Get access to your eVisa

Check if you can access your eVisa

To access your eVisa now, you must have permission to stay in the UK:

for longer than 6 months
which was granted in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland (not the Channel Islands or Isle of Man)

You also need to have a certain type of immigration document.

If you do not, you’ll need to set up your eVisa later on.

Use this table to check if you can replace your physical immigration document with an eVisa now.

Type of immigration document	Access to eVisa
Biometric residence card (BRC) under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) or an EUSS decision letter	Yes, you already have a UKVI account and access to your eVisa
Biometric residence permit (BRP)	Yes, you can access an eVisa
Frontier Worker permit	Yes, you can access an eVisa
Vignette - a sticker in your non-UK passport that confirms you have the right to remain indefinitely in the UK	No, you cannot access an eVisa yet
A wet ink stamp in your non-UK passport that confirms you have the right to remain indefinitely in the UK	No, you cannot access an eVisa yet
Form for affixing a visa (FAV) - a document attached to your passport that confirms you have the right to remain indefinitely in the UK	No, you cannot access an eVisa yet
No physical document	No, you cannot access an eVisa yet

You’ll need to apply for a BRP before you can access an eVisa if you have indefinite leave to remain or enter and:

You do not need to get access to an eVisa if you:

intend to stay in the UK for 6 months or less, including if you’re working
were granted your immigration status in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
are exempt from immigration control, including if you’re a diplomat or have ‘right of abode’

For example, you will not need to get access to an eVisa if you have: