North Macedonia
Dear Honorable Consul,
My name is Stojan Nikola (passport number: NM22330011). I am a Macedonian citizen who lives in Skopje, Macedonia, where I work as a graphic designer and have an income of DEN 50,000. I am writing this letter because I am applying for a UK tourist visa; I plan to stay in London from May 30, 2023.
It has always been a dream of mine to visit London, so it would mean a lot to me if I would finally make that dream come true. During my time in the UK, I have planned to visit as many tourist attractions as possible, such as the London Eye, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, and the National Gallery. I also have many friends I have met on social media that I would love to meet.
While in London, I will stay in a hotel I have already booked, and I will also cover my personal expenses. As soon as my ten-day visa expires, I will return to Macedonia since I have a lot of work waiting for me there.
I will attach all the required documents in my visa application form and cover letter. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time!
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You can do this by providing evidence that:
Wherever possible, digital images should be taken of original documents, not copies.
If you submit a document that is not in English or Welsh, it must be accompanied by a full translation that can be independently verified by the Home Office. Each translation must contain:
You do not need to provide multiple copies of the same documents if you’re applying as a family or group at the same time.
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You must provide a valid passport or other travel document with all applications and when travelling to the UK. Your passport must have at least 1 page blank if you use it to apply for a visa.
Some passport holders may need to provide alternative evidence of their identity and nationality.
If you are intending to visit the UK you will need to show that you are a genuine visitor who is coming to the UK to undertake a permitted activity, that you will leave at the end of your visit and that you have sufficient funds for yourself and any dependants to cover all reasonable costs in relation to your visit.
It is recommended that you provide information about your circumstances in your home country and details of the activity that you will be doing in the UK.
The following provides information about the types of documents that you might want to provide to help us consider your application against the Immigration Rules for Visitors ( Appendix V: Visitor ). This list is not exhaustive.
If someone else (your sponsor) is providing your travel, maintenance or accommodation you should provide evidence showing:
the person supporting you has enough funds to adequately support themselves and their dependents
the relationship between you and the sponsor, for example if they’re your family member or your employer
You should show a legal document showing the relationship between you and at least 1 of your parents or guardians, for example a birth certificate or adoption papers.
You should show a copy of the photo page of at least 1 parent’s or guardian’s passport, including their signature and passport number, if they’re not also applying for a visa.
If you have a different family name to your parent/guardian, you may be asked to provide evidence of your relationship. Evidence you can provide may include:
a birth or adoption certificate showing your relationship to your parent or guardian
a divorce or marriage certificate for your parent or guardian
You should provide additional documents to show that your parent or guardian is aware of your travel plans and that they give you permission to enter the UK. Your application may be refused if you don’t.
You should provide a signed letter from your parent or guardian confirming your travel arrangements, including:
If you are attending a business event or conference, you should provide a letter of invitation from the organiser of the event you are attending.
If you are visiting the UK to work with your UK based colleagues you should provide a letter from your employer confirming this, and if this will involve working with clients, your employer should confirm that this is not the main purpose of your visit.
If you are a pilot or cabin crew member travelling to the UK to work temporarily under a wet lease agreement, you should provide a letter from your employer confirming that you are employed by them and that a wet lease agreement is in place.
9.1 academics coming to undertake research (12-month visa).
You should show that you’re highly qualified and working in your field at an academic or higher education institution. For example, you could provide:
You should check if you need a TB test .
You should check if your family members need a TB test if you’re bringing them to the UK with you.
You may want to provide a letter of invitation from the organisers of each event, including the dates of your performances and details of any payments you’ll receive.
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You’ll need to provide confirmation of your offer to undertake a clinical attachment or dental observer post, that it involves no treatment of patients and that you’ve not previously undertaken this activity in the UK.
You should provide an acceptance letter from your course provider confirming the details of the course.
You must provide written confirmation from your UK Higher Education provider confirming you have been accepted to undertake an elective relevant to your course of study overseas.
You must provide confirmation from your overseas course provider that the research or research tuition is part of, or relevant to, the course you’re doing overseas.
You’ll need to provide an invitation letter showing why you’re carrying out the engagement and how long it’s for from a relevant UK-based organisation, such as:
You should provide evidence of professional status in your home country or expertise, depending on the engagement.
You can provide:
You should provide evidence showing you’ve been invited by an approved training organisation. They must be based in the UK and regulated by the UK Civil Aviation Authority .
You’ll need to provide evidence that you’re a qualified lawyer, for example a practising certificate or equivalent document.
You should also show you’ve been invited to represent a client in the UK court, for example confirmation of your right to audience, or ‘temporary call’ (where required).
If you’re applying to visit the UK as an S2 Healthcare Visitor, you should read the specific guidance for S2 Healthcare Visitors
You’ll need to provide a letter written by a doctor or consultant , that includes:
If you are coming to the UK to receive medical treatment as part of a reciprocal healthcare arrangement between your country and the UK, you must provide an authorisation form from that country.
You should check if you need a TB test if you’re applying for an 11 month visa.
If you’re applying to extend your stay in the UK to receive private medical treatment you must show:
If you’re applying to extend your stay in the UK to continue receiving medical treatment as part of a reciprocal healthcare arrangement between your country and the UK, you must provide an authorisation form from that country which authorises further treatment.
You’ll need to provide a letter from either the lead nurse of the transplant team or a GMC-registered specialist , dated no more than 3 months before you intend to arrive in the UK, confirming:
You should show the intended recipient is legally resident in the UK, such as a copy of their British passport or residence permit. You should provide the intended recipient’s name, nationality and date of birth if they are not legally resident in the UK and are applying for a visa at the same time.
You must apply for a marriage or civil partnership visitor visa to enter the UK to marry, form a civil partnership, or give notice of this.
You should provide evidence that you intend to give notice, marry or form a civil partnership during your stay, for example an appointment confirmation with a registrar or booking confirmation for your reception. If you’ve been married or in a civil partnership before, you should provide documents to show that you are free to marry or form a civil partnership.
You must be over 18.
You should provide evidence that:
Further information can be found on the Visitor in Transit visa pages or in the Transit Guidance .
Some types of documents are less useful as evidence in visit applications. These include:
You may be asked to provide additional information by a decision maker.
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When you send an application to the home office, it is good to write a covering letter to send with it. in this letter, you can write down what kind of application you are making, which documents you are sending with it and why you think you meet the requirements set out in the rules. we recommend that any letters sent to the home office should be sent by recorded delivery. if you are sending important original documents, these should be sent by special delivery..
What you will need to include in this letter will depend on your individual case. However, below is a template with some ideas. You can also download this template as a word document here .
Home Office address (in full) Your address (in full)
Date: insert
Home Office Reference: insert
Recorded delivery reference: insert
Dear Sir/Madam, Your name, date of birth and nationality
Name, date of birth and nationality of each dependant
Repeat the Home Office Reference
I wish to make an application for [insert type of leave you wish to apply for and which rule/policy you are applying under].
[List the documents you are sending with the application. This helps to show the type of evidence you have to support your case.]
I enclose the following:
[List everything else you have enclosed]
Fees / Fee waiver / Fee exempt
[If you are applying for a fee waiver ( see here for our fact sheet for further information ) you need to completed and enclose the fee waiver application form along with your application for leave to remain. You should also explain how you meet the requirements for a fee waiver or why you are fee exempt here.]
[Include information about your/your family’s immigration history. You should explain why you are seeking to apply for/extend your leave to remain. If there are any compassionate aspects of your case (e.g. mental health problems/abuse or neglect/bereavement) it is important to explain them here.]
[Set out the rule/policy you are applying under and write underneath how you meet the rule. FOR EXAMPLE (please note that this is an example only, DO NOT just copy this because you will need to identify which rule applies to your case and include information specific to you):
Paragraph 276ADE. The requirements to be met by an applicant for leave to remain on the grounds of private life in the UK are that at the date of application, the applicant:
(i) does not fall for refusal under any of the grounds in Section S-LTR 1.2 to S-LTR 2.3. and S-LTR.3.1. in Appendix FM; and
I have no previous convictions and I am of good character. I do not fall within any of the exclusions.
(iv) is under the age of 18 years and has lived continuously in the UK for at least 7 years (discounting any period of imprisonment) and it would not be reasonable to expect the applicant to leave the UK; or
I am 17 years old and I have lived in the UK since I was 9 years old. It would not be reasonable for me to leave the UK because I have lived here for a very long time. I have been to primary and secondary school here in the UK. As I have explained in my witness statement, I do not know anyone in [the country of your nationality] and all of my friends and family are here…]
[ Please see here for our fact sheets which provide further information about some of the rules and policies.]
The best interests of child[ren]
[Explain here why it would be in the best interests of your child for you/them to remain in the UK. If you have any evidence to support this (e.g. letters from teachers, doctors or nurses), then refer to the evidence here. Refer to the Home Office’s obligation to ‘have regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children’ and to their duty to consider children’s best interests as a primary consideration.]
[ Please see here for our fact sheet about children’s best interests.]
Rights under Article 8 ECHR
[Explain why it would breach your rights/your family’s rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (right to respect for private and family life) if you/your family were removed from the UK.]
[ Please see here for our fact sheets about rights under Article 8. ]
[If you make an application on the basis of your human rights protected by Article 8 ECHR and it is refused, you may not get an in-country right of appeal if the Home Office decides that your case is ‘clearly unfounded’. This means that your case clearly does not meet the rules/ policy and is bound to fail. If you are not given an in-country right of appeal, you have to leave the UK and appeal the refusal from somewhere else. The Home Office has stated that this should not apply if your application relies on a British child, a child who has lived in the UK for at least seven years, or if there are exceptional circumstances which mean that family life cannot continue outside of the UK or that it is in a child’s best interest to remain in the UK. An application based on Article 8 ECHR should not be certified if you are extending your leave to remain. If you are concerned that your case may be certified as clearly unfounded, you should set out why you should be granted an in-country right of appeal if your application is refused here.]
Access to public funds
[Even if you are granted leave to remain, you will normally not be allowed to access public funds. For some types of leave (for example, if you are applying on the basis of your family or private life on the ’10 year route to settlement’), you can ask to be given access to public funds. If you already have leave to remain and you are applying to extend it, and you currently have access to public funds, you will need to explain that you still need public funds for your next grant of leave. If you are granted leave without access to public funds, and you need to apply for access, please see here for further information . You will need to provide evidence of why you need access to public funds and you should explain how you meet the requirements here.]
[Explain why you believe you/your family should be granted leave to remain in the UK. Emphasise any compassionate circumstances and request that the application is considered as soon as possible.]
Yours faithfully,
Your signature
For more help with making your own application, click here .
1. Should you include a cover letter with your UK Immigration application?
2. What should be in the letter and how should it be presented?
A cover letter is a document that presents your application to the caseworker. It is not usually necessary but is very important if your case needs an explanation or you do not meet some of the visa requirements in the usual way.
So the short answer is, if you meet all the requirements in the usual way and there is no need for an explanation then it will be preferred that you add a short cover letter but can proceed without it.
The cover letter should take the form of a formal letter. It should be concise, precise, and unambiguous.
This means you try to keep your letter 1.5 to 2 pages long. As a guide, paragraph one should state what the application is for, at what stage you are at, and what you want the caseworker to do.
I am making this application for Leave to enter as a Parent of a Tier 4 child, as my son is studying at a privately funded UK independent school. I would like to accompany him to the UK.
Then, you should have a paragraph just briefly stating your background information. Next, you should go through each item from the requirements, paying more attention to items where you do not meet the requirements in a straightforward manner.
If you have a complicated work arrangement, explain.
It is advisable to be concise and precise, so avoid long sentences, collect all the relevant information, and present it in this one document.
If you will furnish some of the documents at a later date, in this case, you should try to be precise as possible and actually provide the document by the agreed date.
Once you have gone through the various requirements and how you meet them, you can then conclude the letter with a summary and invite the caseworker to write to you. if further documents are required to arrive at a positive decision.
Finally, thank them and sign off. Remember, identifying risks and trying to provide an explanation and supporting evidence increases your chances of success. Ignoring problems usually makes the problem bigger, the Home Office is not just an agency, it can make or break your future.
Be polite and not too heavy, you want something [from them], for the caseworker, it is just another file they need to consider, as part of their job. Nothing more. Make their life easy by presenting a good cover letter that takes them smoothly through your case bundle.
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