Standard Visitor Visa

Are you looking to apply for a Standard Visitor Visa? First Law Solicitors’ expert team is ready to help.

The team at First Law Solicitors will provide you with prompt, reliable legal advice and representation to ensure you have the best chance of successfully applying for a UK Standard Visitor Visa. As one of the most frequently refused visa applications, it is crucial that you have expert guidance in completing the application form and collating the right documents to support your statements. With our help, your risk of having your visa application refused is minimised.

Everyone in our office is hardworking, proactive, and responsive. Our entire team are dedicated to providing personalised service and are driven to achieve positive results. You can be confident that our Immigration Solicitors will be by your side every step of the way through the visa application process and keep you regularly updated on the status of your case.

What is a Standard Visitor Visa
The UK Standard Visitor Visa allows people from certain countries to enter the UK. Reasons for coming to Britain may include tourism, business meetings, academic conferences, medical treatment, to visit family and friends, or transit through the country. The Standard Visitor Visa replaced the previously separate categories for general, business, child, sport, entertainer, and private medical treatment.

The other types of visitor visas are:

• Permitted Paid Engagement Visa – allows you to visit the UK for one month if you have been invited to the country as an expert in your profession by a UK-based organisation or client.
• Transit Visa – your airline will tell you if you need a visa if your flight transits through the UK. There are two types of Transit Visa:
  • Direct Airside Transit Visa – required if you are changing flights at a UK airport but do not need to go through boarder control.
  • Visitor In Transit Visa - if you will be going through UK border control but leaving the UK within 48 hours.


• Marriage Visitor Visa – allows you to come to the UK to get married or register a civil partnership. You can stay in the UK for up to six months; however, you cannot work or study during that time.
• Visit the UK as a Chinese tour group – permits you to enter the UK for up to 30 days as part of a tour group (five or more people) through the approved destination status agreement (ADS). You must be a Chinese citizen to apply.
• Electronic Visa Waiver – applies to citizens of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

Do I need a Standard Visitor Visa to come to the UK?
Citizens of certain countries do not require a Standard Visitor Visa to enter the UK. If you are from an EU/EEA member state, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or the USA you can enter Britain visa-free and stay a certain number of months. If you are unsure about whether you require a Standard Visitor Visa, our Immigration Law Solicitors can quickly advise you.

How can First Law Solicitors help?

Consultation and eligibility assessment
Our team of experienced Immigration Law Solicitors will listen to you and advise whether or not you are eligible for a Standard Visitor Visa. We will be 100% honest with you and provide guidance on alternative options if a Standard Visitor Visa is not the right option.

Application assistance and submission
We understand the ins and outs of UK visa applications. We will carefully prepare your application and, once we are satisfied that it meets all the requirements, submit it to UK Visas and Immigration.

Document review
Collating and organising documents to support your application can be difficult and time consuming. We will take the burden off your shoulders and ensure everything required is included in your application and submitted in the correct order.

Fight Your Case
Applications for a UK Standard Visitor Visas are often refused. One of the main reasons given for refusal is that immigration officials at UK Visas and Immigration do not believe the applicant will leave the country after six months. We will thoroughly review the reason for your refusal and direct you on the best course of action.

What our clients say

Dedicated, professional and helpful staff. I pay special thanks to Mr. Waseem as he guided me very professionally and followed my case. He was very Helpful, Responsive and Friendly. He kept me up to date all the way for my case till I received an email from him for grant of my Settlement Visa and my family. A Special thanks to Mr. Waseem and other staff of First Law and Solicitors. Highly recommended.

Please fill in our contact form or call us on +44 161 224 4066 to discuss applying for a Standard Visitor Visa.