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GREAT NEWS: GET UK VISIT VISA IN 15 DAYS


December 18th, 2022 at 08:26 am

United Kingdom will process the UK visit visa within 15 days. Priority visas will be processed within 5 days. Traveling to the UK has been boosted after the pandemic which has increased the immigration backlog. Because of this, students, workers, and tourists have to plan again for their travel.

UK VISIT VISA DETAILS

The UK visit visa is an online visa with an appointment at VFS to submit your documents. The process typically takes 3-4 weeks and once the visa is issued you can stay up to 6 months in the UK. The UK visit visa is applicable for:

  • Visiting friends and family in the UK
  • Visiting the UK for leisure and tourism
  • Visiting the UK for medical reasons
  • Other non-business activities

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR UK VISITOR VISA

The documentation required for the UK visit visa includes:

  • Personal details
  • Salary and financial details
  • Travel itinerary and travel history
  • Proof that you can fund your stay adequately
  • Proof that you can pay for your air travel to and from the UK
  • Proof that you will leave the UK at the end of the visit

WHEN TO APPLY

Apply for the visa at least three months before your intended date of travel.

DURATION OF STAY

You can stay for up to six months on this visa. You can extend your stay if you have come to the UK for private medical treatment by paying additional charges.
You can also extend your stay if you are in the country to attend an academic program.

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LONG–TERM VISITOR VISA

If you need to visit the country for a longer period, you can apply for a long-term Standard Visitor visa with a duration of either 2, 5, or 10 years. You can stay for a maximum of 6 months during every visit.

Now the UK has planned to process visit visas within 15 days. Slots for students will also be opened in January 2023. According to the UK Immigration Statistics, around 118,000 student visas were granted to Indian nationals in the FY 2021-2022 to study in the UK.

UK WORK VISA INVITATIONS

Visit visas were issued to 258,000 Indian nationals. This was a 630 percent increase in comparison to the previous year. Indian nationals also received around 103,000 work visas in which invitations were issued to the following:

  • Skilled workers
  • Seasonal workers

The work visa invitations were increased by 148 percent.

Number of study visas issued to Indian and Chinese students to study in UK

The number of student visas granted to the main applicants was 127,731 in September 2022. There was an increase of 93,470 in comparison to 34,261 in 2019. The second country is China to which 116,476 UK study visas were granted by the end of September 2022.

It happened for the first time that a number of Indian students surpassed China to become the largest group of foreign aspirants to study in the UK. Over the past few years, the number of Indian students in the UK rose by 273 percent as per the statistics.

The Office for National Statistics revealed that in the Skilled Worker Visa category, Indians received 56,042 visas in 2021. There is also a rise of 36 percent in Skilled Worker Health and Care visas to invite medical professionals.

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UK Graduate Route visa

The UK Graduate Route visa was introduced in 2021 which allowed international students to stay and work in UK after completing their degree course. Indians received 41 percent of the total number of Graduate Route visas.

UK HPI Visa

The UK High Potential Individual visa was introduced in May 2022 to invite bright candidates who studied at top universities all over the globe. Candidates can apply for this visa to work in the UK. Indian nationals were granted 14 percent of the visas.

The statistics also reveal that the number of students from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Bangladesh in the UK rose by three times in comparison to 2019. The net immigration to the UK in June 2021 was 173,000 in June 2022, it was 504,000.

WORK & SETTLE IN THE UK

In order to retain its competitive edge, the UK invites skilled professionals to work in the UK under the Tier 2 visa program. Under this program, workers whose occupations are listed on the Tier 2 Shortage Occupation List can apply to work in the UK on a long-term basis. Among the popular professions on the list are IT, finance, teaching, healthcare, and engineering.

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If skilled workers must come to the UK, they need to have a Skilled Worker visa (formerly the Tier 2 visa). You can apply for this visa if you have been offered a skilled job in the UK. The salary requirement for this visa is £25,600, or the specific salary requirement for the occupation or the ‘going rate’.

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