Destination Ready: 🇮🇳 India → 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Tourism / visiting family (Standard Visitor) Checklist

✓ Verified · 5 November 2026 Built from the verified entry requirements for this route.

Your timeline

1. 3 months before. The application window opens — apply online and pay the £135 fee.
2. Next. Attend your visa application centre appointment and prepare your money and ties evidence.
3. After approval. Book travel, check your eVisa, and print your key documents.

Documents

• Passport, valid for the whole of your stay
• Online application submitted and fee paid (£135)
• Visa application centre appointment booked for identity and passport

Money & ties to home

• Bank statements showing you can support yourself and pay for the return journey
• Evidence you will leave at the end of the visit: job, studies, family, property
• Where you will stay, and your host's details if visiting family

Before you travel

• Check your eVisa status is linked to the passport you will travel on
• Book flights once the visa is granted
• Carry your accommodation and return-journey details for the border

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General information only. This guide is based on official sources publicly available and checked on the date shown on this page. Visa rules change, and consular and USCIS officers decide every case on its own facts — nothing here is a confirmation or a guarantee for your individual case, and this is not legal advice. Always confirm the current requirement on the official page linked in this guide before you act, and consider a qualified immigration attorney for your specific situation.