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 - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Albania - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Algeria

Andorra - apply through Spain

Angola

Anguilla - apply through Barbados

Antigua and Barbuda - apply through Barbados

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba - apply through Venezuela

Ascension - apply through St. Helena

Australia

Austria - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Austria - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Azerbaijan - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Azerbaijan - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

B

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Belarus - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

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 - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Botswana

Brazil

British Virgin Islands - apply through Barbados

Brunei

Bulgaria - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Bulgaria - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Burkina Faso - apply through Ghana

Burundi - apply through Rwanda

C

Cambodia

Cameroon

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 - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Croatia - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Cuba

Curaçao - apply through Venezuela

Cyprus (North)

Cyprus (South) - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Cyprus (South) - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Czech Republic - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024 Czech Republic - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

D

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Denmark - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Djibouti - apply through Ethiopia

Dominica

Dominican Republic

E

East Timor - apply through Indonesia

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

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

Eritrea - apply through Kenya

Estonia - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Estonia - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Eswatini - apply through South Africa

Ethiopia

F

Falkland Islands

The Faroes - apply through Denmark

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana - apply through Guyana

G

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Germany - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

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

Ireland - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Ireland - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Israel

Italy - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Italy - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Ivory Coast

J

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

K

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati - apply through Fiji

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

L

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

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

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

Myanmar (Burma)

N

Namibia

Nauru - apply through Fiji

Nepal

Netherlands - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Netherlands - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

New Zealand

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

Niger - apply through Ghana or Ivory Coast

Nigeria

North Korea - apply through China

North Macedonia

Norway

O

Oman

P

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

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

S

Samoa and Western Samoa - apply through Fiji

San Marino - apply through Italy

São Tomé and Principe - apply through Angola

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Serbia - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Seychelles - you can also apply through Mauritius

Sierra Leone

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 - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Spain - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

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 - for appointments booked on or before 3 December 2024
Switzerland - for appointments booked on or after 4 December 2024

Syria – apply through Lebanon or Jordan

T

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo - apply through Ghana

Tonga - apply through Fiji

Trinidad and Tobago

Tristan da Cunha - apply through St. Helena

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands - apply through Barbados

Tuvalu - apply through Fiji

U

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay - apply through Argentina

USA

Uzbekistan

V

Vanuatu

Vatican City - apply through Italy

Venezuela

Vietnam

W

Western Sahara - apply through Morocco

Y

Yemen - apply through Jordan

Z

Zambia

Zimbabwe

  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

  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.