If the VAC where you applied is still closed we will not be able to return your passport. Coronavirus - if your visa is ending and you can’t leave the UK If your visa expires before the end of June 2021, you need to follow the coronavirus visa guidance on GOV.UK. Updated to add a link to the coronavirus immigration helpline contact form. If you cannot travel during this time, you may need to apply again to update your vignette. Submitting an incomplete and/or inaccurate form will lead to delays in assessing your request. Nurses, doctors, midwives and paramedics whose … You should also follow this guidance if you have a family visa (known as ‘leave to remain on the basis of family or private life’) and it expires between 1 March and 31 May 2021. Your endorsing body must provide you with an endorsement letter. You can apply for a visit visa from any UK VAC. Updated information about calling the Coronavirus Immigration Help Centre: check call charges with your phone provider if you're calling from abroad. Find out about the requirements for coronavirus researchers. You’ll receive your visit visa when suspension of travel is lifted if your application is successful. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone. We will also ask their employers to confirm their eligibility. If conditions allowed you to work, study or rent accommodation you may continue to do so during the period of your exceptional assurance. However, UK immigration advocates argue that a one-year visa extension is nowhere enough If you left the UK with valid leave before 17 March 2020 and you intended to return to the UK and make an application for Indefinite or Further Permission to Stay, but you were unable to do so before your leave expired because of travel restrictions related to coronavirus (COVID-19), please complete the online form. You are also able to apply for permission to stay to remain in the UK if you have been issued with an ‘exceptional assurance’. If you have been asked to enrol your biometrics at a participating Post Office branch you can travel to your nearest branch. You and your dependants will not have to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge. Updated to add information on the 5 working day response time for helpline emails. The list of frontline workers affected has been expanded to include more occupations. More information for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents can be found on the UK government's pages. The information you provide will be sent to a caseworking team who will contact you to explain whether you may be eligible under the Covid Visa Concession Scheme and, if so, the next steps. You should either leave the UK or seek to regularise your immigration status if this happens. If you need to extend your visa, or your visa deadline is approaching, or lapsed, visit your local immigration office and check you options. 9 April 2021 Thousands of crucial frontline health workers and their dependents will be granted free visa extensions, Home Secretary Priti Patel … You are expected to make your next application as soon as possible. Earlier this year, the Home Office put in place temporary measures to extend the visas of all regulated healthcare professionals across the NHS and the independent sector during the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes people in Ireland on short stay visas and those whose permissions had already been automatically extended by previous notices. You are allowed to access Visa and Immigration services as these are considered an essential public service and will continue to operate safely under local and national restrictions. Updated information for Tier 1 Entrepreneur and Start-up visa holders. If you’re planning to travel to the UK, you’ll need to make sure you comply with all travel restrictions including pre-departure testing. Thousands of crucial frontline health workers and their dependents will be granted free visa extensions, Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced today. Updated to clarify that the reopening of VAC locations remains subject to local circumstances. The terms of your current permission will remain the same until your application is decided. Save. If you do not reply to the confirmation email within 48 hours you must complete the form again for us to consider your request. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. You can work at any NHS hospital during the coronavirus outbreak if your sponsor can maintain their sponsorship duties. Updated 'If you’re applying to enter the UK or remain on the basis of family or private life' section to include information about the job support scheme and family emergency cases. However, if you have not applied to regularise your stay or submitted a request for an exceptional assurance you must make arrangements to leave the UK. National Interest Exceptions for Certain Travelers from China, Iran, Brazil, South Africa, Schengen Area, United Kingdom, and Ireland. The extension, announced by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, will apply to around 2,800 migrant doctors, nurses and paramedics employed by the NHS whose visa is due to expire before October 1. "Doctors, nurses and paramedics from all over the world are playing a leading role in the NHS' efforts to tackle coronavirus and save lives. Updated information on UK Visa and Citizenship Application Centres (UKVCAS) and UK Visa Application Centres (VACs). Updated process on biometric information. They are protecting our loved ones and vaccinating the public so that we can save lives and return to normality. Added guidance on if you're a Tier 4 student applicant in the UK and have given your fingerprints before. Anyone who has already travelled to the UK during thier current period of Tier 4/Student permission, will be able to make … Added continuation of service notice regarding new coronavirus restrictions. (It was previously 31 March 2021.). Until 17 May, you must follow the current testing and quarantine rules. There are changes at the UK border because of coronavirus (COVID-19). For example, if you can’t leave the UK because you can’t find a flight before your leave/visa expires, you’ll need to submit a copy of a confirmed flight ticket. It has also introduced other measures - see ‘Employment permits’ below. If you’ve experienced a loss of income due to coronavirus up to 31 May 2021, we will consider employment income for the period immediately before the loss of income, provided the minimum income requirement was met for at least 6 months immediately before the date the income was lost. You can start work before your visa application has been decided if: If your application is eventually rejected as invalid or refused your sponsor will stop sponsoring you and you must stop working for them. You’ll be asked to provide new supporting evidence. If your visa is due to expire after 30 September 2021, or you are changing employer, you cannot extend your visa for free. In some cases, we will be able to decide your application without seeing certain specified documents if you cannot get them due to coronavirus. On 26 March 2020, Workpermit.com reported that the Home Office would grant UK visa extensions to all foreign nationals stranded in Britain due to coronavirus. Added link to guidance for applicants in New Zealand who applied through an enrolment location operated by Immigration New Zealand. This concession has been extended to 30 June 2021. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. RELATED: COVID-19: give international nurses the right to remain, urges RCN; Ms Patel said the visa extension demonstrated how much the UK valued overseas health workers. As part of your application you’ll need to explain how coronavirus restrictions prevented your return to the UK. Since starting the free extensions last year, the Home Office has extended the visas of more than 10,000 people across the UK. For more information, and for updates to the status of VACs, including opening times in your country, check with: Ongoing global restrictions mean some UKVI services will remain closed. You’ll need to meet the requirements of the route you’re applying for and pay the UK application fee. Find out what list the country you’ve been in is on and what you need to do. The extension will apply to eligible workers whose visas are due to expire before October 2021 and their dependants. Anyone whose leave expires between 24 January 2020 and 31 May 2020, and is unable to leave the country ahead of their visa expiry, must contact the dedicated Coronavirus Immigration Team (CIT) via CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone. Please check the travel advice issued by your carrier and check what you need to do before entering the UK. However, if you returned to the UK and did not make a valid application to stay upon your re-entry, you must now make arrangements to leave. … You should clearly explain the compelling or compassionate reasons for your visit in your application form and alert the VAC staff during biometric submission. Updated content under 'If you intend to stay in the UK' and 'If you’ve applied for a work visa and are waiting for a decision on your application' sections. Many health care workers, including many who have been on the frontline throughout the coronavirus pandemic will be given a free, 12-month extension. Added a link to the latest information on changes at the border. The government is committed to continuing to support overseas health and care workers and make it as easy as possible for talented people wanting to work in the sector to come to the UK. Updated content under 'If you intend to stay in the UK' section. You can book a test at most of the approved English Testing Centres in the UK. You can check which UKVCAS centres are open and book an appointment if you have not already done so. Added new information under "New coronavirus testing and quarantine rules" section. Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. Separate guidance is available if you’re entering Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Added guidance for 'If you've remained outside the UK for over 2 years and due to coronavirus travel restrictions your indefinite leave has lapsed'. Visa Services Operating Status Update. You can change your cookie settings at any time. We will consider all applications on a case by case basis. Updates to National Interest Exceptions for Regional COVID Proclamations. To get the extension, you must: have a visa that expires between 1 April 2021 and 30 September 2021 work for the NHS or an independent healthcare … Updated 'If you're in the UK' to note that if conditions allowed you to work, study or rent accommodation you may continue to do so during the period of your exceptional assurance. Where eligible, you’ll be able to submit a permission to stay application form from within the UK. You must submit your application before the expiry of your ‘exceptional assurance’. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. If you have been in a country or territory on the: You must follow these rules even if you have been vaccinated. Updated information on Service and Support Centres, English language tests, and 90 day validity of replacement visas. You’ll be able to make any type of UK visa application. The extension, announced today (24 March) by … Under 'Applying for a visa if your visa application centre (VAC) is closed', the date by which you can use the alternative arrangements has been extended to 30 June 2021. If your visa or leave expired between 24 January 2020 and 31 August 2020 there will be no future adverse immigration consequences if you didn’t make an application to regularise your stay during this period. Free one-year visa extensions will be automatically granted to eligible overseas health and care workers whose visas were due to expire before 1 October 2021. There is no longer a limit on the number of hours you can work or volunteer each week if you’re a: The deadline for you to sit the Occupational Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been extended to 30 September 2021. If your leave expires after 31 October 2020, you can make your application from inside the UK where you would usually need to apply for a visa from your home country if either one of the following applies to you: If you’re here with 6 months’ leave as a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner and your wedding or civil ceremony has been delayed due to coronavirus you may request additional time to stay, also known as ‘exceptional assurance’, by emailing cihassuranceteam@homeoffice.gov.uk and providing evidence of when your wedding or civil partnership ceremony will take place. If you do not pass on the first attempt, you’ll have until 31 December 2021 to pass the exam. If your CoS is assigned from 1 January 2021 and you are not applying under the Health and Care visa, you must wait until your visa application has been granted before starting work, unless your current visa allows you to work in that job. You can carry out supplementary work in any role at any skill level during the coronavirus outbreak. If you have submitted an application for a replacement vignette, and are still awaiting a decision, but now no longer intend to travel, you should submit a withdrawal request at the Visa Application Centre that you applied from in order for your passport to be released back to you. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock said: Our overseas health and care workers make such a vital contribution to our health system and have been a key part of fight against the pandemic. There will be no future adverse immigration consequences if there has been a short break of continuous residence if your leave expires between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2021. If you would like your passport returned, even if your application has not been decided, please contact the VAC to arrange collection. Feb 18, 2021, 9:35 AM. Please submit your request for an exceptional assurance by emailing cihassuranceteam@homeoffice.gov.uk with the following details: The subject header of your email should read “Request for an assurance”. Updated exceptional assurance visa expiry dates to 1 January 2021 and 28 February 2021. If you’ve already submitted your application through Access UK and now intend to submit your new application at a different VAC from the one selected in that application, you’ll need to make a new application and select the VAC where you’ll submit your application. Your endorsing body must assess your business and be satisfied that reasonable progress has been made, taking into consideration the impact of coronavirus and that the business remains viable. You are expected to take all reasonable steps to leave the UK where it is possible to do so or apply to regularise your stay in the UK. Updated Secure English Language Test (SELT) contact information. Added information for those outside the UK whose leave has expired before they are able to return to the UK and updated information referring to the free replacement of expired vignettes. UPDATED ON APR 10, 2021 02:38 PM IST Indian doctors and nurses are among 14,000 applicants from across the world that are set to benefit from a … You can read detailed guidance on the temporary measures in place for Student sponsors, their students and short-term students in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The previous order authorised immigration officers to grant a 60 day extension at any time from September 29, 2020 to January 29, 2021. The free visa extension scheme for international nurses working in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic will continue for longer, the home secretary announced today. Do not contact the test centre directly. Their visas will be extended for a year, free of all fees and charges, including the Immigration Health Surcharge. You need to reply to the confirmation email within 48 hours of receiving it. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. If you’ve already obtained a Returning Resident visa because your ILR/ILE lapsed on or after 24 January 2020 and you were unable to return to the UK due to travel restrictions in place relating to coronavirus, you may be eligible for a refund of your visa fee. If you intend to leave the UK but have not been able to do so and you have a visa or leave that expires by 30 June 2021 you may request additional time to stay, known as ‘exceptional assurance’. You should consider guidance on entering the UK and the red, amber and green list rules for entering England before you apply for a visa. If you’re advised that you must book an appointment at your nearest VAC to submit your passport application, you should check if it’s open. Visa nationals who cannot return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to extend their visa. The cost of replacing an expired 90 day vignette is £154 and you will need to make an appointment to resubmit your biometric information. As more appointments are made available UKVI will invite you to arrange an appointment by email or post. If your passport is in a VAC, and a decision on your application has been made, the VAC will contact you to arrange collection. English language tests are available in most countries but may be temporarily suspended in some countries due to coronavirus restrictions. Students’ whose leave will expire between 24 January 2020 and 31 July 2020, who would otherwise be unable to extend inside the UK, will be able to exceptionally apply for further leave within the UK. If you’ve not been able to employ staff for 12 months by the time your visa expires, you’ll be allowed to extend your stay for a further 2 years, if you can show: You can apply for additional leave of 12 months. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Most UK Visa and Citizenship Application Centres (UKVCAS) have reopened for existing customers. If your 90 day vignette has expired, you will need to apply for a replacement by completing the online form. Updated family and private visa concession and loss of income information. You may be eligible for a free extension to your visa. The Department of Health and Social Care has laid out a limited number of scenarios where an individual may apply for an exemption from the requirement to enter managed quarantine on arrival in the UK on medical and compassionate grounds. Further details in recent news reports . Updated 'If you’re applying to enter the UK or remain on the basis of family or private life' section to explain that the period for requesting exceptional assurance has been extended. The order from the immigration department empowers local officers to grant a 60 day visa extensions from January 29 up to May 30. Otherwise, you may be asked to submit the specified documents after the date of application. If your VAC is closed due to coronavirus restrictions, you can apply online and select a VAC in another country worldwide to submit your application and biometrics. This must state it is an application for a temporary extension by completing the relevant sections and providing the required information, within the endorsement letter. UKVCAS Service Points are essential services and will remain open throughout the UK so customers can continue to book and attend appointments to progress their visa applications. If you need to apply for a U.S. visa, unavoidable backlogs caused by the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on our staffing and resources, and based on our undertaking health and safety measures in line with UK and U.S. guidance mean that visa application procedures are subject to delay. If you’re applying in the UK as a Student or Child Student (including Tier 4 student), UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) may be able to reuse your fingerprints. If you can’t leave the UK because you have coronavirus, you’ll need to submit confirmation of your positive coronavirus test result. If your country’s VAC is still closed, you won’t be able to apply for a British passport until it reopens. Updated to include visa extension for healthcare workers whose visa expires between 1 October 2020 and 31 March 2021. What you need to do depends on where you have been in the 10 days before you arrive. When you arrive in the UK you will not be penalised for being unable to collect your biometric residence permit (BRP) while coronavirus measures are in place. Exceptional assurance does not grant you leave. The order coincides with the world’s Covid-19 situation getting worse and more countries sealing up their borders. If you’re unable to … The deadline for making an application from the UK to switch to a visa that would normally require you to apply from your home country has been extended to 31 July 2020. You’ll need to make sure you’re permitted to travel to that country beforehand. You must meet the requirements of the route as normal, including being endorsed by an endorsing body. There is no restriction on the number of hours you can work. You will need to clearly state that you’re making a subsequent application. Amended ‘If you’re in the UK’ section, updating exceptional assurance visa or leave expiry date to 30 April 2021. If available, you’ll be able to purchase these services when booking your appointment. If your query doesn’t relate to immigration provisions associated with coronavirus, please contact the general immigration helpline. The new vignette will be valid for a period of 90 days. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. From 17 May, all countries will be rated as red, amber or green for Coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the media, all tourist visas for foreigners already in South Africa have been extended until March 31st 2021, but it seems impossible to find any official statement on this matter. Updated information if you’re in the UK and your leave expired between 24 January 2020 and 31 July 2020. The concessions to the family and private life section have been extended until 31 May 2021. Tourist Visa extension due to Covid-19. All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance and support, Transparency and freedom of information releases. Self-quarantine measures for most new arrivals to … You should also check the travel advice issued by your carrier and check what you need to do before you leave for the UK. If travel to the UK is suspended but you need to travel urgently for compassionate reasons, you’ll still need to apply for a visa in the usual way, including submitting biometrics at your chosen Visa Application Centre (VAC). Updated content under 'If your 30 day visa to work, study or join family has expired' section. If you’ve already been given assurance but your circumstances have changed or you’re unable to leave the UK by the assurance date previously given, you must reapply using the process above. For more information on how you can book your English Language Test, contact either: We have contacted you if you made an appointment to attend a UKVCAS that is still temporary closed to let you know it has been postponed. Sponsors will not need to notify UKVI of the change in your place of work. If you intend to leave the UK but have not been able to do so and you have a visa or leave that expires between 1 December 2020 and 31 May 2021 you may request additional time to stay, known as ‘exceptional assurance’, by emailing cihassuranceteam@homeoffice.gov.uk. Once you’ve replied you’ll receive a response. Updated information to explain that overseas services will remain open but dependent on local country restrictions, and that our in-country immigration services (UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services, Service and Support Centres and English Language Test centres) will remain open. This extension will cover healthcare professionals working in the NHS and the independent health and care sector. If you’re a scientist researching coronavirus (COVID-19), you may be able to apply for a Global Talent visa using the UKRI endorsed funder option. The Home Office last evening announced measures to extend leave up to 31 May for those individuals currently affected by the restrictions or self-isolation. Updated to explain that the period for requesting exceptional assurance has been extended. Read the guidance on how to cancel your visa, immigration or citizenship application because of coronavirus. Six thousand foreign medics will have their UK visas extended for a year to help battle coronavirus over winter. You must select the country where you would like to submit your biometrics at the start of your application. You’ll be contacted when you can book a new appointment. The visas will be extended for free, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Added information on concessions for Global Talent visa applicants who are working on coronavirus research. 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LONDON: Indian doctors and nurses are among 14,000 applicants from across the world that are set to benefit from a one-year fee waiver for visa … What do I do if I have been issued with a 30-day or 90-day visa and can’t travel to the UK before it … If your endorsement from an endorsing body has expired because you’ve not been able to make an application for a visa, you may still be eligible. The 12 month period you’re required to employ someone for can be made up of multiple jobs across different months but this must be equivalent to 2 full time jobs. Please ensure that you complete all sections of the online form accurately and include full details in each box. 19/04/2021 12:30:00. Updated guidance in the 'if you intend to stay in the UK' section. We strongly advise that you only apply for a new visa, or apply to replace an expired vignette, when you are confident you can travel to the UK. If you are in a red list country and wish to apply for a visitor in transit or direct airside transit visa (DATV) we are now able to process your application, as the pause on issuing transit visas has been lifted. If you’re asked to take an English language test as part of your application, you can apply for an exemption if the test centre was closed or you couldn’t travel to it due to coronavirus when you applied. Immigrant Visa Prioritization Added a link to coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance: Tier 4 sponsors, migrants and short-term students. A further twelve-month extension was announced on 9 April 2021 and more information, including how the scheme is being managed, can be found in this latest news article. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Added Pearson Test of English to the list of English Testing Centres. If you’re applying to enter the UK or remain on the basis of family or private life. If your salary has reduced because you’re furloughed we will take account of your income as though you’re earning 100% of your salary. Updated guidance for 'If you're applying for a visitor visa, visa in transit or direct airside transit visa (DAT)'. Your immigration status in the UK will not change as a result of you not being able to attend an appointment. The guidance confirmed: 1. if you cannot pay the salaries of sponsored employees because you have temporarily reduced or ceased trading you can tem… SSCs are offering a reduced number of appointments because of coronavirus. You no longer need to employ at least 2 people for 12 consecutive months. You’ll receive a confirmation email soon after submitting the form so please provide a valid email address. This concession will be available until 31 March 2021. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. 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