UK immigration route hub

Visit the UK

Visitor routes, permitted activities, electronic travel authorisation and transit.

Foundational guides

Understand the main published routes

Choose a guide to see the route’s purpose, important features and current official source. This is not a personal eligibility assessment.

The main visitor route for tourism, family visits, permitted business activity and certain short courses.

A visitor route for marrying or forming a civil partnership in the UK without settling there.

Digital permission to travel to the UK for eligible non-visa nationals making short visits.

Confirm before you act

Use our guide to understand the landscape, then read the current official page for the route and application location.