Strictly for Tourists
This visa is established for those that wish to travel to the United Kingdom for purposes of tourism.
Position
Job-related activities allowed for a Standard Visitor Visa holder are:
- Participate in a conference, regular meeting, or training, or in a sport-related event;
- As an artist to perform in an artistic, entertaining, or music activity;
- As an academic to do a research study;
- As academic accompanying students who are about to enroll in Foreign Studies Programme;
- Engage in a clinical duty, or in a job as an observer, doctor or dentist;
- Undertake a test of the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB), or of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE);
- Undertake a test of the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB), or of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).
Establish
The application for a UK visitor visa must be made from outside the UK. The earliest you can apply for this visa is 30 days prior to your planned travel to the UK.
Legal Entity
The Standard Visitor visa has replaced the following types of visas:
- Family Visitor visa.
- General Visitor visa.
- Child Visitor visa.
- Business Visitor visa, including visas for academics, doctors and dentists.
- Sports Visitor visa.
- Entertainer Visitor visa.
- Prospective Entrepreneur visa.
- Private Medical Treatment Visitor visa.
- Approved Destination Status (ADS) visa.
Setting Up
This visa is established for those that wish to travel to the United Kingdom for purposes of:
- Tourism.
- To visit family members.
- Medical treatment.
- For professional reasons.
Legal Stay
The application for a UK visitor visa must be made from outside the UK. The earliest you can apply for this visa is 30 days prior to your planned travel to the UK.
Citizenship
With the UK tourist visa, a holder must not use public medical services only private ones, must not use public funds, get married or enter a civil partnership and not announce any of them, and must not get a voluntary job.