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UKVI operates the UK visa system, managing applications from foreign nationals seeking to visit or work in the UK and also considering applications from businesses and educational institutions seeking to become sponsors for foreign nationals.
All visitors must obtain a visa from one of the British diplomatic missions unless they are citizens of one of the visa exempt countries (including members of the United Kingdom), or citizens who may obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA).
Immigration policy of the United Kingdom. Immigration policies of the United Kingdom are the areas of modern British policy concerned with the immigration system of the United Kingdom —primarily, who has the right to visit or stay in the UK. British immigration policy is under the purview of UK Visas and Immigration. [1]
A UK ETA is valid for up to two years and multiple entries and may be used by short-term tourists, family visitors, business people, and students (six months or less), as well as on the Creative Worker visa concession (three months or less) and in transit, rather than applying for a visa.
Visa requirements. Visa fee waived for regular or ordinary Indian passport holders. (a) having a valid residence permit in one of the Schengen countries, US or UK. (b) having a valid multiple entry Schengen visa and the visa must have been used once in a Schengen area country.
A UK Ancestry visa is a visa issued by the United Kingdom to Commonwealth citizens with a grandparent born in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Ireland (before 1922) who wish to work in the United Kingdom.
An electronic visa (e-Visa or eVisa) or Electronic travel authorization (or ETA) is stored in a computer and is linked to the passport number so no label, sticker, or stamp is placed in the passport before travel. The application is done over the internet, and the receipt acts as a visa, which can be printed or stored on a mobile device.
The British Overseas Territories maintain their own entry requirements different from the visa policy of the United Kingdom. As a general rule, British citizens do not have automatic right of abode in these territories.
A visum ( lat. “something seen”, [1] pl. visa from Latin charta visa 'papers that have been seen') [2] is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory.
UKVisas was the executive arm of the British Government responsible for processing applications for entry clearance to the United Kingdom. It was an executive agency jointly run by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Border and Immigration Agency.