Visit visa rules from Immigration and guidance are in place to determine the eligibility of the applicant seeking or applying for a visit visa for the U.K, whereas all the information and evidentiary documents provided by the principal applicant – must demonstrate, his/her genuine intention to visit UK, and must have enough financial resources, and that (s)he will leave UK before the expiration of his visa. For your visa application assistance, contact Visa Online Assistance via email at info@visonlineassistance.com or visit http://www.visaonlineassistance.com for more information.

1. TIPS When Applying for Visit
Visa to the UK
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2. • If you have been refused by UK and Visa Immigration regarding your visit visa application, usually it
would tell you why your application was turned down as per visit rules, and could only reapply if
your circumstances have changed substantially. But the question is, can you reapply? It may vary
depending on the grounds of rejection stated onto your letter and the information and evidentiary
documents which you have had supplied in your first instance of submission.
The guidelines are in place to determine a genuine visitor for visit visa to the UK, when assessing
your personal circumstances and relevant factors which may include the following:
• Previous immigration history – ECO would take into consideration your previous travel history, if
you have had any previous travel overseas e.g. from U.S.A, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland
or the U.K and the Schengen states, if you have followed the prevailing conditions of your visa for
such countries you have visited. In the event, you have had any record of violating your visa
conditions, it is may indicate that you are not a genuine visitor, (depending on your individual
circumstances and if you’re your circumstances has had change after your previous travels – prior
to submission of application for a visit visa for the U.K). While, if this would be your first- time to
travel as to why you are seeking a visit visa for the U.K, ECO would only be reliant for the
information and evidentiary documents which will demonstrate, that you are a bona fide visitor.
Your immigration history, does not only the basis of showing you are a genuine visitor, as ECO
would also take into account other information available for them in assessing your application in
general, like your social & economic ties of your home country of resident.

3. • Your personal and economic ties of your country of residence - Although, no particular level of
funds to show when applying for a visit visa to the UK, ECO would always weigh in your personal
ties in your home country, if you are currently studying or working, or if your family composition is
greater than of what for your country of residence or vice versa. For example, if you have several
family members in the UK & yet, you have no work – this may consider as a having lesser ties.
While, having a secured employment in terms of your economic ties, does not necessarily means
you will be granted a visa or demonstrate you have economic ties, as again, your application will be
assessed entirely by ECO to come up with the decision as to grant or refuse your visit visa
application.
• Your purpose of visit – If you have no credible reasons for your purpose in applying for a visit visa in
the U.K [you] as applicant and your sponsor (if you are sponsored by a family member or friend in
the U.K), have made any discrepancies about the statements, unable to show proof of relationship
or facts as per information supplied or documents, your application will be refused. Further to this,
having a sponsor from the U.K [third party] which will support your application does not
significantly imply greater chances of your visit visa approval. The burden of proof is with the
principal applicant seeking for an entry for visit visa to the U.K, besides ECO would check [third
party’s] eligibility for providing funds, maintenance and accommodation for you, as per rules
paragraph 4.3

4. • Funds - This is the most essential part of preparation of submitting your visit visa for the U.K
[principal applicant], quite often, if one could show to support their propose travel cost for the U.K,
(s) he has to establish – the availability, credibility [source] e.g., from employment or from business
OR from third party, there should be a supporting documents for all of this, to avoid a doubt from
ECO, which may refuse your application in any case the funds were provided very recently for the
purpose of applying for the visa- in other words, you must have your funds keep for long, as they
would definitely check them accordingly. Furthermore, in the event you have other expenses to
carry on for example if you are renting, or paying mortgage(s) or if you live with dependent(s) from
your country of resident and you are the one providing for them, ECO computes your incurring
expenses, less your savings and income to arrive and determine the funds availability, if it is
sufficiently enough to cover your propose travel to the U.K, when submitting your visit visa
application. It is important to note that, If you have a third party undertaking which will provide
for your maintenance and accommodation (non-financial), ECO would not consider nor to accept
this as funds – but merely to consider as factor relevant in establishing the applicant’s credibility
and intentions but do not constitute as funds.
(source: visit guidance version 5.0)
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