Save time and money - apply online

How do I apply?

The British High Commission is accepting visa applications from all categories except Working Holiday Makers.

Applications can be made in 2 ways:

1. Online Fast Track Submission - this option will save you time and money!
   
   Visa4UK is UK visas' award winning online application facility. Applicants in many countries are now able to apply for a UK visa or entry clearance online using a secure internet connection. The new technology guides you through the visa application process step by step:
   
   i. Log on to www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk
   ii. Complete the online application process
   iii. Attend a Visa Application Centre at your convenience to submit your application form and for Biometric enrolment through the Fast Track walk in submission service.
   
   Alternatively:
   
   
2. Standard Submission:
   
   i. Complete a Visa Application Form (VAF).
   ii. Visit a Visa Application Centre to submit a completed Visa Application Form and supporting documentation, pay the relevant fee and for Biometric enrolment.
   

For both options applications will only be accepted at the Visa Application Centre if applicants:

• present a signed, dated Visa Application Form (VAF);
• provide the required photographs;
• provide passports (or other travel documents where specified by UKVisas):
  - for all applicants travelling to the UK;
  - which correspond to data in the VAF (name, passport number, expiry date);
  - which have not expired;
  - which have at least one page free in the visa pages for the insertion of a vignette,
• present an original NIC card with one photocopy
• present a valid TB certificate if planning to come to the UK for more than six months
• pay the published visa fee; and,
• consent to have their biometrics data recorded.


3. For Guidance for applicants from Afghanistan please Click Here

UK Visa Applications Centres in Pakistan

Gerry's International operates Visa Application Centres on behalf of the British High Commission at the following locations in Pakistan:

Opening Hours

Submission:

Mondays - Fridays: 0800 hrs to 1300 hrs

Collection:

Mondays - Fridays: 1400 hrs to 1700 hrs

Holiday Closures

For details of British High Commission see Special Notices

Additional information may be obtained at the links below:

Visa Application Forms

Visa Application Guidance

What supporting documents do I need?

Photo Specifications

Health (Tuberculosis) Screening

Call Centre

Customers with Disabilities

Visa Processing Times

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

The recent High Court ruling in the UK resulting from the Highly Skilled Forum Judicial Review affects certain people who formerly had leave in the UK under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP). You may be covered by this ruling if you joined HSMP under the arrangements which were in place until the scheme was suspended on 7 November 2006 and you either:

a) applied for and were refused further leave to remain under the new extension rules which came into force on 5 December 2006, and subsequently left the UK, or
b) left the UK after 7 November 2006 without ever applying for further leave to remain under the new rules.

A policy document which explains in detail who is affected by the ruling is available on the UK Border Agency website. Forms, guidance and information on supporting documents for those overseas who think they are affected by the ruling and who wish to apply for entry clearance to return to the UK as a highly skilled migrant are being prepared and will be available on the UK Border Agency Visa Services website. Applications will need to be made via our VAC.