Get a faster decision on your visa or settlement application
Eligible visas when applying from inside the UK
You can apply for a faster decision on certain visa applications or applications to settle in the UK.
These tables list the eligible applications and whether you can pay to get a faster decision:
- within 5 working days
- by the end of the next working day
There’s a limit on how many people can apply for a faster decision. If you’re not offered the option to apply for a faster decision, you can still complete a standard application.
Whether you can get a faster decision depends on what you’re applying for and how you prove your identity.
You’ll prove your identity by either:
- attending an appointment at a UK Visa and Citizen Application Services (UKVCAS) centre
- using the ‘UK Immigration: ID Check’ app to scan your identity document
You’ll find out if you can get a faster decision and what you need to do when you apply.
Eligible visa applications
| UKVCAS appointment: within 5 working days | UKVCAS appointment: next working day | ID app: within 5 working days | ID app: next working day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child student visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Family visa | No | Yes | No | No |
| Global Talent visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Graduate visa | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Graduate Entrepreneur | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Graduate Trainee - Global Business Mobility visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Health and Care Worker visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| High Potential Individual visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hong Kong BNO visa | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Innovator Founder visa | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Intra-company visas | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Investor visa (Tier 1) | Yes | No | No | No |
| Minister of Religion visa (T2) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Scale-up Worker visa | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Secondment Worker - Global Business Mobility visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Senior or Specialist Worker - Global Business Mobility visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service Supplier - Global Business Mobility visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Skilled Worker visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| International Sportsperson visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Student visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Temporary Work - Charity Worker visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Temporary Work - Government Authorised Exchange visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Temporary Work - International Agreement visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Temporary Work - Religious Worker visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UK Ancestry visa | No | Yes | No | No |
| UK Expansion Worker - Global Business Mobility visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Youth Mobility Scheme visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on a work, global talent, start up or innovator founder visa | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on a Student visa | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on a Health and Care Worker visa | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on a Minister of Religion visa | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on a Scale-up Worker visa | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on an International Sportsperson visa | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on a Hong Kong BNO visa | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on a Global Business Mobility visa | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on an Investor visa | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Applying as the dependent child or partner on a Graduate Entrepreneur visa | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Applying for human rights claims, leave outside the rules and other routes through form FLR(HRO) | No | Yes | No | No |
| Applying for other routes through form FLR(IR) | No | Yes | No | No |
Eligible applications to settle in the UK
| UKVCAS appointment: within 5 working days | UKVCAS appointment: next working day | ID app: within 5 working days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application to settle on the basis of UK Ancestry (through form SET(O)) | No | Yes | No |
| Application to settle as a former member of HM Forces (through form SET(AF)) | No | Yes | No |
| Application to settle as a child under 18 (through form SET(F)) | No | Yes | No |
| Application to settle if you’ve been in the UK legally for 10 continuous years (known as ‘long residence’) | No | Yes | No |
| Application to settle if you work, establish a business or invest in the UK (through form SET(O)) | Yes | No | No |
| Application to settle as the partner of a person, or parent of a child, who is present and settled in the UK (through form SET(M)) | No | Yes | No |
| Application to settle as an Innovator Founder | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Application to settle on the basis of BNO Hong Kong | Yes | No | No |
| Application to settle as the dependent child or partner of a BNO Hong Kong visa holder | Yes | No | No |