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You’ll get a letter or an email telling you the Home Office has made a decision on your application.
It will tell you what you need to do next.
If you have not received your email, check your spam or junk folder.
You’ll be given either:
The vignette or online immigration status information will show:
The conditions say what you can and cannot do in the UK. For example, they might say:
If the visa application centre kept your passport, they’ll either:
If you kept your passport, you’ll need to take it to the visa application centre to collect your vignette.
If you’re a national of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates and you applied for an electronic visa waiver this permission is sent to you electronically (you do not receive a vignette).
If you notice an error in your vignette, you should contact your visa application centre immediately to correct it before you come to the UK.
If you notice the error after you’ve arrived in the UK, you must report it to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) within 3 months of arriving or you’ll need to make a new application.
If you get a vignette and you’re coming to the UK for more than 6 months then you have to collect a biometric residence permit (BRP) after you arrive.
You must do this before the vignette sticker expires or within 10 days of arriving in the UK, whichever is later.
You choose where to collect your BRP from during your application.
When you get your BRP, check the details are correct. If your name is long it may appear ‘cut off’. This is not a mistake – it is because there is limited space on the BRP card. However, if there’s a spelling mistake, you must report it.
You need to report any errors in your BRP within 10 days of collecting it.
You’ll be able to view your immigration status information online. You can also use the online service to share your immigration status information with others, for example employers or universities.
Some government organisations and public authorities will be able to access your immigration status information, for example when you travel through the UK border.
You will not get a vignette or a BRP.
You’ll get a letter or an email explaining why your application was refused.
Your passport will be returned, if it was kept as part of your application.
Your refusal letter will explain if you have the right to either an:
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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