Standard Visitor visa

Apply for this visa if you want to visit the UK on holiday or to see your family and friends, do business, take part in sports or creative events, or receive private medical treatment.

Short-term study visa

Apply for this visa if you’re doing a short course of study or training in the UK.

Visa to pass through the UK in transit

Apply for this visa if you need to pass through the UK on your way to another country.

How long you can stay and how much the visa costs depends on whether you pass through UK border control.

If you go through border control

If you do not pass through border control

Permitted Paid Engagement visa

You might be able to apply for this visa if you’ve been invited to the UK to do paid work as an expert in your profession.

Marriage Visitor visa

Apply for this visa if you want to get married or register a civil partnership in the UK, even if you don’t usually need a visa to visit the UK. Check everything you need to do to get married in the UK.

Parent of a Tier 4 child visa

Apply for this visa if your child attends an independent fee-paying day school in the UK and you want to stay with them.

Visit the UK in a Chinese tour group

Apply for this visa if you’re a Chinese citizen that’s coming to the UK as part of a tour group through the approved destination status agreement (ADS).