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General

The requirements to be met by a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as a general visitor are that he:

1. is genuinely seeking entry as a general visitor for a limited period as stated by him, not exceeding 6 months; and
2. intends to leave the United Kingdom at the end of the period of the visit as stated by him; and
3. does not intend to take employment in the United Kingdom; and
4. does not intend to produce goods or provide services within the United Kingdom, including the selling of goods or services direct to members of the public; and
5. does not intend to undertake a course of study; and
6. will maintain and accommodate himself and any dependants adequately out of resources available to him without recourse to public funds or taking employment; or will, with any dependants, be maintained and accommodated adequately by relatives or friends; and
7. can meet the cost of the return or onward journey.; and
8. is not a child under the age of 18
9. does not, during his visit, intend to marry or form a civil partnership, or to give notice of marriage or civil partnership; and
10. does not intend to receive private medical treatment during his visit; and
11. is not in transit to a country outside the common travel area.

One of the reasons the UK Border Agency has introduced so many new routes into the UK as a visitor is to:

• enable the visitor to fully define their reasons for a visit

• to make it easier for an Entry Clearance Office to approve a visa application based on a set of specific criteria and to be able to make an objective decision rather than a subjective decision. In other words, the Entry Clearance Officer should make a decision based on the facts at hand and not on a feeling.

• to enable the Immigration Officer at the port of entry to ask specific questions, if needed, in order to be certain that the reasons given for entry into the UK are genuine.

PLEASE NOTE:
You will see in point 1 above the following words, "...for a limited period as stated by him..." this is a statement you should take great care to comply with. If you state you wish to visit the UK for 1 month, but you stay in the for more than the time you stated when you made your application, this action is not likely to be viewed well by the UK visa officer.

Being granted a visa for six months is designed to allow you to visit the UK within that six month period, but crucially not for as long as you want to visit over-and-above the period you stated you would be visiting the UK. This is seen as 'non-compliance' and could result in you not being granted another visa in the future.

For further details of the rules and what you can and can't do please contact one of our experts who will be pleased to assist you.