Visa enquiry

Your location: United States Change

Please select the main purpose of your visit

If you want to:

visit your family or friends
come for tourism or sightseeing
visit an event (concert, sporting event etc)

We cannot help if you

have already booked a biometric appointment.
have submitted your documents (e.g. have a GWF number and want to track your application)
would like to apply for/renew a British passport

In such cases you should contact TLSContact or VFSGlobal in your country of residence.

If you want to:

study the English language
do a short-term course
do a long-term course at school, college, university

We cannot help if you

have already booked a biometric appointment.
have submitted your documents (e.g. have a GWF number and want to track your application)
would like to apply for/renew a British passport

In such cases you should contact TLSContact or VFSGlobal in your country of residence.

If you want to:

visit exhibitions/conferences as a speaker, exhibitor or team member
do internship
attend business meetings

We cannot help if you

have already booked a biometric appointment.
have submitted your documents (e.g. have a GWF number and want to track your application)
would like to apply for/renew a British passport

In such cases you should contact TLSContact or VFSGlobal in your country of residence.

Please, select this section if you want to relocate to the UK and live permanently with your relative settled in the UK (eg. spouse, parent, child).

If you want to visit your relatives for short period (eg on a holiday or vacation) you should select tourism/visitor visa

We cannot help if you

have already booked a biometric appointment.
have submitted your documents (e.g. have a GWF number and want to track your application)
would like to apply for/renew a British passport

In such cases you should contact TLSContact or VFSGlobal in your country of residence.

If you want to:

do skilled work
do seasonal/volunteer work
transfer to the UK branch
set up an innovative business / invest

We cannot help if you

have already booked a biometric appointment.
have submitted your documents (e.g. have a GWF number and want to track your application)
would like to apply for/renew a British passport

In such cases you should contact TLSContact or VFSGlobal in your country of residence.

If you want to:

apply for Returning resident visa
replace your BRP
live permanently in the UK, etc
get UK visa after refusal

We cannot help if you

have already booked a biometric appointment.
have submitted your documents (e.g. have a GWF number and want to track your application)
would like to apply for/renew a British passport

In such cases you should contact TLSContact or VFSGlobal in your country of residence.

Please select the main purpose of your visit

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