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  • How to submit an application for a UK visa?

    It is mandatory to visit the UKBA Application Centre in person to submit the application and for biometric enrolment. You can make an application in 3 easy steps:-

    1. Pay your visa fee at the designated bank or alternatively at the bank teller counter at the Visa Application Centre. Information on the types of fees and how to pay is available.
    2.

    Print the visa application form & complete the same.

    3. Visit the UK Visa Application Centre to submit your visa application pack and for biometrics enrolment along with the mandatory and recommended set of documents.


  • New Visa Application Forms

    UKvisas launched new application forms, which came into use on 29 October 2007.

    Why have you changed the Visa Application Forms?
    The forms have been updated to make them easier to understand and fill in.
       

    Is the form easier to fill in?
    The new guidance notes help explain how to complete the form and what documents to submit.

       

    Where do I get a new form?
    New forms will be available on 29th October 2007 from Visa Application Centres, British Embassies or High Commissions and from the UKBA website: www.ukvisas.gov.uk
    Visa Application Centres will continue to accept the old forms until 9th November 2007. But after this date you must complete a new application form.

       

    Which form do I fill in?
    There are eight standard forms. Please check the list below to make sure you fill in the correct form.

     
    VAF Visa Type & Guidance Notes

    VAF 1 Visit

    VAF 2 Employment

    VAF 3 Student

    VAF 4 Settlement
    VAF 5 EEA Family Permit / Swiss National
    VAF 6 Direct Airside Transit
    VAF 7 Right of Abode
    VAF 8 Overseas Territories
    DIP 1 Diplomat Posted to UK
    DIP 1(Dep) Dependent of a Diplomat Posted to the UK
    DIP 2 Official/Transit to UK


  • If you are applying under Tier One General of the Points Based System (Highly Skilled Migrants) full details, including Administrative Review, are available on the UK Border Agency website.

    Please click on the links below for information on the below categories:

    INF 21 PBS General Migrant

    INF 22 PBS Investor

    INF 23 PBS Entrepreneur
    INF 24 PBS Post Study Work


  • If you are applying under Tier Two of the Points Based System (Skilled worker ) full details, including Administrative Review, are available on the UK Border Agency website.

    Please click on the links below for information on the category:



  • If you are applying under Tier Five of the Points Based System (Temporary workers) full details, including Administrative Review, are available on the UK Border Agency website.

    Please click on the links below for information on the category:



  • Photo specifications


    Note: We regret to inform you that we cannot accept photographs that do not meet the below mentioned requirements.

    1. Please provide one recent photograph of yourself.
    2. The photographs should be in colour and taken against a plain, evenly lit, light coloured background so that your features are distinguishable against the background.
    3. Your full face should be visible.
    4. The photograph should be taken without a hat, helmet or other headgear, unless you wear such an item for religious reasons.
    5. The photograph should be taken without sunglasses, although everyday glasses can be worn.
    6. The photographs should be clear and of good quality, and should be printed on normal photographic paper.
    7. They should be passport style photographs where the size of the image is 45 mm x 35 mm. Kindly do not mount the photographs.


    PHOTOGRAPHS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO THESE STANDARDS WILL BE REJECTED AND MAY CAUSE A DELAY IN PROCESSING THE APPLICATION.


  • Fast Track Criteria


  • Biometrics

    Biometrics are an integral part of the UK's secure border control, helping to protect the UK against illegal immigration, crime, terrorism, and individuals against identity fraud.

    All visa applicants, irrespective of nationality, who apply for a UK visa, will be required to attend in person to provide a ten-finger scan and a digital photograph as part of the UK visa application process. The digital photography and electronic finger-scanning procedure is quick, discreet, straightforward and entirely safe. Providing biometric data became a legal requirement for all UK visa applicants under the provision of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulation 2006, which came into force on 4th July 2006.

    The biometric data collected will be stored on a database in the UK and held strictly in accordance with United Kingdom legislation, including the Data Protection Act 1998.

    The recording of biometric data is a quick a part of the overall application process, taking on average no more than five minutes to record finger scans and take a digital photograph. It is an entirely electronic process (no ink or other chemicals involved in the finger scanning process).


  • BHC KAMPALA HOLIDAYS 2008

    The High Commission will observe the following public holidays in 2008:

    S. NO. HOLIDAY DATE DAY
    1 New Year's Day 1 January Tuesday
    2 Good Friday 21 March Friday
    3 Easter Monday 24 March Monday
    4 Labour Day 1 May  Thursday
    5 Spring Bank Holiday/Queen's Birthday 26 May Monday
    6 Uganda Martyr's Day 3 June Tuesday
    7 National Heroes' Day 9 June Monday
    8 Summer Bank Holiday 25 August Monday
    9 Idd-el-Fitr* 1 October Wednesday
    10 Independence Day 9 October Thursday
    11 Idd Aduha* 8 December Monday
    12 Christmas Privilege Day 24 December Wednesday
    13 Christmas Day 25 December  Thursday
    14 Boxing Day 26 December Friday
    * indicates that actual date will be confirmed nearer the time


  • Customers with disabilities

    Access for disabled customers, including a sloped entrance, is provided at the Visa Application Centre in Communications House. Any applicant who feels that they may need assistance should contact VFS prior to submitting their application.
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