Find a visa application centre

Find the opening times, address and contact details for UK visa application centres outside the UK.

If you’re applying from inside the UK, you’ll need to use UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) instead.

You must apply for your visa before you can make an appointment at a visa application centre.

The locations of some visa application centres are changing. If your country has 2 centres, choose the one that matches the date you want to book your appointment.

A

Afghanistan - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre

Albania

Algeria

Andorra - apply through Spain

Angola - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Angola - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Anguilla - apply through Barbados

Antigua and Barbuda - apply through Barbados

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba - apply through Venezuela

Ascension - apply through St. Helena

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

B

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in the Americas

Benin - apply through Nigeria

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bonaire - apply through Venezuela

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Botswana - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Brazil

British Virgin Islands - apply through Barbados

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso - apply through Ghana

Burundi - apply through Rwanda

C

Cambodia

Cameroon - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Cameroon - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Canada

Cape Verde - apply through Senegal

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic - apply through Cameroon

Chad - apply through Cameroon

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros - apply through Mauritius

Congo - apply through Democratic Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in the Americas

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao - apply through Venezuela

Cyprus (North) - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Cyprus (North) - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

Cyprus (South)

Czech Republic

D

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

Djibouti - apply through Ethiopia

Dominica

Dominican Republic

E

East Timor - apply through Indonesia

Ecuador

Egypt - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Egypt - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in West Africa

Eritrea - apply through Kenya

Estonia

Eswatini - apply through South Africa

Ethiopia - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Ethiopia - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

F

Falkland Islands

The Faroes - apply through Denmark

Fiji

Finland

France - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
France - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

French Guiana - apply through Guyana

G

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland - apply through Denmark

Grenada - apply through Barbados

Guatemala - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in the Americas

Guinea - apply through Sierra Leone

Guinea-Bissau - apply through Senegal

Guyana

H

Haiti - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

I

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Iraq - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

Ireland

Israel - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Israel - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

Italy

Ivory Coast

J

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Jordan - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

K

Kazakhstan - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Kazakhstan - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

Kenya

Kiribati - apply through Fiji

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Kyrgyzstan - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

L

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Lebanon - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

Lesotho - apply through South Africa

Liberia - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in West Africa

Libya - apply through Malta or Tunisia

Liechtenstein - apply through Switzerland

Lithuania

Luxembourg - apply through France

M

Macau - apply through Hong Kong

Madagascar

Malawi - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Malawi - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Malaysia

Maldives - apply through Sri Lanka

Mali - apply through Senegal

Malta

Marshall Islands - apply through Fiji

Mauritania - apply through Morocco

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia, Federated States of - apply through Fiji

Moldova

Monaco - apply through France

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat - apply through Barbados

Morocco

Mozambique - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Mozambique - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Myanmar (Burma)

N

Namibia - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Namibia - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Nauru - apply through Fiji

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in the Americas

Niger - apply through Ghana or Ivory Coast

Nigeria - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Nigeria - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

North Korea - apply through China

North Macedonia

Norway

O

Oman

P

The Occupied Palestinian Territories - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
The Occupied Palestinian Territories - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

Pakistan

Palau - apply through Philippines

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay - apply through Argentina

Peru

Philippines

Pitcairn, Henderson, Dulcie and Oeno Islands - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre

Poland

Portugal

Q

Qatar

R

Romania

Russia

Rwanda - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Rwanda - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

S

Samoa and Western Samoa - apply through Fiji

San Marino - apply through Italy

São Tomé and Principe - apply through Angola

Saudi Arabia

Senegal - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Senegal - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Serbia

Seychelles - you can also apply through Mauritius

Sierra Leone - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Sierra Leone - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Singapore

Slovakia – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre

Slovenia

Solomon Islands - apply through Papua New Guinea

Somalia - apply through Kenya

South Africa

South Korea

South Sudan - apply through Kenya

Spain

Sri Lanka

St Helena

St Kitts and Nevis - apply through Barbados

St Lucia

St Vincent and The Grenadines - apply through Barbados

Sudan - apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria – apply through Lebanon or Jordan

T

Taiwan

Tajikistan - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Tajikistan - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

Tanzania - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Tanzania - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Thailand

Togo - apply through Ghana

Tonga - apply through Fiji

Trinidad and Tobago

Tristan da Cunha - apply through St. Helena

Tunisia

Turkey - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Turkey - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

Turkmenistan - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Turkmenistan - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Turks and Caicos Islands - apply through Barbados

Tuvalu - apply through Fiji

U

Uganda - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Uganda - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Ukraine - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Ukraine - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay - apply through Argentina

USA

Uzbekistan - for appointments booked on or before 4 November 2024
Uzbekistan - for appointments booked on or after 5 November 2024

V

Vanuatu

Vatican City - apply through Italy

Venezuela

Vietnam

W

Western Sahara - apply through Morocco

Y

Yemen - apply through Jordan

Z

Zambia - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Zambia - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Zimbabwe - for appointments booked on or before 18 November 2024
Zimbabwe - for appointments booked on or after 19 November 2024

Part of Apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa: step by step

  1. Step 1 Check if you need a visa

    You might be eligible for different visas depending on why you're visiting the UK and how long for.

    1. Check if you need a visa

  2. Step 2 Prepare the evidence you need

    1. Check what you need to show evidence of
    2. Check what documents you can use as evidence
    3. If your visa is for more than 6 months, check if you need a TB test

  3. Step 3 Apply

    1. Apply for a visa and book an appointment £637
    2. You are currently viewing: Check where your visa appointment will be

    You should get a decision within 3 weeks of your appointment.

    You might be able to pay an extra £500 for a decision within 5 working days or £1,000 for a decision within 24 hours (not including weekends or bank holidays). Check with your visa application centre.

  4. Step 4 Attend an appointment

    1. What you need to prove at your appointment

    You'll be told when a decision has been made about your visa.

  5. Step 5 Get access to your eVisa

    If your visa allows you to stay in the UK for longer than 6 months, you'll get an eVisa. This is an online record of your immigration status.

    1. Get access to your eVisa by setting up a UKVI account

    You’ll need to link your travel document to your UKVI account. This should be the travel document you use to come to the UK.

    1. You may have to prove your immigration status when you travel to the UK

  6. Step 6 Travel to the UK

    1. Check what you need to show at the UK border
    2. Check what you can bring with you

    Keep the documents that prove why you're visiting the UK in your hand luggage so you can show them if asked.

    1. Check the documents you can use to show why you're visiting the UK

  7. Step 7 After you arrive in the UK

    1. Find out how to get your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) if you were told you'd get one when you applied

    Check your visa to find out when you must leave the UK. You may be able to extend your visa if you want to stay for longer.

    1. Extend your visa

    If you break the conditions of your visa you may not be able to return to the UK again.

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