Updated information from the UKVI

Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.

Guidance on visa application centres and online immigration status updated.

Visa decision waiting times applications outside th UK

Guidance for applicants outside the UK.

Explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.

Living in the UK applying from overseas

Guidance for Student sponsors, migrants and short-term students on temporary concessions in response to the outbreak of coronavirus.

Updated guidance

Covid-19 student, sponsors,  migrants and short term students

Guidance for applicants already in the UK. 

Explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.

Living in the UK, applying from within the UK

Guidance for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) staff assessing whether an applicant has met the English Language requirement.

This guidance is currently only for Students.

English language requirements for immigration applicants