What documents you need to visit the United Kingdom as a child
This page explains what documents you should have when coming to the United Kingdom as a child visitor. In addition to meeting the general requirements of the visitor rules on maintenance, accommodation, intentions and affordability of the visit, the following must be provided:
- evidence of the child's travel arrangements where known and, unless they are travelling unaccompanied, with whom they are travelling. This may just be evidence of inclusion in the parent's or guardian's travel arrangements. The details of the adult accompanying the child will be required unless the child is travelling unaccompanied, as well as who is receiving the child once the child arrives in the United Kingdom;
- evidence of where the child will be staying and with whom. This may just be evidence of the parent's or guardian's accommodation arrangements in the United Kingdom. If not, then details of the person the child will be staying with will be needed, as well as their address and a landline telephone number;
- if the parent or guardian is not making the visa application on the child's behalf, a letter will be required from the parent or guardian, giving permission for the child to make the visit, confirming his/her relationship to the child and giving full contact details.
If a child is granted a visa as a child visitor, the vignette (sticker) in the child's passport will give the details of the adult accompanying hime/her, and say that the visa is only valid if the child is physically accompanied by the named adult. It is therefore essential that you decide on the name of the adult who will accompany the child before you make the visa application.
