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01 GENERAL VISITOR (VAF1A NOVEMBER 2018)

VISIT AND SHORT TERM STAY (VAF1A NOVEMBER 2018) This form is for use outside the UK only.

This form is provided free of charge.

(CHILD) STUDENTGuidance on types of visit visas and other visas for short term stays in the UK is available on the visas and immigration pages of the gov.uk website (www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration). Tell us your main reason for coming to the UK below.

What is the main purpose of your visit to the UK? >>>>>>>> How long do you intend to stay in the UK?

Which type of Visitor Visa are you applying for? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Tourist Visit friend(s) Other (please specify) >

1.1 Given name(s) (as shown in your passport) >>>>>>>>>>>> 1.2 Family name (as shown in your passport)

1.3 Other names (including any other names you are known >>> by and/or any other names that you have been known by)

Part 1 About You Read Guidance, Part 1

1.4 Sex Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Male Female

Travel Dates On which date do you wish to travel to the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>

On which date will you leave the UK?

1.5 Marital status? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Single Married/ Civil Partner Unmarried Partner

Divorced/Dissolved Partnership Separated Widowed/Surviving Civil Partner

1.7 Place of Birth1.6 Date of Birth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.10 Do you hold, or have you ever held, any other nationality or nationalities? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ please provide details >>>>>>>>>>>>>Yes No

1.8 Country of Birth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.9 Nationality

How long do you want your visa to be valid for? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

6 months 1 month (for permitted paid engagements)

2 years

11 months (for private medical treatment and English language study only)

5 years

12 months (for academics doing research on sabbatical leave and their accompanying child, spouse or partner).

10 years

The Home Office will use the personal information you provide to consider your application. We may also share your information with other public and private sector organisations in the UK and overseas. For more detail please see the Privacy Notice for the Border, Immigration and Citizenship system at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship. This also sets out your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 and explains how you can access your personal information and complain if you have concerns about how we are using it.

READ THIS FIRSTThis form must be completed in English. You may use blue or black ink.Please follow the guidance notes carefully and complete all questions as indicated. If you run out of space, please use Part 9 – Additional Information.UK Visas & Immigration may take a decision on your application based on the information contained here without interviewing you. Therefore please ensure you submit all relevant original documents (please see supporting documents guidance).It is better to explain why you do not have a document than to submit a false document. Your application will be automatically refused and you may be banned from coming to the UK for 10 years if you use a false document, lie or withhold relevant information. You may also be banned if you have breached immigration laws in the UK.

USE THIS FORM IF YOU ARE COMING AS A VISITOR, A SHORT-TERM STUDENT OR PARENT OF A TIER 4

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/


Yes No If ‘Yes’ go to Part 3

2.1 Current passport or travel document number >>>>>>>>> 2.2 Place of Issue

2.3 Issuing Authority >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.4 Date of Issue

2.5 Date of Expiry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.6 Is this your first passport? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

2.7 Please give details of any previous passports, covering the last 10 years, including where these passports are now.

Part 2 Passport Information Read Guidance, Part 2

Part 3 Your Contact Details Read Guidance, Part 3

Enter details of the passport or travel document that you will use to travel to the UK.

3.1 Your full residential address and postal code >>>>>>>>>>>

3.3 Home (landline) telephone number

3.2 How long have you lived at this address?

3.4 Your mobile telephone number

3.5 Email address >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.6 Contact details if different from those given in question 3.1

4.4 Father’s place and country of birth

4.3 Father’s date of birth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Part 4 Your Family Read Guidance, Part 4

4.1 Father’s given name(s) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.2 Father’s family name

4.6 Mother’s given name(s) 4.5 Father’s nationality/nationalities >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

4.8 Mother’s date of birth

4.9 Mother’s nationality/nationalities >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.10 Mother’s place and country of birth

4.7 Mother’s family name >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

4.11 Full name of spouse/partner (If single go to 4.16) >>>>>>> 4.12 Spouse/partner’s nationality/nationalities

4.13 Spouse/partner’s date of birth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes If ‘Yes’ go to 4.21 No If ‘No’ go to Part 5.

Yes No

If ‘No’, please go to question 4.20

4.17 Please provide full details for each of your >>>>>>>>>> dependant children

4.14 Does your spouse/partner currently live with you at the >>> address given in Question 3.1? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

4.15 Will your spouse/partner be travelling with you? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

4.19 Please list any of your children who will be travelling >>>> with you to the UK?

4.16 Do you have any children? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

4.20 Will any other children be travelling with you? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

4.18 Do all your children currently live with you at the address given in Question 3.1? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘No’, please provide full details of where your spouse currently lives.

If ‘No’, please provide full details of where your children currently live.

Please note: If a child is travelling without their parents, he/she should present written notification from the child’s parent or legal guardian that they consent to the child’s visit.

4.21 If yes please provide full details about the child/children

Part 5 Finances and Employment Read Guidance, Part 5

5.1 What are your current personal circumstances? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Employed full time, please go to 5.2

Employed part-time, please go to 5.2

Self-employed, please go to 5.2

Unemployed, please go to 5.9

Student, please give details of the course and institution you attend in the box provided; then go to 5.2

Retired, please go to 5.9

Supported by spouse / partner / other family member, please give full details in the box, including their relationship to you; then go to 5.9

Other, please give details, then go to 5.2

TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL APPLICANTS - Dependent children should enter parents’ details.

5.4 When did you start this job? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Employment

5.2 What is your present work or job or occupation? >>>>>> If you are a student and you also work, please give details of your work. If you are a student and you do not also work, please go to 5.9.

5.3 What is the name of the company or organisation you >> work for?

Full Name, Date of Birth, Passport Number, Address, Place of Birth, Nationality, Your Relationship to Child, Your Relationship to their Parents

Name Date of Birth


5.13 How much of your total monthly income is given to >>>your family members and other dependants?

5.14 How much do you spend each month on living costs? >

5.15 What money is available to you for your trip? >>>>>>>>

5.17 Who will pay for your expenses such as >>>>>>>>>>>> accommodation and food?

5.19 What is the cost to you personally of your stay in >>>>>> the UK?

5.16 Who will pay for your travel to the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>

5.8 Please give details of any additional job(s) or occupation(s) you have

5.5 What is your work address? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

5.12 Do you have savings, property or other income (for example from stocks and shares)? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

5.6 What are your employer’s telephone numbers?

5.7 What is your employer’s email address?

5.18 If someone other than yourself is paying for all or >>>> any part of this visit, how much money will they give you? Please also explain why they are paying for all or part of your visit

Part 6 Previous Applications And Travel History Read Guidance, Part 6

5.10 What is your total monthly income from all sources >>> of employment or occupation after tax?

Income and Expenditure

5.11 Do you receive income from any other sources, including friends or family? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

6.1 Have you travelled to the UK in the last 10 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Destination Purpose Duration

If ‘Yes’ please provide details of any trips to the UK Yes No

If you have ticked ‘yes’ to any of the above, please provide details for every organisation that you have worked for that is of a type in the list. Include name of organisation, job title or rank and dates (year to year). Please enter details in Part 9, further information.

5.9 Have you ever worked for any organisation of a type (state or non-state) listed below? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Media

Public or civil administration

Security (including police and private security companies)

Armed forces (including national service) Yes No Yes No

Government (central or local) Yes No Yes No

Judiciary Yes No Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details >>>>>>>>>>>>

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details >>>>>>>>>>>>


6.2 Have you travelled outside your country of residence, excluding to the UK, in the last 10 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Destination Purpose Duration

If ‘Yes’ please provide details of these tripsYes No

6.3 Have you ever been refused a visa for any country, including the UK? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Country Reason Reference number (for UK)

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details Yes No

6.4 Have you been granted any UK visas in the last 10 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Purpose Duration Reference number

If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No

If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No 6.5 Have you been refused entry on arrival to the UK in the last 10 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Reason Reference number

If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No 6.6 Have you ever been deported, removed or otherwise required to leave any country, including the UK in the last 10 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Country Reason Reference number (for UK)

If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No 6.7 Have you made an application to the Home Office to remain in the UK in the last 10 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Reason for Application Granted/Refused If refused give reason Reference number

If ‘Yes’ please provide detailsYes No 6.8 Do you have a UK National Insurance number? Put a cross (x) in the relevant boxNational Insurance number Reason for getting a National Insurance number

6.9 Have you been convicted of any criminal offence (including driving offences) in the UK or any other country, at any time? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Country Offence Sentence

If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No

6.10 Have you been arrested and charged with any offence and are awaiting, or currently on, trial? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Date Country Offence

If ‘Yes’ please provide detailsYes No


PLEASE NOTE: If a child is travelling without their parents, he/she should present written notification from the child’s parent or legal guardian that they consent to the child’s visit.

7.5 Please provide full details about the person you >>>>>>> will be staying with

7.6 If the person named in 7.5 is not a British Citizen or European Economic Area Citizen, please give details about what permission they have to be in the UK

7.7 How long will you stay with this person?

Part 7 Travellers under the age of 18 Read Guidance, Part 7

ONLY TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANTS UNDER 18 (or parent/guardian on behalf of applicant)

Name Address Telephone Number Email Address Relationship

Name Address Nationality Relationship

7.1 Please provide full details about your parent(s)/guardian(s) in your home country

7.4 Is the address you will be staying at a private address? >Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘No’ go to Part 8Yes No

7.2 Will you be travelling to the UK alone? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

7.3 If accompanied, please provide full details of up to two adults who will accompany you, including their passport numbers and your exact relationship to them

1) 2)

6.13 Have you ever, by any means or medium, expressed >> views that justify or glorify terrorist violence or that may encourage others to terrorist acts or other serious criminal acts? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9, Additional Information Yes No

6.14 Have you engaged in any other activities that might >>> indicate that you may not be considered a person of good character? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box


If ‘No’ please complete 7.3. If ‘Yes’ please go to 7.4Yes No

6.12 Have you had any UK court judgment against you for >> non-payment of a debt, or received a civil penalty under the UK Immigration Acts?Put a cross (x) in the relevant box


6.11 Have you been arrested and charged with any >>>>>>> offence and are awaiting, or currently on, trial? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box



If ‘Yes’ please provide details

If ‘Yes’ please provide details

Yes No

Yes No

Part 8 Your Visit Read Guidance, at the end of this form

8.4 What do you intend to do in the UK?

8.7 Where will you stay in the UK?

8.1 If you are not a national of the country in which you are >>> applying, what permission do you have to stay in that country?

8.2 Are you travelling with anyone? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

8.5 Do you intend to work in the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Put a cross (x) in the relevant box Yes No

8.6 Do you intend to study in the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Put a cross (x) in the relevant box Yes No

8.3 Do they already have a visa for the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Yes No They don’t need one

Full Name Date of Birth Nationality

Yes No If ‘Yes’ please provide details of the people you are travelling with. If ‘No’, go to question 8.4

8.8 Do you have any friends in the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

8.9 Do you have any relatives in the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Full name Nationality Address Telephone Number

If you will visit more than 4 relatives in the UK please provide their full name, describe your exact relationship and indicate their permission to be in the UK in Part 9 – Additional Information.

Full Name Nationality Relationship To You Permission to be in the UK




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If you intend to visit a qualifying family member/s you should complete VAF1B. The definition of a qualifying family member can be found in the guidance note at the end of this form.

Yes’ please provide your relatives full address (including postal code), contact telephone numbers (including country and area codes) and personal email address.Yes No

8.10 Do you intend to visit any of these relatives? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Postcode:

Email Address

AddressName

Telephone Number

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Postcode:

Email Address

AddressName

Telephone Number

2

Postcode:

Email Address

AddressName

Telephone Number

3

Postcode:

Email Address

AddressName

Telephone Number

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Additional Information Read Guidance, Part 9

9.1 Is there any other information you wish to be considered as part of your application?

Part 9

If you run out of space please use additional sheets of paper to provide us with all the relevant information required as part of your application.

9.2 Have you ever received medical treatment in the UK? >> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

9.3 Did you have to pay for the treatment? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

9.4 Where did you receive the treatment?

If ‘Yes’ go to question 9.3Yes No

Yes No

Address: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Telephone number:

Name of hospital/clinic/Doctor’s surgery:


“I declare:• That the information given on this form whether input by myself, input on my behalf by a third party or automatically pre-populated is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

• The documents supplied with this application are genuine and the statements I have made with this application are truthful.

I understand:• I must inform the UK diplomatic mission if there is a material change to my circumstances, or any new information to my application becomes available.• The Home Office (or a trusted third party) may make reasonable checks to confirm the accuracy and authenticity of evidence I have provided and documents I have submitted with this application.• The Home Office (or a trusted third party) may also make reasonable checks on any sponsors to my application to verify statements contained in the application and establish that I will comply with or have complied with the terms of any visa granted.• All information provided by me will be processed by the Home Office in accordance with the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018.• The Home Office is the data controller in relation to the information provided by me in this application form.• The information I provide, including biometric data, will be treated in confidence, but it may be disclosed to other government departments, agencies, local authorities, foreign governments, and other bodies, to enable the Home Office or those bodies to perform their functions.• Providing biometric information as part of an application is confirmation of consent to having biometric information checked at the UK border to verify identity.• Any disclosures will be in accordance with the DPA 2018• The information provided by me may be also used for staff training purposes.• UK entry clearance applications may be handled by British missions in other locations, including outside of the country in which I have applied and that this may involve the transfer of my application and supporting documents to and from another mission. The Home Office will be responsible for transferring my application and supporting documents safely. In these circumstances my application will still be handled in line with Home Office published customer service standards.• The fee payable is for an application processing and entry clearance decision-making service, not the guaranteed delivery of a visa, therefore I will not be entitled to a refund should my application for entry to the UK or Commonwealth and Overseas Territories be refused or granted for a shorter period than I applied for.• My visa application fee will be refunded only if the application is withdrawn in writing within 3 months and 7 days of the original date of application and prior to the submission of biometric data or any processing taking place• The information provided by me, or information made available to the Home Office during the processing of my application, may be shared with my sponsor(s) or any person(s) acting on their behalf or any applicant linked to my application (for example to my spouse/partner if we apply for visas for a trip together) for the sole purpose of considering my application. I am aware that if there is any information I do not want the Home Office to disclose I will tell you by enclosing a letter with my supporting documentation. If such requests prevent you from making legitimate inquires, my application may be refused.• My application will be automatically refused and I may be banned from going to the UK for 10 years if I use a false document, lie or withhold relevant information. I may also be banned if I have breached immigration laws in the UK. Should I use a false document, lie or withhold relevant information my details may be passed to law enforcement agencies.• I may be required to provide a record of my fingerprints and a photograph of my face (“biometric data”) as part of my application. If I refuse to do so, my application may be treated as invalid and, if so will not be considered further. (see Statutory Instrument 2006 No 1743 – The immigration (Provision of Physical Data) regulations 2006, Regulation 7(1)).• I understand that providing biometric information as part of an application is confirmation of consent to having biometric information checked at the UK border to verify identity.• I do not have recourse to public funds during my stay in the UK.• I am not entitled to receive treatment free of charge on the National Health Service (NHS), unless an exemption from charge applies in law, and therefore may be billed for any NHS treatment undertaken in the UK.• If I fail to pay NHS debts incurred by me this could adversely affect future entry clearance or leave to remain applications I make.• I am not entitled to receive state-funded education whilst in the UK.• My details may, in certain circumstances, be passed to fraud prevention agencies to prevent and detect fraud and money laundering. I also understand that such agencies may provide the Home Office with information about me. Further details explaining when information may be passed to or from fraud prevention agencies and how that information may be used can be obtained via the visas and immigration pages on the gov.uk website.• It is an offence under the Immigration Act 1971 (as amended) to make a statement which I know to be false, or not believe to be true, in order to obtain a visa/entry clearance to the UK

I confirm:• that, where I have a sponsor, I have informed my sponsor of the information set out below and my sponsor has confirmed that they consent to me providing the

information about them which is set out in this application.• That, I understand and agree with the above declarations and hereby apply for a visa/entry clearance to the United Kingdom.

Information for sponsors

Personal information which is provided about a person acting in support of an application, including any documentary evidence provided by or about them, will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 by the Home Office, which is the data controller in relation to the information provided. The Home Office will use this information to make decisions about the application and to prevent and detect fraud. We may share this information with other government departments or agencies, local and public authorities, foreign governments, companies (including financial and utility companies), employers or other bodies in order to make reasonable checks to verify the information provided in the application and confirm that sponsors have or will comply with the terms of any visa which may be or have been granted. Any information received by the Home Office about a sponsor may be used in reaching a decision on the application. Full details of the way in which the data may be processed can be found on the visas and immigration pages on the gov.uk website at www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenshipApplicant’s signature Date

Have you used an agent or representative to complete this application? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ please give details of >>>>>>>>>>>>> agent/representative’s name and address

What language did you communicate in with the >>>>>>>>>>agent/representative to complete the form?

Yes No

Part 10 Declaration

www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship

www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship


Part 11 Supporting Documents

Please ensure you submit all the relevant original documents that you want the Entry Clearance Officer to see when considering your application. The UK Immigration Rules make it clear that it is your responsibility to satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer that you are genuinely seeking entry to the UK for the purpose and duration that you have stated. Submission of particular documents does not guarantee that your visa will be issued. It is your decision how you satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer that your intentions are as you state in your application. It is your choice which documents you submit. Further guidance on supporting documents can be found on the visas and immigration pages of GOV.UK www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration .

Advisory:

To know your Customs obligations when travelling to the UK, please consult Notice 1, found at www.hmrc.gov.uk.


Guidance for Part 8: Your Trip

8.1 If you are not a national of the country in which you are applying, what permission do you have to stay in that country?Please provide evidence of your immigration status if you are not a national in the country where you are applying, e.g. a residence permit, visa, green card.

8.2 Are you travelling with anyone? Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please provide the full name, date of birth and nationality of the people you are travelling with. If you are travelling in a large group please just give the details of the group leader.

8.3 Do they already have a visa for the UK?Answer Yes/No/They don’t need one.

8.4 What will you do in the UK?If you have a planned itinerary please submit a copy of this with your application.

8.5 Do you intend to work in the UK?Answer Yes/No. This includes voluntary work. If ‘Yes’ you are filling out the wrong form. Please refer to your local visa application centre guidance to check which visa you should apply for. Further guidance and information can also be found on the GOV.UK website www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration

8.6 Do you intend to study in the UK?Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ you are filling out the wrong form. If study is your main purpose in coming here, you should apply as a Student Visitor. If your purpose is to come here for a holiday or to visit family but you may also study for no more than a month, you can use this form.

8.7 Where will you stay in the UK?Please provide the full address, telephone number and email address of all the places where you will be staying during your visit, including hotels.

8.8 Do you have any friends in the UK? Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’, please provide the full name, nationality, address, telephone number, their permission to stay in the UK and explain how they are related to you e.g. “My mother’s brother’s son”

Definition of a family member

A “member of the applicant’s family” is any of the following persons who is permanently settled in the UK”

• Spouse, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, brother orsister;

• Grandfather, grandmother, grandson or granddaughter;

• Spouse or civil partner’s father, mother, brother or sister;

• Son or daughter’s spouse or civil partner;

• Stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother orstepsister; or

• Unmarried partner with whom they have lived as a couple for atleast two of the last three years.

In addition, children adopted under an adoption order recognised in UK law are treated as if they are the natural children of the adoptive parents.

8.9 Do you have any relatives in the UK? Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please provide details of all your relatives in the UK in the space provided including name, nationality, exact relationship to you and their permission to be in the UK. If you require more space please use Part 9 – Additional Information. If you have no other family members in the UK please state ‘None’.

8.10 Do you intend to visit any of these relatives? Answer Yes/No.

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Guidance notesVisa Application Form

Part 1 About you

“These guidance notes are to help you complete an application form to come to the UK as a visitor (including transit and DATV visitors) or for short term students and Parents of a Tier 4 (child) student.

Further guidance and information can be obtained from your local visa application centre or by visiting the visas and immigration pages on the gov.uk website:

www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration

1.1 Given name(s)These must be the same as recorded in your passport. They are normally all the names you were given at birth, but not your family/surname which you should enter in 1.2. Please do not use titles such as Mr, Snr or Esq.

1.2 Family name (as shown in your passport) The name by which your family is known (also known as surname/last name) and must be as recorded in your passport. Please do not use titles such as Snr.

1.3 Other names (including any other names you are known by and/or any other names that you have been known by)

Any other names by which you are or have been known, for example, maiden name, name at birth, if different.

1.4 Sex This should be your sex at time of application.

1.5 What is your marital status? This is your current marital status

Unless single, please provide evidence of your marital status e.g. marriage or civil partnership certificate, divorce certificate, death certificate.

Single - You have never entered into a legally recognised marriage or civil partnership.

Married - You and your partner have entered into a marriage, which is legally recognised and documented.

Civil partnership - You and your same sex partner have entered into a partnership, which is legally recognised and documented.

Unmarried partner - You currently live in a marriage-like relationship with your partner without being legally married.

Divorced/dissolved partnership - Your marriage/ civil partnership has been legally dissolved by legal authority, usually a family court, and you have documentary evidence to this effect.

Widowed/surviving civil partner - Your partner, male or female, is deceased and, immediately prior to their death, you were in a legal marriage/civil partnership.

Separated - You and your partner/spouse no longer live as a married couple, and would normally live apart, but you have not finalised divorce proceedings to terminate the marriage.

1.6 Date of Birth In DD/MM/YYYY format. As recorded in your passport.

1.7 Place of Birth This must be the village/town/city and state/ province in which you were born.

1.8 Country of Birth Enter the country of birth exactly as it appears on the title page of your passport.2

1.9 Nationality This must correspond with the authority that issued your travel document/passport. If you hold dual nationality you should select the issuing country

of the passport/travel document you wish to travel with. If ‘Stateless’ please enter this as your nationality and provide details of the country that issued your travel document.

1.10 Do you hold, or have you ever held, any other nationality or nationalities? Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’, please provide details of which nationality or nationalities you hold or have held, along with details of your travel document or passport number if applicable/available.

Part 2 Passport information

Enter details of the passport or travel document that you will use to travel to the UK.

2.1 Current passport or travel document number The number should be entered as shown in your passport. If you hold a 1951 Convention travel document please provide this number.

2.2 Place of Issue Please include both the city and the country that issued the passport or travel document.

2.3 Issuing Authority This is the National Authority that issued the passport or travel document. Their details can be found in your passport or travel document.

2.4 Date of Issue In DD/MM/YYYY format.

2.5 Date of Expiry In DD/MM/YYYY format.

2.6 Is this your first passport? Answer Yes/No

2.7 Please give details of any previous passports, covering the last 10 years, including where these passports are now. Where the information is available, please provide full details for each.

This should include travel document or passport number, issue and expiry dates and place of issue. Please tell us where your previous passports are (for example if lost, stolen, expired or returned to the issuing authority and no longer with you).

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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3.1 Your full address and postal code This is the address where you live rather than your family home. You MUST include your full residential address details including house number or name/street/village/town/city/state/province/ postal or zip code/country.

3.2 How long have you lived at this address? Give details as requested

3.3 Home (landline) telephone number You should provide your home telephone number if you have one, including the area, city and country codes. This should not be your mobile phone number. If you have no home telephone number please enter ‘None’ and provide a mobile number in the following question. You must provide at least one telephone number you can

be contacted on as we may need to contact you if we need to discuss your application.

3.4 Your mobile telephone number Please provide your mobile/cellular telephone number, including the country code.

3.5 Email address Please provide a valid email address. If you have no email address please enter ‘None’.

3.6 Contact details if different from those given in question 3.1 You will be contacted at the address given in Question 3.1 unless you enter different details in this box. Please provide an alternative address, if your contact details are different to those you have already given.

Part 4

If known, please enter the details of your mother and father, even if deceased. If you do not know the answer to any of these questions please state ‘Not known’.

4.1 Father’s given name(s) These are all the names your father was given at birth, but not his family/surname

4.2 Father’s family name This should be the name by which your father’s family is known.

4.3 Father’s date of birth In DD/MM/YYYY format.

4.4 Father’s place and country of birth You should give the village/town/city and state/ province and country where he was born.

4.5 Father’s nationality/nationalities All nationalities your father holds now or held at the time of your birth regardless of whether he currently has a passport or travel document for any of these nationalities.

4.6 Mother’s given name(s) These are all the names your mother was given at birth, but not her family/surname.

4.7 Mother’s family name This should be the name by which your mother’s family is known.

4.8 Mother’s date of birth In DD/MM/YYYY format.

4.9 Mother’s nationality/nationalities All nationalities your mother holds now or held at the time of your birth regardless of whether she currently has a passport or travel document for any of these nationalities.

4.10 Mother’s place and country of birth You should give the village/town/city and state/ province and country where she was born

4.11 Full name of spouse/partner (If single go to 4.16)

Please provide your spouse’s/partner’s given and family names as they appear in their passport. If widowed, divorced or separated please provide the full name (given and family names) of your former or deceased spouse/partner. If you have more than one spouse or partner please provide details in Part 9 - Additional Information.

4.12 Spouse/partner’s nationality/ nationalities All nationalities your spouse/partner holds now or held at the time of their birth regardless of whether s/he currently has a passport or travel document for any of these nationalities.

4.13 Spouse/partner’s date of birth In DD/MM/YYYY format

4.14 Does your spouse/partner currently live with you at the address given in question 3.1?

Answer Yes/No. If no please provide full details of where your spouse/partner is currently living.

4.15 Will your spouse/partner be travelling with you?

Answer Yes/No. If yes, please note that he/she may also need a visa. If so they should complete a separate application form.

4.16 Do you have any children? Answer Yes/No

4.17 Please provide full details for each of your dependent children Provide details of all dependent children, including those not travelling with you to the UK. For each child you should provide their full name, date and place of birth and passport number (if they possess one).

If you require more space please provide additional details in Part 9 – Additional Information.

4.18 Do all your children currently live with you at the address given in question 3.1? Answer Yes/No. If no please provide full details of where your children are currently living.

4.19 Please list any of your children who will be travelling with you to the UK? Please note that any children travelling with you may also need a visa.

If they need a visa, they will have to complete their own application form.

4.20 Will any other children be travelling with you? Answer Yes/No. This is any other children under 18 years of age, who are not your own children, but that will accompany you to the UK. Please note that if they need a visa, they will have to complete their own application form.

4.21 If ‘Yes’ please provide full details about the child/children For each child you should provide their full name, date of birth as recorded in their passport in the DD/MM/YYYY format, passport number, address, place of birth - this must be the state/ province and city/town/village in which they were born, nationality, your relationship to the child and your relationship to their parents. For large school groups or similar please list the names of ALL accompanying children in Part 9-Additional Information.4

Part 3 Your contact details

Your Family

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Part 5 Previous Applications and Travel History

5.1 What are your current personal circumstances? To assist your application, you may want to supply full, current, independent and verifiable documentary evidence to support your statements.

EMPLOYMENT

5.2 What is your present work or job or occupation? Please give details of your present job/occupation/ employment. To assist your application, you may want to supply full, current, independent and

verifiable documentary evidence to support your statements. For students who work as well as study, please provide details of your present job/ occupation/employment. For students that do not work, please go to question 5.9.

5.3 What is the name of the company or organisation you work for? Please give the name of the company or organisation you work for

5.4 When did you start this job? In DD/MM/YYYY format

5.5 What is your work address? Please give the full address, including postal code, of where you work

5.6 What are your employer’s telephone numbers? Please give landline and mobile telephone numbers if available, including country and city codes.

5.7 What is your employer’s email address? Include details of website if appropriate

5.8 Please give details of any additional job(s) or occupation you have If employed in any other job(s) please provide full details of these, including employer’s name, full address, landline telephone number and email address for each. Please tell us the date you started in any other job(s).

5.9 Have you ever worked for any organisation of a type (state or non-state) listed below? Answer Yes/No for each career type. If you answer ‘Yes’ to any of these, please provide details in Part 9 - Additional Information.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

5.10 What is your total monthly income from all sources of employment or occupation after tax? Please state your total monthly income after taxes have been deducted. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.11 Do you receive income from any other sources, including friends or family? Answer Yes/No. Please give details of all money you receive from any/all source(s) including amounts and frequency. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.12 Do you have savings, property or other income, for example, from stocks and shares? Answer Yes/No. Please give details. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.13 How much of your total monthly income is given to your family members and other dependants? Please state how much of your monthly income you spend on your family members and other dependants. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.14 How much do you spend each month on living costs? This includes rent/mortgage/utility bills/loan repayments etc.. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.15 What money is available to you for your trip? Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.16 Who will pay for your travel to the UK? This will be the person(s) paying the cost of your flight and any internal travel. Please give the full name(s) of anyone providing funds for your travel. If you personally are paying for your travel please state ‘Myself ’.

5.17 Who will pay for your expenses such as accommodation and food? This will be the person(s) paying the cost of your accommodation (e.g. hotel) and food. Please give the full name(s) of anyone providing funds for your accommodation and food. If you personally are 5 paying for your accommodation and food please state ‘Myself ’.

5.18 If someone other than yourself is paying for all or any part of this visit, how much money will they give you? Please also explain why they are paying for all or part of your visit. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.19 What is the cost to you personally of your stay in the UK? Please state how much money your trip to the UK will cost you in total. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

6.1 Have you travelled to the UK in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. This includes travel for any purpose (holidays, study, training, business trips etc). When giving this information please provide details of all your trips to the UK over the last 10 years.

6.2 Have you travelled outside your country of residence, excluding to the UK, in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. You should include travel for study, training, business trips etc. When giving this information please provide details of all your trips abroad that you have not described in answer to question 6.1.

6.3 Have you ever been refused a visa for any country, including the UK? Answer Yes/No. Please provide details of all refused visa applications. If you were refused a visa for the UK please enter the reference number you were given for the refusal, if known, in the following format XXX/123456 (the XXX is the country or post location abbreviation, for example New York is NYC).

6.4 Have you been granted any UK visas in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. Please give details of all UK visas you have been granted in the last 10 years. Please enter the reference number(s), if known. This can be found on the previous visa(s) in your passport. You should enter details even if you did not use the visa(s).

6.5 Have you been refused entry on arrival to the UK in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. This includes if you were refused entry by a UK Immigration Officer prior to arrival in the UK e.g. at Paris Gare du Nord or Brussels Midi etc. Please enter your reference number that refers to the port or airport where you were refused entry e.g. LHR/TN4/123456 or DVE/123456. (LHR/TN4/ is London Heathrow airport terminal 4 and DVE/ is Dover port). This can be found on your refusal notice.

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Part 6 Visitor

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Definitions for questions 6.11 – 6.13

Genocide Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.

Crimes against humanity Acts committed at any time (not just during armed conflict) as part of a widespread or systematic attack, directed against any civilian population with knowledge of the attack. This would include offences such as murder, torture, rape, severe deprivation of liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law and enforced disappearance of persons.

War crimes Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions committed during an armed conflict. This includes an internal armed conflict and an international armed conflict. The types of acts that may constitute a war crime include wilful killing, torture, extensive destruction of property not justified by military necessity, unlawful deportation, the intentional targeting of civilians and the taking of hostages.

Terrorism and terrorist acts The use or threat of action (including action outside the United Kingdom) designed to influence the government or an international governmental organisation, or to intimidate the public or a section of the public, which is made for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and involves serious violence against a person, serious damage to property,

endangers another person’s life, creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or is designed seriously to interfere with or seriously disrupt an electronic system.

If the use or threat of action as described above, involves the use of firearms or explosives, it is terrorism whether or not it is designed to influence the government, an international governmental organisation or to intimidate the public or a section of the public.

Organisations concerned in terrorism An organisation is concerned in terrorism if it:

a. commits or participates in acts of terrorism,

b. prepares for terrorism,

c. promotes or encourages terrorism (including the

unlawful glorification of terrorism), or

d. is otherwise concerned in terrorism

This guidance is not exhaustive. The full definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide can be found in Schedule 8 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 at the following website:

www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/20010017.htm

If 18 or over please go to Part 8. If under 18 please complete Part 7, Travellers Under the age of 18. 7

This guidance is not exhaustive. The full definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide can be found in Schedule 8 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 at the following website: www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/20010017.htm

If 18 or over please go to Part 8. If under 18 please complete Part 7, Travellers Under the age of 18. 7

6.6 Have you ever been deported, removed or otherwise required to leave any country, including the UK in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please give details including the date the country you were removed from and to and the reason for your removal. If you were removed, deported or otherwise asked to leave the UK please give additional details including your Home Office reference number (which is prefixed with the first letter of your family name, e.g. Smith = S12345) and how you left the UK e.g. voluntarily (paying for your own flight/transport), at UK government expense (arrangements were made and paid for by the Home Office).

6.7 Have you made an application to the Home Office to remain in the UK in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. Please enter your Home Office reference number which is prefixed with the first letter of your family name e.g. Smith = S123456. If this application was refused please give the reason for this.

6.8 Do you have a UK National Insurance number? Answer Yes/No. The National Insurance number allows you to work in the UK. The number is usually provided on a plastic card, which is issued automatically when you first apply for a National Insurance number. Please explain why you were issued with a National Insurance number.

6.9 Have you been convicted of any criminal offence (including driving offences) in the UK or any other country, at any time?Answer Yes/No. Please give details of the date and place (country) of the offence and what you were convicted of. Please state the what sentence you received. To assist your application, you may want to supply documentary evidence of the conviction (e.g. the official record) detailing the crime you were convicted of and the sentence you received.

6.10 Have you been arrested and charged with any offence and are awaiting, or currently on, trial? Answer Yes/No. If yes please provide full details.

6.11 Have you been subject to, or received, any other penalty by a court or the police; for example caution, discharge, fine or community sentence in the UK or any other country? Answer Yes/No. If yes please provide full details.

6.12 Have you had any UK court judgment against you for non-payment of a debt, or received a civil penalty under the UK Immigration Acts? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box. Answer Yes/No. If yes please provide full details.

6.13 Have you ever, by any means or medium, expressed views that justify or glorify terrorist violence or that may encourage others to terrorist acts or other serious criminal acts?Please see ‘Definitions for Questions

6.11 - 6.13. Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9, Additional Information.

6.14 Have you engaged in any other activities that might indicate that you may not be considered a person of good character? Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9, Additional Information. You should tell us if you have been involved in anything illegal not already covered in questions 6.9 - 6.13.

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Only to be completed by applicants under 18 (or parent/guardian on behalf of applicant)

7.1 Please provide full details about your parent(s)/guardian(s) in your home country. A guardian is a person who cares for you and your interests. This will usually be the person you live with in your home country, if not your parents.

The full details must include their name, address including the house name or number/street/ village/town/city/state/province/ postal or zip code/country, telephone number (including country and area code), email address and your relationship to them, i.e. father, mother or guardian.

7.2 Will you be travelling to the UK alone? Answer Yes/No.

7.3 If accompanied, please provide full details of up to two adults who will accompany you, including their passport numbers and your exact relationship to them. Please provide details of accompanying adult’s full name, date of birth, passport number, address and telephone number. Up to two adults may be listed as accompanying you (the child). These details will be recorded on your (the child’s) visa. If in the future you (the child) want to travel without the named adult(s), or with different adults you (the child) will need a new visa. If the adult(s) you are

accompanying to the UK already has a UK visa (or does not require one), please provide the reference number / date of application / details of why they do not require a UK visa (eg they hold a British passport, are exempt from immigration control etc).

7.4 Is the address you will be staying at a private address? Answer Yes/No. A private address is one owned by individuals and is not a hotel or youth hostel.

7.5 Please provide full details about the person you will be staying with The full details should include their name, address, nationality and your exact relationship to them, e.g. father/mother’s sister/friend etc.

7.6 If the person named in 7.5 is not a British Citizen or a European Economic Area Citizen, please give details about what permission they have to be in the UK. To assist your application, you may want to supply documentary evidence of their permission to be in the UK; eg by supplying a copy of their bio data page from their passport (the page with their photograph) and their visa (if they have one) or other permission to be in the UK.

7.7 How long will you stay with this person? Please provide details as requested.

Go to the visas and immigration pages of the gov.uk website for guidance on types of visit and short term stay (www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration).

8.4. If you are coming to visit the UK: • for tourism or leisure, tell us about what you intend to visit and do

• to do business, tell us about what you will be doing, what organisations you will be visiting, and how you will be paid

• to receive private medical treatment, tell us about the treatment you will be receiving, how long it will last, how much it will cost and give details of your consultant

• to do a permitted paid engagement, tell us what you will be doing, how this relates to your current work, and who has invited you

• to get married or enter into a civil partnership, tell us about your plans, if you have given notice or not, and provide your fiancé(e)s name and passport details

• to transit (either transit or DATV), tell us your travel plans including flight details in both directions if they are booked, about where you are going to and what visa you have for your destination

• to study for a short time, tell us about the course you will take, including what it is called, how long it will last and who is providing it

Please provide any other information you wish to be considered as part of your application or use this section if you require additional space to answer the questions on the form. If you require any more space please use additional sheets of paper.

You must now read the declaration and sign it. This must be signed by the applicant personally and not by a representative or other person acting on his/ her behalf. An application for a person under the age of 18 may be completed and signed by the parent or legal guardian.

Have you used an agent or representative to complete this application? Answer Yes/No. This could be a person or organisation, such as a travel agent, lawyer, friend or relative who completed this form on your behalf.

If ‘Yes’ please give details of agent/ representative’s name and address. Please provide details as requested.

What language did you communicate in with the agent/representative to complete the form? Please provide details as requested.8

Travellers under the age of 18

Visa specific section

Additional Information

Declaration

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Documents

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