How to Get an Agent-Free UK Visa?

United Kingdom Visa Applicant Guide

I’ve been stuck with visa agencies. As Turkish citizens, we have to get a visa from most countries, and we also experience the stress of ‘it did not come out’.. Visa agencies also seem to enjoy themselves from time to time.

No, we do not like these agencies to make money so easily.. That’s why we wanted to tell you how to get a UK Visa ‘without an agency’.. Let’s add that, of course, the UK Visa has categories such as ‘Short-Term Visitor Visa’, ‘Long-Term Visitor Visa’, ‘Student Visa’. We will talk about strong>’Short-Term Visitor Visa’ ie ‘Short-Term Standard Visitor Visa‘. The procedure is the same for those who want to apply for a 2 or 5 Year Tourist Visa, but be sure to check from other sources.

The UK visa application and appointment was always made online, but recently the UK ‘short-term visit visa’ s online application address and made the procedure a little easier. While transactions were made from two different websites before, now you can handle everything from one website.. Don’t get confused!

Let’s say this, we will tell you how we got a UK Visa ‘without an agency‘. Even though the UK Visa application is generally positive when you apply with the right documents and enough money in your account, in the end this is the UK, the job is not obvious.. Therefore, even if you do what you say here, we cannot guarantee that you will come out one hundred percent.. Just know that, despite all the money poured into agencies, applying for a visa with an agency does not increase your chances of getting a visa.. So since the visa has the same chance of getting out, there is no need to lose money to the agencies, right?

As you know, the UK Visa is different from the Schengen Visa, and with the Schengen Visa to England, with the UK Visa to the other Schengen you cannot enter their country. And this cruel UK is asking even Green Passport and Diplomatic Passport holders to get visa. As you can see, those with green passports can’t get away with the UK Visa job.

How long does it take to get a UK Visa?

This is actually an open-ended question.. Because after you complete your transactions and submit your documents, your visa can be issued in 3 days; in 2 weeks. It depends partly on the intensity of applications at that time, partly on the officer who takes care of your documents.. For example, September is a month when visa applications for the UK are intense and the process can take up to 2 weeks.. Therefore, you calculate that your visa will be concluded between 3 and 30 working days and apply accordingly.. In fact, the sooner you apply, the better.

There is another thing, you need to make an appointment to take and deliver your documents, and you may not be able to get this appointment right next week.. Do not forget this. For example, you wanted to make an appointment online today, you are likely to find a place 2 weeks later at the earliest.. If we add the visa waiting period on top of that, we can say that it is useful to take action 45 days in advance!

United Kingdom Visa Fees

Those who have applied for a Schengen visa before know, Schengen Visa has a fixed fee and you never know how long a Schengen visa will be issued.. Sometimes 3 months, sometimes 6 months, sometimes 10 days.. But UK visa is not like that.. There are 6-Month, 2-Year, 5-Year or 10-Year fee options, whichever you pay the price for.. At least you know how much visa you will get when you pay the money (that’s something, right) As we mentioned at the beginning of the article, the application forms for 2 year, 5 year and 10 year visitor visas may be different. Remember that we are talking about the monthly one.

The fees are as follows as of January 2017;

6 Month visa fee: 110 Usd

2 Year visa fee: 419 Usd

5 Year visa fee: 762 Usd

10 Year visa fee: 955 Usd

By the way, it doesn’t matter how many years you apply, you can spend in the UK with these visas. duration is maximum 6 months.. In other words, you can stay in the country for 6 months with a 6-month visa and 6 months with a 10-year visa.. If you want, you can go and spend 6 months without ever returning to Turkey, or you can go multiple times.. That’s up to you.

Let’s make two small additions, even if you apply for a visa for 5 years, your visa can be issued for 6 months and the difference in fees is not refunded.. Also, if you go with a 6-month visa and stay for 6 months without a reason and without ever returning, the visa may not be issued the second time you apply :))

The visa fee is paid on the website while making an appointment for the visa application.. We will refer to that part again below.

United Kingdom Visa Application Chapter

The UK visa application and appointment were always made online, but recently the UK changed the online application address of the ‘short-term visit visa’. and made the procedure a bit easier. Previously, transactions were made from two different websites, but now you can handle everything from one website.

We will go step by step as we do not want to confuse you.. Then let’s do it in that way; Let’s start with the site you need to click to fill out the visa form first.. We will come to the necessary documents later.

1-) You are going to the following site; https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa

2-) After clicking ‘Apply‘ here and reading the explanations, ‘ You click ‘Fill in The Visa Application Form Online‘ under Apply From Outside the UK Online‘ (Note that this option is for visa applicants from outside the UK, for example Turkey Valid if you are applying from. If you’re already in the UK and you’re going to click to extend your visa, you’re in the wrong place.. )

3-) As the next step, you need to click on the ‘apply using the new service‘ link at the top. Then you proceed on the page that opens and choose ‘Standard Visitor Visa‘. Here it asks in which language you want to fill the application form.. We clicked on English, so in the images we will share here, the form is in English, but of course you can choose Turkish.

After choosing the language, you move forward again and when you come across the page in the photo, ‘start now’ You click on . On the page that appears, it will ask you to create a membership.. After you create a membership here and open the link sent to the e-mail you provided, the application page will now appear before you.

4-) You were downloading a 7 page application form and had to fill it out on your own. They’ve made things easier. The questions in the application form appear before you one by one as you progress on the page.. If you want, you can go back on the page and correct your answers.. So the page in front of you right now is actually the application form itself..

5-) Now you have started filling out the application form by answering the questions on the page that opens in front of you.. As you can see on the first page, you are asked for your address, on the second page, your phone number, and on the third page, your passport information, you will fill in.. They ask all kinds of details about you, and you will go to the answer.. As you can see, there is no need for agencies to fill this part and spend money for nothing (tummy).

Let’s talk about a situation you need to pay attention to.. If you have previously obtained a UK visa, your first application form is definitely registered in their system and it is very important that it is consistent with the old one when filling out your new application form. asks if you have arranged where to stay‘. We think it is important that you say yes to this question and give the address of the hotel you have booked, or if you are going to stay with your friend, his address.. Thus, they can be sure that you are going for touristic purposes.

We will open a parenthesis here and write a detail about your accommodation information.. You know, when applying for Schengen or UK Visa, there are many people who make a temporary free reservation from sites such as ‘booking.com’ or ‘hotels.com’, give the information of this reservation in the visa application and cancel it later (aa sorry, we never did. so). But if we know this method, so do the visa officers.. And if your hotel reservation is ‘fake’, they may reject your application just for this reason.. How Does? Namely; While applying for a UK Visa, a friend of ours made a 9-day free reservation at a hotel with a room of 150 Euros per night, thinking that “I can cancel later, I’ll find a cheaper place to stay” on booking.com.. So guys British, eat? It won’t eat! They instantly bristled because the student guy couldn’t pay that much for the hotel.. They called our friend from the visa center and asked him to ‘pay the hotel he booked and bring the invoice’.. They didn’t accept ours’ request ‘oh ah-well then I’ll find a cheaper hotel and pay for it’! Visa application was rejected because he could not pay the hotel.. We say you got the message and continue (do it again, but do it as a hobby). Let’s make it a consistent hotel).

Let’s talk about one more thing, in this section, there are questions that ask you whether you have been to the UK or another foreign country before, and if you have been, details.. Before you get lazy, it is important to fill in the dates of your foreign trips and your information to match those in your passport, attention!

Anyway, you are scrolling on the page like this and you come across the page in the photo.. When you confirm your passport name and click ‘save and continue‘, you will see a list of documents you need to submit in your visa application.

6-) Once you approve the ‘declaration‘ page in the photo, you will now proceed to the payment page. After making the payment, you can save your application form on the computer and print it out.. Your application form and payment part are complete.. You can print it out and put it in your visa documents.. You’ve done the most tedious part of the visa application!

It’s time to make an appointment to deliver your visa documents from the Visa Application Center.

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7-) The UK’s Visa Application Center is operated by Teleperformance, a company operating on behalf of the UK Visas and Immigration Service. This company has no influence on the visa evaluation process, you can consider it as an intermediary institution to which you deliver your documents.. Istanbul branch is located on the top floor of Mecidiyeköy Profilo AVM.

If you live in Istanbul, Teleperformance’s Istanbul branch website is https://uk.tlscontact.com/ You sign up for en/IST/index.php and make an appointment.. In the previous stage, they should have given you a special ‘GWF Number‘ after completing your application form online and paying your visa fee.. Remember that Teleperformance will ask for this number when registering on its site.. If you do not live in Istanbul, you can find which visa application center is closest to you and its website at the following link https://www.gov.uk/find-a-visa-application-centre. As we said, since we apply from Istanbul, we avoid giving information about other branches.

You go here with the documents on your appointment day and they take your fingerprints, take your photo and receive your documents.. You can also follow up your application on Teleperformance’s website with the tracking number they gave you.

9-) Anyway, let’s say you made your appointment as well.. It’s time to collect your documents while you wait for your appointment day;

Here’s the documents;

Yes, we know it’s frustrating to collect documents. Man says ‘there is to be born a Europanese’. But what should we do, we have to roll up our sleeves and collect the documents.

As you can see in the photo, England shows you the ‘Passport’ as the only compulsory application document.. He refers to other documents as ‘suggested documents‘. In fact, what they want from you is: You have to prove that you can go to their country well and that you have enough money to travel there.

We are not sure whether you should have Turkish documents translated or not. It says on the site that the documents must be in English, but we did not translate them.. Instead, we drew important places in Turkish documents with a yellow highlighter.. But you can have your documents translated to secure your business.. For this you can try this site. They also offer 24/7 service in case of emergency.

Another thing you need to be careful about with your documents is not to submit mixed documents.. For example, if your salary entries are fused in the bank statement you provided, you can draw them over with a yellow highlighter.

If we list the documents ‘strongly recommended‘ to take with you;

• Passport (must be valid for at least 6 months, and you can take your old passports with you if you have them)
• Copies of the pages on which your previous visas were printed, if any, and photocopies of other stamped pages.
• Print of your application form
• Your document showing that you have made an appointment and paid the fee for the visa.
• Certificate of birth certificate and copy of your identity card.
• Your registry record from e-government.
• Your SSI statement from e-government.
• Travel health insurance. (We made it from AXA Insurance. You can do it online, your policy comes to your e-mail instantly in Turkish and English.)
• Your last 6 months account statement from your bank. Your account statement must be signed and stamped, and you add the signature circular.. Since the people at the bank are used to these things, they take care of it right away.
• Also, the money in your bank account to cover your expenses during your stay in England (Here is also important, for example, your account statement has not shown any entries for the last 3 months, but for any reason before the visa application. 2000 Euros entered your account all of a sudden(!) We think that they don’t like such situations.. Because too many people borrow money from someone they know and send it to their account before they go, so that more money will appear in their account, so that their visa will be issued more easily.. But if you ask us, it makes more sense to give a less consistent account statement.. Thus, you will not make the British brothers suspicious.)
• If someone else will cover your expenses, the account statement of that person, payroll and photocopies of the registered deeds, if any.
• If you are an employee, a 3-month signature from your company your payroll, a photocopy of the company’s commercial registry newspaper, tax plate, SGK employment statement and SGK Service Statement, a petition written by an officer about your position in the company-salary and how long you have been working there (a lot of examples on google, it should be written on the company’s letterhead) and company activity you need to get the certificate. If your company’s activity certificate is very old, you can immediately get an electronic signed activity certificate from the ITO’s website.. They send it immediately via e-mail.. If you are the owner of the company, you need to attach the documents showing the financial status of the company to these documents.)
• If you are a student, your student certificate is sufficient.
• A document showing the place you plan to stay (we explained above about hotel reservation). Attention to the event)
• And lastly, your round-trip flight ticket reservations.

**** As YoldabiBlog, let’s say it again so you don’t curse us later, these are just visas for us. You may need to bring additional documents or different documents depending on our experience and your situation.. You should definitely check the documents you need from other sources.. Then don’t be offended by us.

10-) Yes, you prepared the documents, you went and delivered them to Teleperformance on the appointment day.. Good luck, it’s over! Now all you have to do is wait for news from Teleperformance.. They inform you via e-mail when your visa application is processed and when the application is completed.. As we said at the beginning of the article, it can be concluded in 3 days; in 3 weeks. That’s why we can’t tell you a specific time frame.

Your visa application has been finalized, you can get your passport when you receive the e-mail, and you go and get your passport at the times specified in the e-mail.

That’s it!

As you can see, a visa that you can easily get without the need for a middleman is actually a UK visa.. Just make the application with the right documents and at the right time.

Good application to everyone in advance!

With love.

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