What you can / can’t do with your UK guest visa

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We take care about full preparation of your documents to apply for a UK guest visa. It is required to provide a certified translation of any documents, except the passport, that aren’t in English or Welsh. You submit all prepared documents in person to the visa centre of your choice. After the decision for your visa is made, you personally collect your passport from that visa centre, or you receive it by a courier.

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Visa fees

Regardless of whether you use our service or apply yourself, you will need to pay a visa fee. The cost is stated in USD on the website https://www.gov.uk. We indicate the equivalent of the amount of the visa fee in RUB, because in general the visa payment is made using the Russian bank cards.

You can transfer visa fee to UK.Visas.Consulting in rubles, and then we will pay the visa fee on the official website

Visa after refusal

It is very unpleasant to receive a refusal for a UK visa. People have plans connected with this visa, starting from simple trip to the UK ending with joining family members or getting high-paid job. You can read here about visa after refusal.

Processing time of your UK guest visa

You should get a decision on your UK guest visa within 2-3 weeks. It can take longer with the summer approaching.

You can track the status of your visa application by :

• In your own account on TLS Contact web-site (https://uk.tlscontact.com/ru/splash.php).
• By phone or e-mail, on a paid basis (https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk/y).

Eligibility

• You’ll leave the UK at the end of your visit.
• You’re able to pay for your return or onward journey and any other costs relating to your visit, without help of the state.
• You have to show that you are going to commit only short trips to the UK during the period of your visa.
• You plan to leave the UK at the end of each visit.

Useful information

• The information you provide in a UK guest visa application form must be credible. The data you provide can be checked by visa officers by various ways. Unreliable information can lead to a refusal, and false information - to a 10-year-ban.
• You need a page in your passport that’s blank on both sides for your visa, otherwise your visa may not be issued.
• Photo section: now you don’t need to provide a photo for visa (it is only required for children under 5 years old).
• Most of the applications are now being considered and assessed in the UK, urgent applications are being considered at the British Embassy in Russia.

Required documents (mandatory documents and particular cases)

Basic documents

• Passport. It must be valid for the whole of your stay in the UK.
• Printed visa application from https://www.gov.uk.
• A letter from your employer on company headed paper, detailing your role, salary and length of employment, and the information about your annual leave.
• Bank statement (with account balance or with the history of transactions for the last 3 months).
• Invitation from your relatives/friends from the UK.
• Passport and visa copies from your relatives/friends from the UK.

In addition, you can provide the following documents to increase your chances to get a UK visa:

• Previous passport.
• Copy of your marriage certificate and birth certificates of your children.
• Copy of your ownership certificate, if you own the property (flat, car, house.
• Utility bills from your relatives/friends from the UK.
• Your relatives/friends bank statement from the UK.
• Your relatives/friends employment references from the UK.
• Documents to prove the your family connection with relatives from the UK.

Particular cases : students, sole-entrepreneurs, retired, children

Students :

• Copy of birth certificate.
• Letter from your current education provider.
• Sponsor’s financial documents.

Sole-entrepreneurs in Russia :

• Copies of your OGRN (your company state registration number certificate) and TIN (personal tax reference number certificate).
• Copy of declaration for the last financial period/year.
• Individual Entrepreneur’s bank statement with the history of transactions.

Retired :

• Copy of pension certificate.
• Bank statement with the history of transactions to show the pension.
• Sponsor’s financial documents.

Children (under 18, Child Visitor visa) :

• Travel consent from parents.
• Copy of birth certificate.
• Letter from your current education provider.

There are many different cases and for each case we are ready to provide you with advice and send a list of documents for a UK visa that is ideal for your situation.

Tips and advice from our expert Yulia Mamonova

Frequent reasons of refusal

• Modest salary.
• Doubt that person doesn’t have any ties with Russia.
• Doubt in credibility of your documents.
• Your bank statement doesn’t match with your salary.
• Your visa history (previous refusals....).
• Visa Officer’s opinion.

Apply for a UK long-term-visa 2, 5 or 10 years

We advise to apply for a 2-year-long-term visa, when you held several 6-month-visa before. We advise to apply for 5 and 10-year-long-term visa after you held a 2-year-long-term visa.

Address of the UK Visa Application Centre

We can work with visa applicants from all over the world. We will provide you with information about a visa application center nearest to you to apply for UK visa. Or you can find yourself the nearest center to apply for a UK visa, using this link https://uk.tlscontact.com/.

In Russia, you must provide your documents to one of the UK visa centres of Russia. You submit your bio metric data there as well. There are 5 UK visa centres in Russia.

Moscow:
Delta Plaza, Bldg 1
2nd Syromyatnichesky Lane
Moscow, Russia, 105120

Novosibirsk:
57, Sibirskaya str.,
Novosibirsk, Russia, 630132

St.Petersburg:
Business center “Preobrazhensky Dvor”, 1st floor
26, Liteiny prospect
St. Petersburg, Russia, 191028

Yekaterinburg:
70, Bolshakova str., office 601, 6th floor
Ekaterinburg, Russia, 620142

Rostov-on-Don:
Liga Naciy, 91 Suvorova str.
Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 344022

Where you can find the official information about UK visas

You can find all necessary information on https://www.gov.uk.

Official names for this visa on GOV.UK and VISA4UK

UK Standard Visitor visa / UK Family Visitor visa / UK Child Visitor visa