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- Supporting documents
The UK Border Agency website provides guidance on the type of
supporting documents you should submit in support of your visa
application.
Why do I need to provide documents to support my application?
The UK Border Agency aims to make a decision on your application
without interviewing you, so it is vital that you submit the correct
documents with your application. If you do not enclose the documents
they needed, the UK Border Agency will refuse your application
without interviewing you.
Do you check documents?
Yes, the UK Border Agency check documents provided in support
of visa applications. You are asked, where possible, to send documents
which can be checked by someone else. For example - you should
send in your landline telephone bill rather than your mobile telephone
bill. It may not always be possible for you to provide these kinds
of documents: please be aware that it will help the visa officer
to make the decision if you can.
Anyone who tries to make a visa application using false documents
or deception, (this means using a false document, lying, with
holding information) or who has used deception in a previous application
will face a 10 year ban from entering the UK. Anyone who has previously
broken the UK's immigration laws (for example - worked illegally,
overstayed for more than 28 days, come to the UK illegally or
used deception in a visa or other application), also faces a ban
on coming to the UK for a fixed period of time.
Do I need to send original documents?
Yes, where possible. It is easier to confirm that an original
document is genuine, rather than a photocopied one. UK Border
Agency staff can examine original documents to make sure that
they have not been tampered with. But we realise that some documents
are too valuable for you to want to send them with your application.
In these cases, please send a good-quality photocopy of the original.
Please make sure you do not laminate your documents. Students
must always include the original enrolment letter from their university,
college or school in the United Kingdom with their application.
Do I need to provide English translations?
Yes. The translations do not need to be notarised, but you
must submit an English translation of every document you submit
with your application.
What sort of documents do I have to show?
Everyone's circumstances are different. This is why the UK Border
Agency provides a general list of the types of documents which
will help the visa officer check that you have met the immigration
rules. It is up to you whether you send these documents, or different
ones. It is your responsibility to make sure that you have read
the available information on the category of visa you want to
apply for. Please make sure that you include all supporting papers
with your application, and don't send or fax us any papers separately.
If you are submitting evidence of your (or your sponsor's) financial
situation, this should be in the form of bank statements covering
the 3 months before the date of application, and not as a letter
from the bank simply giving your balance. For certain types of
visa applications it is highly advisable to supply evidence of
close relationship to a sponsor such as photos, letters, printouts
of telephone calls and anything else that you feel may be useful
accumulated over a period of time.
What financial evidence do you recommend to provide?
The strongest evidence of your or your business' financial status
is an itemised bank statement covering the most recent 3 to 6
month period showing a full record of credit and debit activity
in addition to the balance on the account. Tax records based on
self declared tax returns and business registration documents
would be considered to be seen as weak evidence of funds income
or profitable business activity.
What happens if I don't send the suggested documents?
Every application is unique and there is no definitive list of
supporting documents, It is always better to submit more documents
than requested.. VFS are unable to act as a consultant to advise
you how to improve your application. It is your responsibility
to consult the UKBA published guidance to determine what documents
you are able to submit in support of your application. Incomplete
applications are likely to be refused without an interview and
without request for additional documents. If you have not included
the mandatory documents that the UK Border Agency in Kyiv require
with your application, the official at VFS will point this out
to you. They will also ask you if you want to make your application,
knowing that you do not have all the documents to support it.
It is entirely up to you whether you go ahead with your application
or not.
Please click on the link below to learn about the sorts of documents
you should submit in support of your visa application.
Supporting Documents
All the documents are in PDF and Doc format. You will need an
Adobe Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Word to view and download these
documents.
Please click here
to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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