UK
Ancestry Visa

Your United Kingdom Ancestry Visa will be valid for 5 years, after which you can apply for permanent residency.

You will need to apply for your United Kingdom Visa from within your home country or country of citizenship/official residency.

Yes. If you are on a UK Ancestry Visa your spouse is also entitled to work in the UK.

Yes – you do not need to wait until your UK Ancestry Visa is accepted before applying for the rest of your family. You can all apply together as long as you meet the requirements. Visit Am I Eligible for more information.

If you are able to prove that you and your partner have been living together in a relationship like marriage for at least two years your partner will be able to join you in the UK and be entitled to work there.

All though it is not necessary, it is strongly advisable and advantageous to have a firm offer of employment in the UK when you submit your UK ancestor visa application.

Everyone working in the UK needs to have a UK National Insurance Number (NIN). Applying for an NIN can be a difficult process if you’re new to the UK and it can take up to 2 weeks to process. Visa First can start organising your NIN application before you arrive in the UK to help speed up the process. Apply for your UK NIN Number today.

Our fees for UK Ancestry Visa processing are:

Irish Residents: €375
UK Residents: £260
Australian Residents: AU$585
New Zealand Residents: NZ$675
Canadian Residents: CA$550

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To make sure you can start working and getting paid in the UK straight away, Visa First is partnered with Traveltowork and can help fast track the process of setting up a UK bank account – which can take up to 6 weeks. Traveltowork is partnered with the UK’s leading banks including Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds TSB and can set up a UK bank account for you. This service costs AU$75. Apply to open a UK bank account today.

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Yes. The British High Commission introduced digital fingerprinting on December 1st 2007. Once Visa First receives your completed application and payment we will submit it to the UK Immigration Authorities and provide you with full instructions on the further steps of your application, including details of the biometric (fingerprinting) appointment with Consular representatives.

Yes, you can as anyone else with right of abode.

Yes, you can contact the Births, Marriage and Deaths Register to obtain a certified copy of your grandparent's birth certificate.

For your daughter to be eligible to apply for the UK Ancestry visa she must you have a grandparent who was born in the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands or Isle of Man) or a grandparent who was born in what is now the Republic of Ireland before 31 March 1922. Unfortunately as her grandfather was born in Malta she is not eligible to apply for this type of visa.

However if she's aged between 18-30 and has never been in the UK on a working holiday visa, then she might be eligible to apply for the UK Youth Mobility Scheme which will allow her to stay and work in the country for up to 2 years.

If your grandmother was born in Scotland you are eligible to ably for UK Ancestry visa as Scotland is a part of the UK. You will simply need to provide with your, your parent’s and your grandparent’s original birth certificates.

The visa itself does not entitle you to travel to Spain. The UK Ancestry visa is valid only for UK.

Being self-employed won’t prevent you in any way to apply for the Ancestry visa. You might have some difficulties only with the bank statement as you will have to explain all deposits over $400 and provide supporting documents but still this won’t be a problem. With regards to your spouse, s/he will have to submit a separate application as a dependent to you.

There will be no problem to apply for the Student visa once again next year when you need to go. You will simply need to lodge another application and provide all the required documents once again. In addition you will have to write a letter of explanation why you didn’t go on the previous visa.

If you want we can help you with the organizing of the visa. If you’re interested you can provide me with a contact number and a colleague of mine will call you and guide you through the process.

There is no need to have a return ticket to New Zealand when you have an Ancestry visa for the UK. A one way ticket to England will be just fine.

The UK Ancestry visa covers your stay only in the UK – it has nothing to do with a British passport. If you wish to travel through European countries you will need to obtain a Schengen visa for the relevant county.

To be eligible for an Ancestry visa your grandparents must have been born in the UK – this means your parents’ parents’. Unfortunately there is no way around it.

Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom so you will have no problems travelling, living or even working there. With regards southern Ireland you need to check if you are required to have a visa in order to enter the country. The UK Ancestry visa covers you only for the UK.

The UK Ancestry visa is a multiple entry one. You can check on your passport the date when the visa has started and from then on you can enter and leave as many times as you want within the visa validity.

Unfortunately you won’t be eligible to apply for the UK Ancestry visa because your grandparents have to be born in the UK only. British colonies are not acceptable.

If you’re aged between 18-30, have no children and have never been in the UK, then you might be able to apply for the UK Youth Mobility Program which is valid for 2 years.