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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:-
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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
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Print the visa
application form & complete the same.
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Visit the UK Visa Application
Centre to submit your visa application pack and for
biometrics enrolment along with the
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- New Visa Application Forms
UKvisas launched new application forms, which came into use on
29 October 2007.
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Why have you changed the Visa Application Forms?
The forms have been updated to make them easier to understand
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Is the form easier to fill in?
The new guidance notes help explain how to complete the
form and what documents to submit.
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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.
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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.
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- 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:
- 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.
- Please provide one recent photograph of yourself.
- 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.
- Your full face should be visible.
- The photograph should be taken without a hat, helmet or
other headgear, unless you wear such an item for religious
reasons.
- The photograph should be taken without sunglasses, although
everyday glasses can be worn.
- The photographs should be clear and of good quality, and
should be printed on normal photographic paper.
- 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:
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HOLIDAY |
DATE |
DAY |
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New
Year's Day |
1
January |
Tuesday |
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Good
Friday |
21 March |
Friday |
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Easter
Monday |
24 March |
Monday |
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Labour
Day |
1
May |
Thursday |
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Spring
Bank Holiday/Queen's Birthday |
26 May |
Monday |
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Uganda
Martyr's Day |
3
June |
Tuesday |
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National
Heroes' Day |
9
June |
Monday |
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Summer
Bank Holiday |
25 August |
Monday |
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Idd-el-Fitr* |
1 October |
Wednesday |
| 10 |
Independence
Day |
9
October |
Thursday |
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Idd
Aduha* |
8
December |
Monday |
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Christmas
Privilege Day |
24
December |
Wednesday |
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Christmas
Day |
25
December |
Thursday |
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Boxing
Day |
26
December |
Friday |
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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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