human Trafficking;
- Parent of a Tier 4 (child) Student;
- Dependents not applying together with the main applicant (if the main applicant holds a Limited Leave to Enter Or Remain in the UK that is not under the Points Based System or based on family or private life);
- Relevant Civilian Employee;
- Armed Force Participant (under immigration control – course F)
- Dependant of the Armed Forces Participant (excluding dependents of HM Forces);
- Foreign Staff in a Diplomatic Mission in the UK;
- Foreign Business Representative;
- Retired Individual with Independent Incomes;
- Any Leave to Remain (that is included in the Immigration Rules) that is not covered by another form
Link to apply Form FLR (IR) online here.
Form FLR (HRO) – Extend the Stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain under Privileges of the Human Rights, a visa not covered by Immigration Rules or any Visa not Covered with another form
Applicants need to apply this form to extend the stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain and get the Biometric Residence Permit, under privileges of the Human Rights, with a Visa not covered by Immigration Rules, or with another visa not covered with other forms.
Link to apply Form FLR (HRO) online here.
Form FLR (LR) – Extend the Stay Based on Long Residence in the UK
Applicants will apply this form for an extension of the stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain and to get the Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), for a person who legally lived there for twenty years or more.
Link to apply Form FLR (LR) online here
Form FLR (P) – Extend the Stay in the UK as a Child of a Person living in the UK temporarily, under Humanitarian Protection or as a Refugee
This form for an extension of the stay in the UK with a Limited Leave to Enter, or Leave to Remain, and to get the Biometric Residence Permit, for a child under 18 of a family member living in the UK with a temporary visa under Humanitarian Protection, or as a Refugee.
Form FLR (AF) – Extend the Stay in the UK as a HM Forces Participant or their Dependent
Applicants will need this form for an extension of the stay in the UK with a Leave to Remain, for a HM (Her Majesty) Forces Participant or their dependent (a partner or a child).
Link to apply Form FLR (AF) online
FORMS TO SETTLE IN THE UK
This form is applied for settling in the UK with an Indefinite Leave to Remain (also known as Residence Permission or Settlement Permission). Check if you’re eligible for settlement (also called ‘indefinite leave to remain’) in the UK before applying.
Form SET (P) – Settle as a Refugee, Humanitarian Protection Status
Use this form if you were resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme or the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme.
Form SET (DV) – Settle as a Victim of a Violent Relationship
Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you are a victim of domestic violence. You can apply this form online here.
Form SET (F) – Settle as a Child under or over 18 of the Settled Parents
Applicants will apply this form for to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you are a child under the age of 18. Specifically, this form can be used by a:
- Child under 18 of a parent or parents, or a family member living and settled in the UK;
- Adopted child under 18 of a parent or parents living and settled in the UK;
- Child over 18 of persons living and settled in the UK
Link to apply From SET (F) online.
Form SET (M) – Settle as a Dependent Partner
Use this form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you are the partner of a person, or parent of a child, who is present and settled in the UK.
Link to apply this form online here.
Form SET (O) – Settle in the UK in various immigration categories: form SET(O)
This form is used to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK in various immigration categories and for a biometric residence permit.
Use this form if you belong to one of the following categories:
- work permit holder
- dependant of work permit holder
- PBS dependant
- employment not requiring a work permit
- businessperson
- innovator
- investor
- self-employed lawyer
- writer, composer or artist
- Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant
- Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant – accelerated route
- Tier 1 (Investor) migrant
- Tier 1 (Investor) migrant – accelerated route
- Tier 2 migrant
- UK ancestry
- bereaved partner
- other purposes not covered by other application forms
ASYLUM SUPPORT APPLICATION FORMS
These forms are for asylum related persons living in the UK, when they want to require for assistance from the Home Office, when found in different difficult financial situations.
Form ASF1 – Ask for Asylum Assistance
This form is used for destitute asylum applicants and failed asylum seekers to apply for support. Use this form if you are, or are likely to become, homeless or run out of money within the next two week.
You can use this form if you have one of the following categories:
- Required Asylum status and are in wait for a decision, their dependents and there is no other application for assistance made on their behalf;
- Required the reconsideration of the decision to refuse their application for asylum, and are waiting for the second decision;
- Used all their rights to require the reconsideration of the decision to refuse their application for asylum, and the do not have money to organize their departure from the UK
You can download this form, print and fill manually.
Link to download Form ASF1 here.
Form ASF2 – Ask for Extra Asylum Support
This form is for destitute asylum applicants and failed asylum seekers to apply for additional support. If you are already applying for support or are already getting support, you can use Form ASF2 to apply for additional support.
Form TD112 BRP – Require Home Office Travel Document
This form is to apply for a Home Office travel document and biometric residence permit to travel outside the UK.
Applicants can use this form if they are:
- Applying for a Conventional Travel Document and is a Refugee in the UK;
- Applying for a Stateless Person’s Document and is a Stateless person in the UK;
- Applying for a Certificate of Travel, as the passport was rejected by their home country and they have a Leave to Remain or Indefinite Leave to Remain (but not a refugee status);
- Applying for one-way Document, as they want to leave the UK forever;
You can apply this form TD112 BRP online here.
Form to apply for integration loan
If you are a refugee or have been given humanitarian protection, you might be able to apply for a loan to help you integrate into UK society.
Use this form if you are a refugee and need to pay for the following things:
- a rent deposit or rent
- work clothing or equipment
- education and training for work
You will not have to pay interest for this loan, but you must make a regular payments for what you borrow.
To apply for this credit you must be over 18 and meet the following conditions:
- You are a refugee or you’ve been given humanitarian protection
- You are a dependant of a refugee or someone who’s been given humanitarian protection
- You allowed to enter or stay under either of the above after 11 June 2007
Link to download application form for integration loan here.
The Application Form for Extra Assistance on Services or Facilities
You can you this form to apply for extra services or facilities if you are already receiving asylum support.
Link to download the Application Form for Extra Assistance on Services or Facilities here.
FORMS TO APPLY FOR UK CITIZENSHIP
Forms to apply for different categories of the UK Citizenship in various circumstances.
Form ROA – The Certificate showing the Right to live and work in the UK
This form should be apply from the within UK to get a Certificate that confirm the candidate’s the Right to Abode in the UK (to live and work permanently).
Link to download this ROA form here.
Form NS – Confirm a British Nationality Status
This form is to confirm that you have a British nationality if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
If you live out of Channel Islands, Isle of Man or British Overseas Territory you can also apply online here.
Link to download Form NS here.
Form NC – Get a New Certificate of Citizenship
This form is used to apply for a replacement certificate of registration or naturalisation as a British citizen if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
If you live out of Channel Islands, Isle of Man or British Overseas Territory you can also apply online here.
To apply through this form, a person must:
- Have damaged the existing (old) Certificate of Registration or Neutralization (Certificate of British Citizenship); or
- The old certificate was given after October 1986
Link to download form NC here.
Form AN – Apply for a British Citizenship by naturalisation
Candidates apply this form for a British Citizenship (to naturalize).
A person can apply with this form if they:
- Lived in the UK with a Settlement Permission for several years;
- Met the other criteria which are different depending if the candidate is married or in civil partnership with a British citizen
Link to download Form AN here.
Form RROA – Require Reconsideration of the Decision for Refusal to Issue a Certificate of Entitlement to Right of Abode
For a reopen (reconsideration) of the application for Certificate of Entitlement to Right of Abode, for a person whose application for such certificate was rejected the first time and they believe that the decision is incorrect.
Categories to apply this form:
- The right criteria of evaluation were not considered;
- Evidence of candidate towards any requirement was not related;
- The candidate was not given the proper time to respond or complete a requirement;
- The candidate did not offer a required document because they did not know about that requirement for a reasonable cause;
- Relevant documents and information was not taken into consideration during the evaluation of the application;
- Other reasons
Link to dowload Form RROA here.
Form B (OS) – Register as a British Citizen if not holding any other Nationality
Form to require registration as a British citizen, if not holding any other despite British nationality.
Categories to apply this form:
- British Overseas Citizen – who since 4 July 2002 never rejected or willingly given up, or lost by doing or not doing any citizenship or nationality;
- British Subject (under the British Nationality Act 1981);
- British Protected Person;
- British National (Overseas) – who since 19 March 2009 was never rejected or willingly given up or lost by doing or not doing any citizenship or nationality;
- Does not have any other despite British nationality;
Link to download Form B (OS) here.
Form B (OTA) – Register as a British Citizen over five years living in the UK
Form to require registration as a British citizen over five years of legally living in the UK.
Categories to apply this form:
- British Overseas Territories Citizen;
- British Overseas Citizen;
- British Protected Person;
- British Subject (Under The British Nationality Act 1981);
- British National (Overseas);
- And of good character
And match the following situations:
- They have been for five years legally in the UK;
- They have (any time) been registered for a crown or a similar service;
- They meet other requirements for British Overseas territories citizens
Link to download the Application form B (OTA)
Form EM – Application to register as British citizen
Form to register as a British citizen through residence in Hong Kong before 1997. This act allows certain British people living in Hong Kong to get a British Citizenship.
Link to download the Application Form EM
Form S1 – Register as a British Citizen as a Stateless Person
Form to register for British citizenship if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post and are a stateless person born before 1 January 1983.
Link to download the Application Form S1 here
Form S2 – Register as a British Citizen as a Stateless Person born out of the UK or the UK Overseas Territories
Form to apply for British citizenship or as a British subject if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post and are a stateless person born on or after 1 January 1983.
Link to downoad the Application Form S2 here
Form S3 – Register as a British Citizen as a Stateless Person born in the UK or the UK Overseas Territories
Form to apply for register for British citizenship if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post and are a stateless person born in the UK or a British overseas territory on or after 1 January 1983.
Link to download the Application Form S3 here
Form T – Register as a British Citizen as a Person Born and lived in the UK until turning 10
Form to register as a British citizen if you now live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post but were born and lived in the UK until the age of 10.
Link to download the Application Form T here
Form RS1 – Re-register as a British Citizen after giving up from the same British Citizenship
Form to register as a British citizen, for a person who has given up from the same British citizenship before if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
Link to download the Application Form RS1
Form UKF – Register as a British Citizen as a Person whose father is British and their parents are not married
Form to to require registration as a British citizen, for a person born before 1 July 2006 whose father is a British and their parents are not in a marriage.
Link to download the Application form UKF
Read more UKF guidance
Form UKM – Register as a British Citizen as a Person whose mother is British and their parents are not married
Form to register as a British citizen if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post and were born before 1983 to a British mother.
Link to download the application Form UKM
Form RS2 – Register as a British Overseas or Dependent Territory, or the UK and Colonies citizen after giving up from the same Citizenship
Form to require registration as a British Overseas Territory, Dependent Territory, or UK and Colonies citizen, as a person who has given up from the same citizenship before.
Link to download the Application Form RS2
Form MN1 – Register as a British Citizen as a Child under 18 of a British citizen or settled in the UK, or of an Army Participant Parent
Form to register as a British citizen if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post and you are under 18.
Link to download the Application Form MN1
Form MN2 – Register as a British Overseas Territory Citizen as a Child under 18 of a British Overseas Territory Citizen or Settled Parent in such Territory
Link to download the application Form MN2
Form MN3 – Register as a British Foreign Citizen as a Child under 18 of a British Subject Parent
Link to download the application Form MN3
Read more Form MN3 Guidance
Form MN4 – Register as a British Subject as a Child under 18
Link to download the application Form MN4
Read more Form MN4 Guidance
Form NR – Require Reconsideration of a Decision to Refuse the Issuance of a British Citizenship
Form to to require reconsideration (review) of the application for British Citizenship, when the application is refused on the first time and the candidate believes that such decision is incorrect.
3. Guidelines for Completing the Form
– Complete the required information
- Personal information
- Passport information
- Contact details
- Marital Status Details
- Education
- Employment
- Details of Sponsor
- Travel information
– Fill in the blank. Make sure to read all the instructions carefully and provide as much information as possible, avoid typing errors.
– After finishing the form, check all information again. The information filled in the form should be as clear and exact as possible.
– Finally, print the filled form out and sign it.
Note: The Visa application form should be completely filled and signed by Visa applicant and not another person. If the visa applicant is a minor (under 18), the application must be signed by a person having parental authority and their relationship should be included in parentheses (father, mother, guardian). If the visa applicant cannot sign, a cross may be used.
We strongly recommend that you verify critical information unique to your trip with the relevant embassy before travel. Check your eligibility before you apply. If you are eligible to apply you will find guidance on how to complete your application and the evidence you need to provide within the online application.