Leeroy Jenkins's List: UK visa

This section contains information about visa application fees if you are applying to come to the UK from the USA. It also provides links to our guidance for most visa categories, including guidance on the supporting documents that you should provide with your application.

"Service standards
We have service standards for processing UK visa applications in the USA. Our standards say that we will process:

90 per cent of non-settlement applications within 3 weeks, 98% within 6 weeks and 100% within 12 weeks of the application date; and
95 per cent of settlement applications within 12 weeks and 100% within 24 weeks of the application date."

"When to apply
You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before your date of travel to the UK. Applications received more than 3 months before your date of travel will be returned without a visa and without a refund of the application fee. You will then need to submit a new application and to re-enrol your biometric information at the appropriate time.

We strongly advise you not to confirm your travel arrangements until you have received your visa. To find out how long we usually take to process your type of visa, see the Visa processing times page.

Before you apply
Before you apply, you must:

prepare the supporting documents that you will need;
be ready to enrol your fingerprints and photograph (known as biometric information) at one of the Application Support Centers run by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (unless you are exempt from this requirement); and
be ready to send your valid original passport or travel document and supporting documents to the relevant visa issuing post."

This section describes the different types of visitor visa, and helps you to choose the right one for your circumstances. It also explains what you are allowed to do while you are in the UK as a visitor.

"Visiting family
If you want to visit members of your family in the UK, you can apply to come here as a family visitor (or as a child visitor if you are under 18)."

"To come to the UK as a family visitor, you must be able to show that you will be visiting the following family members in the UK:

spouse, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister;"

"What documents do you need as a family visitor?

This page contains information about the documents that you may want to provide to support your application to come to the UK as a family visitor.

If you apply for a visa, you should provide these documents with your visa application. If you travel to the UK without a visa, you should bring them with you so that you can show them to our officers at the border.

You should provide as many relevant documents as you can to show that you qualify for entry to the UK. If you do not provide them, we may refuse your application.

You must decide which documents will best support your application. We advise you to consider providing documents that contain:

information about you
information about your finances and employment
your accommodation and travel details
information about your visit to the UK
You can download our supporting documents checklist from the right side of this page. "

"Visa application centres overseas

This section contains information about the application process for UK visas in different countries and territories around the world."

"Should you apply online or complete an application form on paper?
If you are applying for a visa from the following countries, you should apply using our online application system, Visa4UK:"

includes Saudi Arabia and USA, therefore u should apply online

To begin an online form you will require a valid email address. This is for security reasons and also so that we can contact you regarding your application.
We will also ask you to print your online visa application form as part of this process, therefore you will need the ability to print from your computer.
We also suggest that you have the following information to hand:
Your current Passport or Travel Document
An address in the UK where you will be staying
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