What is the visa application process in the UK?

The steps of a British visa are roughly as follows:

Please follow the steps below to apply for a UK visa.

first step

Visit the UK Visa and Immigration website and apply for a visa online.

Second step

To complete the visa application, you must make an appointment and go to one of the China 12 visa centers. All applicants must make an appointment in advance. Unscheduled applicants will no longer be accepted.

Please visit the booking application page for more information.

Third step

Please arrive at the visa center 15 minutes in advance on the day of booking application. Bring an appointment form, application materials, passport and another valid identity document. When you arrive at the visa center, you will get a call list. Please wait patiently for the call and submit your application.

Please keep your receipt as evidence for collecting information in the future.

Important notice: after submitting the application at the visa center, you will not be able to supplement the materials again. The materials you submit at the time of application will serve as the only evidence for the trial.

Fourth step

Collect fingerprints and photos at the visa center (also known as biometric information collection). This includes digital fingerprint scanning (10)

Fingers) and digital photography. Fingerprint scanning uses an electronic scanner, which does not need ink, liquid and chemicals. You must make sure that your fingers are free from any form of decoration (such as henna dyeing), knife cuts, scratches or scratches.

Other traces, because these will affect the feasibility of providing valid fingerprints. Your digital photos must cover your whole face, and your head must not be covered except for sunglasses and any colored lenses, except for religious and medical purposes.

Things. Your face must be clearly visible, without hair covering your eyes. If you don't provide biological information, we won't be able to accept your visa application.

Step five

Choose the way you want to get the materials, you can go to the visa center to get them or choose EMS express mail to you.

If you read it patiently, you should have a general understanding of the visa application. The general steps are: prepare materials-apply online-pay fees-make an appointment online-go to the visa center to submit materials and collect fingerprints-collect materials after passing or send them to you by express delivery, but you prepare not only copies, but also corresponding translations! ! !

Because everyone is different, LZ did not provide its own translation for everyone to see. Because translation is very important, it is recommended to find a professional translation agency. You can recommend a translation agency here. I am in Chengdu, and of course I can only recommend Chengdu. Chengdu Boya Translation Company, located in Suning Appliance Building, Sandongqiao Road, can find it yourself. One advantage of doing this here is that they have been doing visa translation for more than ten years, and they are very clear about the requirements for the translation of visa materials in the UK.

Ok, let LZ sort out some points that need attention:

1. If you want to go to Britain as an ordinary tourist, you must be able to prove:

Your age is 18 or above;

You plan to visit Britain for no more than 6 months (if you are a visiting scholar, the longest visit time is 12 months);

You plan to leave the UK after your visit;

You have enough living and accommodation funds, you don't need to work, and you don't need the help of public funds; Alternatively, you and any dependents will be provided with financial assistance and accommodation by relatives or friends;

You can pay the round-trip or continuation fee; and

You will not be transferred to countries other than Ireland, Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

You must also be able to prove that you did not intend to do the following during the visit:

Engaged in paid or unpaid work, manufacturing goods or providing services, including selling goods or services directly to the public;

Live in Britain for a long time through frequent or continuous visits.

Take a course, but taking this course is not the main reason why you go to England.

Marriage or registration of civil same-sex partnership, or notice of marriage or civil same-sex partnership;

Engaging in the activities of business visitors, sports visitors or performance visitors; or

Receive private medical treatment.

Step 2 prepare documents

This includes a copy of the biometric page of your passport (the page containing your photo).

Completed and signed visa application form.

Print the confirmation email of successful online payment of visa fee. (except ADS team application)

Current valid travel document or passport. Your passport must have at least one blank passport page on both sides so that we can insert your visa. If your previous passport contains recent travel records, please also submit them, which will be beneficial to your visa application.

Passport photo-sized color photos. Photos must meet the requirements of the photo guide.

Household registration and its translation. Except ADS team application.

Proof of current work or study (in English) or copy of bank passbook or bank statement;

5, photo requirements

If there is something special on the website, you must write these notes clearly in English at the end of the translation and sign it.

Tips: The most tedious thing about signing an English contract is that all submitted materials should be translated accordingly, which means that you have to spend a lot of time translating so many documents in your hand.

Personal experience:

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All submitted Chinese materials must be translated accordingly. My personal experience here is that the translated version corresponds to the original, that is, the form is the same. For example, the household registration book is in the form of a table, and it is also in the form of a table when translated.

The translation is simple and clear, and it also avoids the missing places. You can ask the translation company to do these things for you, so as to avoid trouble, but generally experienced translation companies will do them for you.

2. Take the prepared materials seriously, including their neatness and cleanliness. When preparing documents, never staple them with a stapler. I thought there was too much material, so I wanted to nail it together. At that time, the teacher of Chengdu Boya Translation Company immediately stopped me, saying that I couldn't bind the British visa materials with a stapler! So this impressed me. Just put each copy in the order of original-copy-translation.

3. Financial proof: Although there is no clear translation requirement in official website, I suggest you translate this. The pigs are gone, and you still can't bear to part with the pig's tail? Of course, if your psychological quality is strong enough, you can refuse without translation. Because the visa officer is tired of reading this certificate, he must understand it.

Relevant materials are prepared as follows:

I. Proof of assets

1, the salary of the last 6 months is stamped with the official seal of the bank, and the salary and balance are translated and highlighted on the copy; ;

2. In addition, I went to the bank to open a deposit certificate and a credit certificate (bilingual);

Second, the employment certificate

Certificate of appointment of the person in charge of the company, bilingual in Chinese and English. The contents of the certificate include LZ's entry time, salary, position, departure time, passport number, etc.

Three. A copy of the business license is stamped with the official seal, which corresponds to the translation.

Fourth, the household registration book

Original, copy and translation.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) passport

Original and head and tail copies, as well as other visa pages.

Six, photos

1 Two-inch color photo with white background, showing eyebrows and ears recently (details required in official website). I took it directly to the photo studio.

Seven. identity card

Original, copy and translation.

VIII. Travel itinerary

This is a supplementary explanation. Traveling to travel itinerary can better explain where you will stay in the UK, and the return time is the same as the travel holiday time mentioned in the employment certificate. Provide English version directly.

Nine, air tickets and accommodation reservations.

It is clearly stated in the official website that you should not confirm the air ticket and accommodation before the visa comes down. So all the information provided is predetermined information.

LZ's air ticket was booked by a friend from a travel agency. You can cancel your reservation free of charge within the specified time. Of course, you can also book hotels in other places. Before booking, just check whether you can cancel it for free and print an English reservation letter.

X. application form

Official website, fill in the application form, make an appointment for a visa, and then pay 830 yuan online. After success, the application form will be automatically generated and sent to your reserved mailbox, printed and brought to you. One * * * is two copies, one is the completed application form, and the other is the list of matters needing attention and materials to be submitted, which needs to be checked and ticked.

XI。 property ownership certificate

This item is not necessary, mainly to make your application more convincing and let the visa officer know that you will not stay in the British Empire and will not come back. Of course, the real estate license should also be translated. . .

Of course, you have a driver's license, reserved train tickets between British cities, etc., which can be copied and provided to increase credibility.

They don't necessarily collect all the information, but they will pick out what information to leave and return the unnecessary information to you on the spot.

By the way, the application form is not difficult, supplemented in Chinese and English, but it is very verbose, even more verbose than the application form for a US visa. . . . So be patient. I also accidentally filled in a wrong place, only to find it after the final payment, but it doesn't matter, just fill in the correct one in black ink and sign your name next to it.

Go to the visa center and submit the information according to the fingerprint process:

Chengdu British Visa Center is located in raffles city, No.3, Section 4, Renmin South Road, and arrived fifteen minutes in advance. There are not many people, so you can bring your mobile phone and turn it on mute. Someone came in to register the number. Just waiting for the number to be called

The staff will ask if it is me, and then check the information. The original marriage certificate of passport and household registration book should be taken away and handed over to the consulate. I just asked a question: Have you ever been to America (when looking at your passport)? After collecting all the information, the staff will ask you to sign the inspection list (Chinese signature) and ask if you need to pick it up or express it. If you choose express delivery and accept 60 yuan, you can fill in the express delivery form and copy the order number. I'll give you a receipt and a note, which says the website where you can check the visa progress (it is said that you can't check it now when the website is updated, so you can go directly to EMS official website to check the express delivery process later). Then let you sit and wait for the fingerprint record to call the number, and you will take a picture before the fingerprint record. The whole process takes about half an hour.

For security reasons, the following items will be prohibited from being brought into the UK visa application center:

All battery-driven products or electronic products, such as cameras, audio/video recorders, compact discs, MP3, floppy disks, notebook computers, portable music players, etc.

All bags. Such as travel bags, backpacks, handbags, briefcases, leather/cloth bags, zippers, etc. Only plastic clips containing your application materials are allowed to be brought in.

A sealed envelope or package.