UK Visa Entry Clearance Applications From Outside The UK

Our specialist team of UK visa solicitors can represent you in your entry clearance application for a UK visa and carry out all the work on your entry clearance application until a decision is made by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) on your UK visa entry clearance application. The legal work to be carried out by our UK visa lawyers in relation to your UK visa entry clearance application will entail the following:

Advice on requirements: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will advise you about the relevant requirements for a UK visa entry clearance application to be approved by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) as set out in the UK Immigration Rules;

Advice on documentary evidence: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will advise you about the documentary evidence to be submitted in support of the UK visa entry clearance application;

Assessment of documents: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will assess all your documents to make sure that all the documents are in line with the requirements of the UK visa entry clearance application as set out in the Immigration Rules;

Completing application form: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will complete the online application form for UK visa entry clearance and submit the same online on your behalf;

Payment of UK visa fees: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will pay the relevant UKVI charges for the UK visa application including the application fee and the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS), if applicable;

Booking appointment with the visa centre: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will book your appointment with the visa application centre for the enrolment of your biometrics and submission of your passport;

Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the UK visa entry clearance application explaining in detail all the legal requirements for the successful outcome of the UK visa entry clearance application;

Uploading documents online: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will upload all the supporting documents in support of the UK visa entry clearance application;

Follow-up work: Our UK visa solicitors and lawyers will liaise with the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) and do all the follow-up work until a decision on the UK visa entry clearance application is received.

Following are the useful links relating to entry clearance applications for UK visas from outside the UK:

• Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK

Our team of fast-track immigration solicitors can provide Priority Service for the following entry clearance applications to the Home Office UKVI made from outside the UK:

• Entry Clearance For Spouse Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Unmarried Partner Visa
• Entry Clearance For Civil Partner Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Same Sex Partner Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Parent Of A Child Visa UK
• Entry Clearance As A Child Of A Person With a Partner Visa Or Parent Visa
• Entry Clearance For Skilled Worker Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Health and Care Worker Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For UK Ancestry Visa
• Entry Clearance For UK Ancestry Visa
• Entry Clearance For T2 Minister of Religion Visa
• Entry Clearance For Global Talent Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Student Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Child Student Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For International Sportsperson Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Senior or Specialist Worker Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Scale-up Worker Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For High Potential Individual (HPI) Visa UK
• Entry Clearance For Dependant Visa UK

Entry clearance for a UK visa is the procedure used by the Entry Clearance Officers (ECOs) at British missions overseas to check before a person arrives in the UK if that person qualifies under the UK Immigration Rules for entry to the UK.

You can apply online for UK visa entry clearance on the Home Office UKVI website.

You must be present in the country you are applying from for UK visa entry clearance. You cannot apply for UK visa entry clearance while inside the UK.

The Immigration Rules state that an immigration officer may refuse entry to persons seeking entry to the UK if they fail to produce a valid national passport or other document satisfactorily establishing their identity and nationality.

An entry clearance takes the form of a stick-in vignette which is placed in the passport or travel document.

You’ll need to have a tuberculosis (TB) test if you are coming to the UK for more than 6 months and either:

• you live in any of these listed countries
• you have lived in any of these listed countries in the past 6 months

You’ll be given a chest X-ray to test for tuberculosis (TB). If the X-ray's result is not clear, you may also be asked to give a sputum sample (phlegm coughed up from your lungs).

If your test shows that you do not have tuberculosis (TB), you will be given a certificate which is valid for 6 months from the date of your x-ray. Include this certificate with your UK visa application.