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STUDENT VISITOR (VAF1D NOV 2008)
This form is for use outside the UK only.
This form is provided free of charge.
READ THIS FIRST
This form must be completed in English. You may use blue or black ink.
Please follow the guidance notes carefully and complete all questions as indicated. If you run out of space, please use
Part 9 – Additional Information.
The UK Border Agency may take a decision on your application based on the information contained here without interviewing
you. Therefore please ensure you submit all relevant original documents (please see supporting documents guidance).
It is better to explain why you do not have a document than to submit a false document. Your application will be automatically
refused and you may be banned from coming to the UK for 10 years if you use a false document, lie or withhold relevant
information. You may also be banned if you have breached immigration laws in the UK.
What is the main purpose of your visit to the UK? >>>> How long do you intend to stay in the UK?
Travel Dates
On which date do you wish to travel to the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>
D D M M Y Y Y Y D D M M Y Y Y Y
On which date will you leave the UK?
YOU SHOULD COMPLETE THIS FORM IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE UK AS A STUDENT VISITOR.
If the main reason you are applying to come to the UK is as: a tourist or to visit friends you must complete VAF1A; a family visitor you must
complete VAF1B; a business visitor you must complete VAF1C; an academic visitor, you must complete VAF1E; to get married or register
for marriage/civil partnership, you must complete VAF1F; to receive medical treatment, you must complete VAF1G; if you are a visitor in
transit, you must complete VAF1H; a sports visitor, you must complete VAF1J; an entertainment visitor, you must complete VAF1K. If you
are visiting the UK for any other reason then please complete VAF1A.
Please note: If you come to the UK as a student visitor, you will not be able to extend your stay in the UK as a student visitor or as a
student. Student Visitor visas can only be issued for 6 months at a time, we cannot issue 1, 2, 5 or 10 year visas as we do in other
visitor categories.
1.1 Given name(s) (as shown in your passport) >>>>>>>>>>>> 1.2 Family name (as shown in your passport)
1.3 Other names (including any other names you are known >>>
by and/or any other names that you have been known by)
Part 1 About You Read Guidance, Part 1
1.4 Sex Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Male Female
1.5 Marital status?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Single Married/ Civil Partner Unmarried Partner
Divorced/Dissolved Partnership Separated Widowed/Surviving Civil Partner
1.7 Place of Birth1.6 Date of Birth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
D D M M Y Y Y Y
1.10 Do you hold, or have you ever held, any other nationality or nationalities? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
If ‘Yes’ please provide details >>>>>>>>>>>>>Yes No
1.8 Country of Birth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.9 Nationality
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Yes No If ‘Yes’ go to Part 3
2.1 Current passport or travel document number >>>>>>>>> 2.2 Place of Issue
2.3 Issuing Authority >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.4 Date of Issue
2.5 Date of Expiry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.6 Is this your first passport? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
2.7 Please give details of any previous passports, covering the last 10 years, including where these passports are now.
D D M M Y Y Y Y
D D M M Y Y Y Y
Part 2 Passport Information Read Guidance, Part 2
Part 3 Your Contact Details Read Guidance, Part 3
Enter details of the passport or travel document that you will use to travel to the UK.
3.1 Your full residential address and postal code >>>>>>>>>>>
3.3 Home (landline) telephone number
3.2 How long have you lived at this address?
3.4 Your mobile telephone number
3.5 Email address >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.6 Contact details if different from those given in question 3.1
4.4 Father’s place and country of birth
D D M M Y Y Y Y
4.3 Father’s date of birth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Part 4 Your Family Read Guidance, Part 4
4.1 Father’s given name(s) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.2 Father’s family name
4.6 Mother’s given name(s) 4.5 Father’s nationality/nationalities >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
4.8 Mother’s date of birth
D D M M Y Y Y Y
4.9 Mother’s nationality/nationalities >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.10 Mother’s place and country of birth
4.7 Mother’s family name >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
D D M M Y Y Y Y
4.11 Full name of spouse/partner (If single go to 4.16) >>>>>>> 4.12 Spouse/partner’s nationality/nationalities
4.13 Spouse/partner’s date of birth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes If ‘Yes’ go to 4.21 No If ‘No’ go to Part 5.
Yes No
If ‘No’, please go to question 4.20
4.17 Please provide full details for each of your >>>>>>>>>>
dependant children
4.14 Does your spouse/partner currently live with you at the >>>
address given in Question 3.1? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
4.15 Will your spouse/partner be travelling with you?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
4.19 Please list any of your children who will be travelling >>>>
with you to the UK?
4.16 Do you have any children? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
4.20 Will any other children be travelling with you?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
4.18 Do all your children currently live with you at the address
given in Question 3.1? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
If ‘No’, please provide full details of where your
spouse currently lives.
If ‘No’, please provide full details of where your
children currently live.
Please note: If a child is travelling without their parents, he/she should present written notification from the child’s parent
or legal guardian that they consent to the child’s visit.
4.21 If yes please provide full details about the child/children
Part 5 Finances and Employment Read Guidance, Part 5
5.1 What are your current personal circumstances? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Employed full time, please go to 5.2
Employed part-time, please go to 5.2
Self-employed, please go to 5.2
Unemployed, please go to 5.9
Student, please give details of the course and institution you
attend in the box provided; then go to 5.2
Retired, please go to 5.9
Supported by spouse / partner / other family member,
please give full details in the box, including their relationship
to you; then go to 5.9
Other, please give details, then go to 5.2
TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL APPLICANTS - Dependent children should enter parents’ details.
5.4 When did you start this job? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Employment
D D M M Y Y Y Y
5.2 What is your present work or job or occupation? >>>>>>
If you are a student and you also work, please give details of
your work. If you are a student and you do not also work, please
go to 5.9.
5.3 What is the name of the company or organisation you >>
work for?
Full Name, Date of Birth, Passport Number, Address, Place of Birth, Nationality, Your Relationship to Child, Your Relationship to their Parents
Name Date of Birth
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5.13 How much of your total monthly income is given to >>>
your family members and other dependants?
5.14 How much do you spend each month on living costs? >
5.15 What money is available to you for your trip? >>>>>>>>
5.17 Who will pay for your expenses such as >>>>>>>>>>>>
accommodation and food?
5.19 What is the cost to you personally of your stay in >>>>>>
the UK?
5.16 Who will pay for your travel to the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>
5.8 Please give details of any additional job(s) or occupation(s) you have
5.5 What is your work address? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
5.12 Do you have savings, property or other income (for example
from stocks and shares)? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
5.6 What are your employer’s telephone numbers?
5.7 What is your employer’s email address?
5.18 If someone other than yourself is paying for all or >>>>
any part of this visit, how much money will they give you?
Please also explain why they are paying for all or part of your visit
Part 6 Previous Applications And Travel History Read Guidance, Part 6
5.10 What is your total monthly income from all sources >>>
of employment or occupation after tax?
Income and Expenditure
5.11 Do you receive income from any other sources,
including friends or family? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
6.1 Have you travelled to the UK in the last 10 years?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Destination Purpose Duration
If ‘Yes’ please provide details of any
trips to the UK Yes No
If you have ticked ‘yes’ to any of the above, please provide details for every organisation that you have worked for that is of a type in the
list. Include name of organisation, job title or rank and dates (year to year). Please enter details in Part 9, Additional information.
5.9 Have you ever worked for any organisation of a type (state or non-state) listed below? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Media
Public or civil administration
Security (including police and private
security companies)
Armed forces (including national service) Yes No Yes No
Government (central or local) Yes No Yes No
Judiciary Yes No Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
If ‘Yes’ please provide full details >>>>>>>>>>>>
If ‘Yes’ please provide full details >>>>>>>>>>>>
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6.2 Have you travelled outside your country of residence,
excluding to the UK, in the last 10 years?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Destination Purpose Duration
If ‘Yes’ please provide details of these tripsYes No
6.3 Have you ever been refused a visa for any country,
including the UK? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Country Reason Reference number (for UK)
If ‘Yes’ please provide full details Yes No
6.4 Have you been granted any UK visas in the last 10 years?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Purpose Duration Reference number
If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No
If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No 6.5 Have you been refused entry on arrival to the UK in the
last 10 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Reason Reference number
If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No 6.6 Have you ever been deported, removed or otherwise
required to leave any country, including the UK in the last
10 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Country Reason Reference number (for UK)
If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No 6.7 Have you made an application to the Home Office to
remain in the UK in the last 10 years?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Reason for Application Granted/Refused
If refused give reason Reference number
If ‘Yes’ please provide detailsYes No 6.8 Do you have a UK National Insurance number?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
National Insurance number Reason for getting a National Insurance number
6.9 Do you have any criminal convictions in any country
(including traffic offences)? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Country Offence Sentence
If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No
6.10 Have you ever been charged in any country with a
criminal offence for which you have not yet been tried in court
(including traffic offences)? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Date Country Offence
If ‘Yes’ please provide detailsYes No
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PLEASE NOTE: If a child is travelling without their parents, he/she should present written notification from the child’s parent or
legal guardian that they consent to the child’s visit.
7.5 Please provide full details about the person you >>>>>>
will be staying with
7.6 If the person named in 7.5 is not a British Citizen or
European Economic Area Citizen, please give details about
what permission they have to be in the UK
7.7 How long will you stay with this person?
Part 7 Travellers under the age of 18 Read Guidance, Part 7
ONLY TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANTS UNDER 18 (or parent/guardian on behalf of applicant)
Name Address Telephone Number Email Address Relationship
7.1 Please provide full details about your parent(s)/guardian(s) in your home country
7.4 Is the address you will be staying at a private address? >
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
If ‘No’ go to Part 8Yes No
7.2 Will you be travelling to the UK alone? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
7.3 If accompanied, please provide full details of up to two adults who will accompany you, including their passport numbers and
your exact relationship to them
1) 2)
6.13 Have you ever, by any means or medium, expressed >>
views that justify or glorify terrorist violence or that may
encourage others to terrorist acts or other serious criminal
acts? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9,
Additional Information Yes No
6.14 Have you engaged in any other activities that might >>>
indicate that you may not be considered a person of good
character? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9,
Additional Information Yes No
If ‘No’ please complete 7.3. If ‘Yes’ please
go to 7.4Yes No
6.12 Have you ever been involved in, supported, or >>>>>>>
encouraged terrorist activities in any country? Have you, ever
been a member of, or given support to an organisation that has
been concerned in terrorism? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9,
Additional Information Yes No
6.11 In times of either peace or war have you ever been >>>
involved in, or suspected of involvement in, war crimes, crimes
against humanity or genocide? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9,
Additional Information Yes No
Name Address Nationality Relationship
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Part 8 Visit Information Read Guidance notes, at the end of this form
Please note that you are not allowed to work whilst in the UK. If you intend to work you MUST obtain a full student visa.
8.5 Name of the course you will study >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8.6 What do you expect to gain from the course (e.g. what
qualification or certificate will you get)?
8.11 What do you hope to do when you have finished all your
studies and your visit to the UK?
8.7 When does the course begin? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8.8 When does the course end?
8.1 If you are not a national of the country in which you are applying, what permission do you have to stay in that country?
8.2 Are you travelling with anyone? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.3 Do they already have a visa for the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Yes No
8.4 Have you been enrolled or unconditionally accepted on a course of study in the UK? >>>>>>>
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Full name Date of birth Nationality
Your studies
D D M M Y Y Y Y D D M M Y Y Y Y
8.9 Name and full address of the institution >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8.10 Email address of institution where you will study
They don’t need oneYes No
If ‘Yes’ please provide details of the people you are travelling with. If ‘No’, go to question 8.4 Yes No
Financing your studies
8.13 Is your accommodation provided as part of your course?
If yes please provide full details of the accommodation officer
where you will be studying, if no please give details of where you
intend to stay in the UK. Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.12 Have you studied in the UK before?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Name of Institution Address of Institution Course Studied Qualification Gained
Please provide full details Yes No
If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No
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8.21 Have they set aside specific money for your studies?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.22 Is your financial sponsor in the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.23 What is your exact relationship to your financial
sponsor?
8.18 Who will pay for your expenses such as accommodation
and food?
8.20 Why are they funding your studies?
8.17 Who will pay for your travel to the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>
8.19 Please provide details of your financial sponsor(s).
8.25 What is your financial sponsor’s monthly income >>>>>
after tax?
8.26 Do they have any savings or other readily available money e.g. income from stocks and shares?
If ‘Yes’ provide details. Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.27 How much money will they give you? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
If you have more than one financial sponsor please provide full details of each. If you require more space please use
Part 9 – Additional Information.
8.28 What family does your financial sponsor have e.g. spouse, dependent children or other dependent relatives (parents,
parent-in-law)?
8.29 How much of your financial sponsor’s money is >>>>>>
spent on his/her dependants?
8.15 Have any of these costs already been paid?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.16 Who will pay for your course fees?
If yes, please provide detailsYes No
Yes No
If ‘Yes’ please provide full details Yes No
8.24 What is your financial sponsor’s occupation or source of
income?
8.14 What is the total cost of the course? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Please provide details of the costs of all of the following:
• Travel to and from the UK
• Fees
• Accommodation (if included in the fees please state this)
• Living expenses (if meals are included in the fees please specify
what meals and then tell us what other expenses you will incur)
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8.30 Has your financial sponsor sponsored anyone else >>>>
wishing to enter or remain in the UK (including visa applicants)
in the last 5 years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.32 Do you have any friends or family in the UK? >>>>>>>>>
(Definition of ‘family member’ can be found in the
guidance notes) Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.33 Do you intend to visit any of these family members?
Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
8.31 Do they still sponsor these people? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box
Full name Date of birth Financial Commitment
Full name Nationality Address Telephone Number Exact Relationship
REMINDER: If the main purpose of your visit is to visit family then you should have completed VAF 1B
If ‘No’ when did the sponsorship stop? >>>>>>>Yes No
Yes No
If ‘Yes’ please provide details Yes No
If ‘Yes’ please provide full details of these peopleYes No
If you run out of space please use additional sheets of paper to provide us with all the relevant information required as part of your application.
Additional Information Read Guidance, Part 9
9.1 Is there any other information you wish to be considered as part of your application?
Part 9
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Part 10 Declaration
I hereby apply for an entry clearance to the United Kingdom. The information I have given is complete and true to the best of my knowledge.
I also declare that the photograph submitted with this form is a true likeness of me. I confirm that if, before this application is decided, there
is a material change in my circumstances or new information relevant to this application becomes available, I will inform the Unit