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Friday, 24 February 2012

Applying for a UK visa in Romania

This page explains how you can apply for a visa to come to the UK if you are currently in Romania.
If you currently have temporary permission to stay in Romania (for example, as a student or a visitor), you can only apply for some types of UK visa - see 'More information' below.
School children, who are visa nationals, and, are resident in an EEA country do not need a visa if visiting or transiting the UK as a member of a school group - see 'More Information' below.

When to apply

You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before your date of travel to the UK. We strongly advise you not to confirm your travel arrangements until you have received your visa.
To find out how long we usually take to process your type of visa, see the Visa processing times page.

Before you apply

Before you apply, you must:
  • prepare the supporting documents that you will need;
  • be ready to enrol your fingerprints and photograph (known as biometric information) at our visa application centre in the British Embassy; and
  • be able to pay the visa application fee. The Visa application fees and guides page explains how much your visa application will cost.
If you do not know which supporting documents to provide, the Visa application fees and guides page will help you to find guidance for your visa category.
If you are applying under the points-based system, you should provide all the documents specified in the guidance for your visa category. For each document, you should also provide any information or explanation that may help us to make our decision.
If you are applying for any other type of visa, you should provide documents that:
  • support the statements that you make in your visa application; and
  • show that the information in your application is true.
We will only consider documents submitted with your application. You cannot submit documents after you have completed your application at the visa application centre, unless our staff ask you for them.
For every document that you provide, you must include the original documentand a photocopy. This includes a copy of your passport bio-data page (the page containing your photograph). Please ensure that the photocopies are of good quality and can be read easily. If you do not provide a photocopy of each document, we might not return your original documents to you.
If you do not have a document, or your documents are not written in English or Welsh, or you are not paying for your trip, you can find out what to do under 'More information' below.

How to apply

To apply for a visa, you must:
  • complete and submit a visa application form; and
  • book an appointment at our visa application centre.
You need to complete and submit the application form online.

Applying online

When you apply online, you will need to print out and sign your completed form. If you do not have access to a printer when you apply, you will be able to log in and print out the form later.
As part of your online application, you must use the appointment calendar to book an appointment at a visa application centre. All visa applicants must book an appointment. You must attend this appointment in person.
Your appointment must be no more than 60 days after the date when you completed and submitted your online visa application form.
Unless you are exempt, you must enrol your fingerprints and facial photograph (known as 'biometric information) when you attend your appointment. You cannot enrol your fingerprints if your fingertips are cut or damaged or if you have any form of temporary decoration (such as henna or mehendi) on them. You must wait until the injury has healed or the decoration has faded before making your appointment.
If you are part of a family or group, each member of the family or group must make an individual appointment. For example, if you are a family of 4 with 2 adults and 2 children you must make 4 individual appointments.
When you have completed your online application, you will receive an email message containing your application number (also known as a 'GWF reference'). Please make a note of this number.
You can find the online application form under 'Do it online' on the right side of this page.

Paying your visa application fee

You can pay your visa application fee at our visa application centre at the British Embassy. We only accept cash (New Lei RON).

The visa application centre

To complete the application process, you must attend your appointment at the visa application centre at the British Embassy in Bucharest.
You can find more information on the Visa application centre page.

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