How to apply for a visa to come to the UK

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Getting a decision on your application

You바카라 사이트™ll get a letter or an email telling you the Home Office has made a decision on your application.

It will tell you what you need to do next.

If you have not received your email, check your spam or junk folder.

If your application is successful

You바카라 사이트™ll get one of the following:

  • an eVisa (an online record of your immigration status)
  • an eVisa and a sticker in your passport (a vignette) - the sticker will be for either 90 days or the full length of your stay
  • a sticker in your passport (a vignette) that바카라 사이트™s for the full length of your stay

If you apply for a work or study visa on or after 15 July, you may not get a vignette in your passport. This is because vignettes are being replaced by eVisas. Any dependants who apply with you will get a vignette.

The vignette or online immigration status information will show:

  • what you바카라 사이트™ve been granted (for example, an Innovator Founder visa)
  • the dates your visa is valid (start date and end date)
  • the conditions of your visa

Your visa conditions

The conditions say what you can and cannot do in the UK. For example, they might say:

  • 바카라 사이트˜No access to public funds바카라 사이트™ - you cannot claim benefits
  • 바카라 사이트˜No work바카라 사이트™ - you cannot take paid or unpaid work in the UK
  • 바카라 사이트˜Restricted work바카라 사이트™ - you can only work for your sponsor

Getting your vignette

If the visa application centre kept your passport, they바카라 사이트™ll either: 

  • send it to you with the vignette inside - if you paid for this service when you applied
  • ask you to collect the passport and vignette

If you kept your passport, you바카라 사이트™ll need to take it to the visa application centre to collect your vignette.

If there바카라 사이트™s an error in your vignette

If you notice an error in your vignette before you travel, you should contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

If you바카라 사이트™ve already arrived in the UK, you바카라 사이트™ll need to report an error with your eVisa if you have one. Otherwise, you should contact UKVI.

Getting an eVisa

An eVisa is an online record of your immigration status.

You need a UKVI account to get access to an eVisa. You can create a UKVI account if you do not already have one.

You바카라 사이트™ll be able to view your immigration status information online and share it with others, for example employers or universities.

Some government organisations and public authorities will be able to access your immigration status information, for example when you travel through the UK border.

If there바카라 사이트™s an error in your eVisa

If you notice an error in your eVisa, you should use the online service to report an error with your eVisa.

If your application is refused

You바카라 사이트™ll get a letter or an email explaining why your application was refused.

Your passport will be returned, if it was kept as part of your application.

Your refusal letter will explain if you have the right to either an:

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