Family visas: apply, extend or switch
After you apply
You’ll need to attend an appointment to provide your fingerprints and a photo (biometric information). You’ll be told how to make an appointment when you apply.
Getting your documents back
You can ask for your passport and other documents to be returned if you’ve provided them with your application but need them urgently.
You might have to cancel your application to get your documents back.
If your application is approved
You’ll get an eVisa (an online record of your immigration status).
Your decision email or letter will tell you how to get access to your eVisa. You’ll need to create a UKVI account.
Find out how to get your biometric residence permit (BRP) if you were told you’d get one when you applied.
You can:
- work
- study
You cannot:
- usually get benefits or other public funds for you or your dependants
- apply to settle in the UK until you’re eligible
If you applied as a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner
You cannot work or study in the UK.
You’ll need to apply for permission to extend your stay in the UK when you marry or enter into a civil partnership. If your application is approved, you will have the right to work or study in the UK.