United Kingdom Visa

• Please note that this is a general document list, so please provide physical documents that are appropriate as per your profile
• The visa questionnaire form is filled out by passengers individually with a sign. This form helps us fill out a visa application.
• Visa forms are filled out by FTPL and given to passengers for checking. Once the passenger confirms all details and gives the go-ahead to process, then we will explain to you about your file, and you have to visit VFS.
• Passengers have to provide all the documents in person. The United Kingdom visa is a sticker visa.
• A United Kingdom visa is a paper application.FTPL staff prepared the case and gave it to the passenger before the submission date. 
• Visa fee details are mentioned on the Website, which you have to pay in cash at VFS.
• A cover letter that explains the purpose of the visit has to be given by the passenger on their business letterhead, if any or can be given on a formal letter with the main applicant's signature and designation stamp. A letter format is attached to this file for your reference.
• United Kingdom visa processing takes a minimum of 12-15 working days. Please know that the processing time will depend on your application and the Embassy.
• United Kingdom visa is a sticker visa, and it will come to our office by courier. We will notify you once we receive your passport via courier.
• Visa payment is required in advance before applying for your visa file, and we will provide you with an invoice copy as per your requirement. If you want to use your own name or company name.
• Visa issuance is the sole responsibility of the Embassy. Flamingo is not responsible for any rejection, refusal, or delay in visa
• For the United Kingdom visa process, all the necessary documents should be photocopied, except those that are asked for in the original.
• All visa applicants, irrespective of nationality, who applied for United Kingdom visas should come personally to the local VFS office (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jalandhar, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Puducherry, Pune) to give the mandatory fingerprint formality, which is time-consuming in the tourist pick season
• On the day of submission, all fingers must be clear from HINA (Mehdi), cuts, etc.
• VFS Global is an outsourced partner of the client Embassy
• VFS is also providing services like the Premium Lounge - For a more personalized service at the Visa Application Centre, you can purchase access to Premium Lounge. You can also purchase this service during your visit to the VFS Visa Application Centre at any given time, simply by informing a staff member. This service includes:

             • Direct access to a Premium Service counter where VFS staff will verify the documents provided and take payment in a single location

• This service does not guarantee the right to obtain a visa or faster processing of your visa application by the Mission. Using the Premium Lounge service does not guarantee the success of your visa application or affect the service standard.

• Biometrics are required if you have not given them in the last 5 years, but if your visa is rejected, you have to give a new biometric in your submission in the visa process.
• No documents will be returned by the Embassy or Consulate after the visa process.
• You must declare rejection if rejected in any country in the last 10 years and mention the rejection year and category of visa for the rejected country.
• All applicants have to pay visa fees, convenience charges, and courier charges in cash at the local VFS center. The VFS charge will be paid online if we take the online date.
• If the passenger has a passport with any observations regarding the data page, an affidavit and paper advertisement in English are mandatory.
• All documents will be scanned by VFS staff and given back to the passenger.