Transit visa for United-Kingdom in 2020
From 85 EUR
The UK transit visa is required when you transit through the UK during your trip. There are two types of transit visa depending on the duration of your connection: the 24-hour Direct Airside Transit and the 48-hour Visitor in Transit.
General information
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You need a transit visa if you travel to another country through the UK.
If you want to be sure, that you will not any problems at the boarder, and your stop in the UK is less than 24 hours, you need to apply for a Direct Airside Transit visa.
If you need to change the airport, or your stop is for 48 hours, you need to apply for Visitor in Transit visa.
If you don’t have any UK visa, it will be up to a Boarder Officer to decide to let you pass or not.
All the information regarding the Transit visa you can find on official web-site gov.uk.
Service fees of UK.Visas.Consulting to get a transit visa to the United Kingdom.
We are committed in the full preparation of your documents to apply for a British transit visa:
After getting a decision on your visa, you personally pick up the passport from the visa centre, or get it with a courier service.
With UK.Visas.Consulting specialists, you will be sure that all the documents for your transit visa to the UK have been prepared and submitted correctly!
| Cost of our service. | Cost of translation in English per document. |
|---|---|
| 85 € | 10 € |
Visa fees
Regardless of whether you use our service or apply yourself, you will need to pay a visa fee to the UK immigration services. 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 EUR with a margin to cover change rate and fees over the time required to process your application by our services.
You can transfer visa fee to UK.Visas.Consulting in euros, and then we will pay the visa fee on the official website.
| Type of visa | Visa fees |
|---|---|
| UK Direct Airside Transit 24 hours visa | 50 € |
| UK Visitor in Transit 48 hours visa | 90 € |
These amounts are indicative. You can call us to know the exact visa fee cost at the date of your call.
In the case of refusal, or if the passport is withdrawn before the decision is made, the visa fee can't be refunded.
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 Transit visa
You should get a decision on your UK Transit 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)
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).
- Hotel booking in the country of your destination.
- Air-tickets to and / or from the country of your destination.
- A valid visa (if required) to the country of your destination.
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).
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 company state registration number certificate and 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.
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.
- Doubt about the reason of the trip.
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 centre nearest to you to apply for UK visa. Or you can find yourself the nearest centre to apply for a UK visa, using this link https://uk.tlscontact.com/.
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
Visa to pass through the UK in transit / UK Direct Airside Transit visa , UK Visitor in Transit visa
All informations on this page about this visa have been last updated on : 13 October 2020
