United Kingdom
A destination. Different possibilities.
Explore the available legal routes and ALLCB VISA assistance for United Kingdom.
Find the route for your plans.
Electronic Travel Authorisation — ETA
For eligible visa-exempt visitors travelling to the UK for an authorised short stay or transit.
Standard Visitor — tourism and family visit
For tourism, visiting relatives or friends and other permitted short visits.
Standard Visitor — permitted business activities
For meetings, conferences, negotiations and other specifically permitted short business activities.
Permitted Paid Engagement visit
For invited experts completing a qualifying paid engagement during a short UK visit.
Marriage Visitor visa
For marrying or forming a civil partnership in the UK without settling there after the ceremony.
UK transit visa
For certain travellers passing through the UK on the way to another country.
Student visa
For eligible students aged 16 or over accepted by a licensed UK student sponsor.
Child Student visa
For eligible children aged 4 to 17 studying at an independent school in the UK.
Short-term study visa — English language
For an eligible English-language course lasting more than 6 months and up to 11 months.
Short study as a Standard Visitor
For a permitted course of up to 6 months under the Standard Visitor rules.
Skilled Worker visa
For an eligible worker sponsored for a qualifying UK job.
Health and Care Worker visa
For eligible medical, health and adult social-care professionals with qualifying sponsorship.
Graduate visa
For eligible graduates who completed a qualifying UK course while holding Student permission.
Youth Mobility Scheme visa
For eligible young nationals of participating countries seeking a temporary UK work-and-travel stay.
India Young Professionals Scheme visa
For eligible Indian citizens selected through the scheme ballot to live and work temporarily in the UK.
Global Talent visa
For eligible leaders or potential leaders in academia, research, arts, culture or digital technology.
High Potential Individual visa
For recent graduates of eligible global universities seeking temporary work in the UK without sponsorship.
UK Ancestry visa
For eligible Commonwealth citizens and certain other nationals with a qualifying UK-born grandparent.
Scale-up Worker visa
For an eligible skilled job with an approved fast-growing UK business.
Senior or Specialist Worker visa
For eligible employees transferred to a UK branch under the Global Business Mobility route.
Graduate Trainee visa
For eligible workers transferred to the UK as part of a structured graduate training programme.
UK Expansion Worker visa
For senior managers or specialists assigned to establish a UK branch of an overseas business.
Service Supplier visa
For eligible contractual service suppliers or independent professionals covered by a qualifying trade agreement.
Secondment Worker visa
For eligible overseas employees seconded to the UK under a qualifying high-value contract.
Representative of an Overseas Business visa
For eligible overseas media employees and certain existing sole representatives extending or settling under legacy permission.
Overseas Domestic Worker visa
For eligible domestic workers accompanying their overseas employer on a temporary UK visit.
Seasonal Worker visa
For eligible sponsored seasonal horticulture or poultry work during the authorised period.
Government Authorised Exchange visa
For approved temporary work experience, training, research or fellowship schemes.
Creative Worker visa
For eligible temporary performers, artists, entertainers and production workers.
International Sportsperson visa
For elite sportspeople or qualified coaches endorsed for a sponsored UK role.
Charity Worker visa
For eligible unpaid voluntary work with a sponsored UK charity.
Religious Worker visa
For eligible temporary non-pastoral religious work with an approved sponsor.
Minister of Religion visa
For eligible ministers, missionaries or members of religious orders in a sponsored leading role.
International Agreement visa
For qualifying temporary work covered by international law or treaty commitments.
Innovator Founder visa
For eligible founders establishing an innovative, viable and scalable UK business.
Frontier Worker permit
For eligible EEA or Swiss citizens who began qualifying UK work while living elsewhere by the required historic date.
British National Overseas visa
For eligible BN(O) citizens from Hong Kong and qualifying family members.
Family visa — partner or spouse
For joining or remaining with an eligible British, settled or otherwise qualifying partner in the UK.
Family visa — fiancé or proposed civil partner
For entering the UK to marry or form a civil partnership with an eligible partner and then apply to remain.
Family visa — child
For an eligible child joining or remaining with a parent in the UK.
Family visa — parent
For an eligible parent caring for a qualifying child living in the UK.
Adult Dependent Relative visa
For an adult needing long-term personal care from an eligible close relative settled in the UK.
Dependant partner or child — work and study routes
For qualifying dependants of eligible UK work or study visa holders.
EU Settlement Scheme family permit
For certain eligible family members joining a qualifying person in the UK.
EU Settlement Scheme — settled or pre-settled status
For eligible EU, EEA or Swiss citizens and family members, including permitted late applications.
Settlement after a partner dies
For eligible partners whose British or settled partner died while they held qualifying family permission.
Settlement for a victim of domestic abuse
For eligible partners whose qualifying relationship ended permanently because of domestic abuse.
Indefinite Leave to Remain — work route
For eligible work-route holders completing the required continuous qualifying residence.
Indefinite Leave to Remain — long residence
For eligible applicants completing the required period of continuous lawful residence in the UK.
Indefinite Leave to Remain — family route
For eligible partners, parents or children completing a qualifying family settlement route.
Returning Resident visa
For a former settled resident seeking to return to live permanently in the UK after time abroad.
Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode
For a person who already has the legal right to live and work in the UK without immigration restrictions.
Permission to stay as a stateless person
For a person not recognised as a national by any state who meets the UK statelessness rules.
British citizenship by naturalisation
For eligible adults who satisfy residence, status, character, language and knowledge requirements.
British citizenship by registration
For eligible children and adults who qualify through a specific statutory connection to the UK.
Claim asylum in the UK
For a person in the UK who fears persecution and may meet the legal refugee or humanitarian-protection test.
Settlement for a person with protection status
For eligible refugees or people with humanitarian protection applying after the required protection period.