Registry entry

United Kingdom Standard Visitor Visa Application

Apply online for a UK Standard Visitor visa: the full visa required by a 'visa national' (someone whose nationality means they must obtain a visa before travelling, rather than being visa-exempt or eligible for the lighter-weight Electronic Travel Authorisation) to visit the UK for up to 6 months for tourism, visiting family or friends, or general business activities, under UK Visas and Immigration's Immigration Rules Appendix V. It costs GBP 135 and is a distinct, more involved process from the already-published gb/homeoffice/eta-application. The online application is followed by an in-person appointment at a Visa Application Centre (VAC) to give fingerprints and a photo (biometric enrolment) and to present supporting documents; this document models only the preceding online application, not the VAC appointment itself. This document models an adult applicant applying for themselves for the standard single 6-month visa, for tourism, family/friend visits, or general business activities. Out of scope: the parallel study visitor, academic visitor (including senior doctor/dentist), permitted paid engagement, and medical visitor sub-routes, each of which gov.uk documents separately with its own extra eligibility requirements and evidence; the Marriage Visitor visa; the long-term multi-entry (2/5/10-year) Standard Visitor visa variant; under-18 applicants; and an application made by a parent/guardian or representative on behalf of someone else. It does not submit the application; the live gov.uk source is always authoritative (see VERIFICATION.md).

Registry entry

gb/ukvi/standard-visitor-visa

Jurisdiction
United Kingdom · national
Version
1.1.0
Verification
draft
Authority
UK Visas and Immigration (Home Office)

GovSchema spec v0.3

Authoritative source Standard Visitor visa (no form number — online application only, apply-standard-visitor-visa service)

Machine access

Schema document
registry/gb/ukvi/standard-visitor-visa/1.1.0/schema.jsonapplication/schema+json
Registry catalog
registry/index.jsonone record per schema id

Field reference

42 fields across 7 steps, read from the published schema.json — names, types, requiredness, and validation as the document states them. The live government form remains the authoritative source.

Eligibility screening

  • requiresStandardVisitorVisa boolean required

    Determined using gov.uk's 'check if you need a UK visa' tool before applying. True for a 'visa national' who must obtain this visa before travel. If false — the applicant's nationality is visa-exempt, or eligible for the lighter-weight Electronic Travel Authorisation instead — this document does not apply; see the published gb/homeoffice/eta-application document or visa-free entry.

  • intendsToLeaveUkAfterVisit boolean required

    A core Standard Visitor eligibility requirement (Immigration Rules Appendix V, paragraph V4.2). If false, this document does not apply.

  • canFundVisitAndReturnTravel boolean required

    Reflects the 'sufficient resources to maintain and accommodate' requirement; the caseworker guidance sets no fixed financial threshold and assesses this on individual circumstances. If false, this document does not apply.

  • onlyIntendsPermittedShortVisit boolean required

    If false, this document does not apply; frequent/successive visits amounting to UK residence are refused under the same eligibility requirement.

Personal and passport details

  • lastName string required

    As it appears on the passport or travel document used to apply.

    length: 1–100classification: pii
  • firstNames string required

    As it appears on the passport or travel document.

    length: 1–100classification: pii
  • dateOfBirth date required

    Full date, YYYY-MM-DD.

    classification: sensitive-pii
  • nationality string required

    Nationality shown on the passport or travel document; determines whether this route (rather than an ETA or visa-free entry) applies.

    length: 1–60classification: pii
  • passportNumber string required

    From the passport's or travel document's biographic (photo) page.

    length: 1–20classification: sensitive-pii
  • passportIssueDate date required

    Full date, YYYY-MM-DD.

  • passportExpiryDate date required

    Full date, YYYY-MM-DD. Must remain valid for the whole of the intended stay.

  • passportIssuingCountry string required

    As shown on the biographic page.

    length: 1–60

Contact details and current address

  • email string required

    Used for the online account, application correspondence, and the visa decision. Not separately spelled out on the guidance pages reviewed, but required by every equivalent online UKVI/gov.uk application in this registry (see VERIFICATION.md).

    length: 3–254classification: pii
  • currentAddressLine1 string required

    Current home address — line 1

    length: 1–120classification: pii
  • currentAddressLine2 string optional

    Current home address — line 2

    length: 0–120classification: pii
  • currentAddressTownOrCity string required

    Current home address — town/city

    length: 1–80classification: pii
  • currentAddressPostalCode string required

    Current home address — postal/ZIP code

    length: 1–20classification: pii
  • currentAddressCountry string required

    Current home address — country

    length: 1–60classification: pii
  • residentAtCurrentAddressSince date required

    Full date, YYYY-MM-DD. Modelled as a start date rather than a free-text duration for machine precision — answers the online application's "how long you've lived there" question.

Family details

  • parent1FullName string optional

    "If known" — not mandatory when the applicant does not have this information.

    length: 0–100classification: pii
  • parent1DateOfBirth date optional

    "If known."

    classification: sensitive-pii
  • parent2FullName string optional

    "If known."

    length: 0–100classification: pii
  • parent2DateOfBirth date optional

    "If known."

    classification: sensitive-pii
  • partnerFullName string optional

    Left blank if the applicant has no spouse/partner.

    length: 0–100classification: pii
  • hasFamilyMembersInUk boolean required

    Do you have family members in the UK?

  • familyInUkDetails string optional

    Name, relationship, and immigration/citizenship status of each UK-based family member.

    length: 0–1000classification: pii

Employment and finances

  • employmentStatus enum required

    employed = works for an employer. self_employed = runs their own business. student = currently studying. retired = retired from work. unemployed = not currently working. other = any other status.

    enum: employed | self_employed | student | retired | unemployed | other
  • employerNameAndAddress string optional

    Name and address of the applicant's employer.

    length: 0–300
  • occupationOrJobTitle string optional

    Occupation or job title

    length: 0–150
  • annualIncome number optional

    "If you have an income." Currency is not specified by the source; enter in GBP or the applicant's home currency as the online application prompts.

    range: 0–∞classification: financial
  • fundingSource enum required

    self = the applicant is funding the trip themselves. third_party = a sponsor (e.g. family member, friend, or organisation) is funding some or all of the trip.

    enum: self | third_party
  • thirdPartyFunderNameAndRelationship string optional

    Name and relationship of the person or organisation funding your trip

    length: 0–300classification: pii

Travel details

  • purposeOfVisit enum required

    tourism = holiday/sightseeing. visiting_family_or_friends = visiting relatives or friends. business_activities = permitted business activities (e.g. attending a meeting or interview) that are not employment. other_permitted_activity = any other permitted general visitor activity not covered by the dedicated study/academic/permitted-paid-engagement/medical sub-routes (out of scope for this document — see description).

    enum: tourism | visiting_family_or_friends | business_activities | other_permitted_activity
  • intendedArrivalDate date required

    Planned UK arrival date

  • intendedDepartureDate date required

    Planned UK departure date

  • accommodationDuringVisit string required

    Address or name of the accommodation (e.g. hotel, host's address).

    length: 1–300
  • estimatedTripCost number required

    Currency is not specified by the source; enter in GBP or the applicant's home currency as the online application prompts.

    range: 0–∞classification: financial
  • countriesVisitedInLast10Years string optional

    Free-text list of countries visited (and approximate dates), "depending on your circumstances."

    length: 0–1000

Immigration and suitability declaration

  • previouslyRefusedUkVisaOrEntry boolean required

    Not an automatic bar to this route, but a mandatory declaration a caseworker weighs under the Appendix V / general suitability requirements.

  • hasCriminalConvictions boolean required

    Mandatory suitability self-declaration. Unlike gb/homeoffice/eta-application, this document does not assert a specific conviction/sentence-length threshold: the Visit: caseworker guidance defers to the separate general grounds for refusal (Part 9 of the Immigration Rules) without restating exact thresholds on the pages reviewed — see VERIFICATION.md.

  • previouslyBreachedUkImmigrationLaw boolean required

    Mandatory suitability self-declaration.

  • criminalCivilOrImmigrationOffenceDetails string optional

    Details of the criminal, civil, or immigration offence(s)

    length: 0–1000

Version history

Independent and non-affiliated

GovSchema is an independent, open-source project. This reference is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by UK Visas and Immigration (Home Office) or any government. The authoritative source is always the live government form and its official instructions.