Last checked against official sources on 25 September 2026
QUICK ANSWER
How much does a UK visit visa cost from Pakistan, and how long does it take?
A UK Standard Visitor visa costs £135 for up to 6 months; 2-, 5- and 10-year visas cost more. UK Visas and Immigration usually decides within 3 weeks once you have applied and proved your identity, so allow 6–8 weeks before you want to fly.
Checked on the official sites on 13 October 2026. Fees and times change, so confirm them on the linked page before you pay. Visa centre charges and any consultant's fee are extra.
The UK visit visa — officially the Standard Visitor visa — covers tourism, visiting family and friends, business meetings and short courses, for up to six months at a time.
The form is the easy part. The decision turns on credibility: whether the officer believes you will do what you say, can pay for it without working, and will come home when you say you will. A complete file that does not add up is still refused. It has to be believable, not just complete.
Most refusals come down to one of four
01Funds that fit the trip
02Income that adds up
03A purpose you can show
04Ties to Pakistan
GBUnited Kingdom · Visit visaFACT SHEET
Visa
Standard Visitor — tourism, family, business and short courses
Length of stay
Up to six months per visit
Where you apply
Online on GOV.UK, then biometrics at a visa application centre in Pakistan
Decision
UKVI's published processing time is three weeks from your appointment
What you receive
An eVisa linked to your passport — not a sticker
TB test
Not needed; it only applies to stays over six months
In the order it happens. Each stage waits on the one before it, so the date you start decides the date you finish. Ranges, not promises — the mission owns the clock.
START TO FINISH6–8 weeksbefore you want to fly
1First
Check it is the right visa
Visiting, tourism, business meetings and short courses fit. Work, longer study and marriage do not. Applying for the wrong visa gets refused before anything else is read.
21–3 weeks
Build the file before the form
The online form asks about your income, your spending, your family and where you have travelled in the last ten years. Every answer has to match a document, so gather the documents first and fill the form from them.
3Up to 3 months ahead
Apply and pay on GOV.UK
You can apply up to three months before you travel. Choose the length — six months, or a long-term visa of two, five or ten years if you visit regularly — and pay the fee. A faster decision can be bought for many applications, and the form offers it where it is available.
4Within 1–2 weeks
Biometrics at the visa application centre
Book an appointment at a centre in Pakistan — Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi or Mirpur — for your fingerprints and photograph. Upload your documents beforehand or have them scanned there. You leave with your passport the same day.
53 wks · plan 3–6
The decision and your eVisa
UKVI's published processing time for visit visas is three weeks. If you are approved you get an eVisa, a digital record rather than a sticker. Sign in to your UKVI account, check the details, and make sure the eVisa is linked to the passport you will travel on.
6
At the UK border
Carry copies of the key documents: the invitation, your return ticket, where you are staying and a recent bank statement. Border Force can still ask why you are visiting, and your answers should match your application.
The official figures are in the quick answer at the top, as checked on 13 October 2026. They change without notice, so each line here says what a cost depends on and where the current figure is published.
Paid with the application
The visa fee
The visa fee depends on the length you apply for — six months, or two, five or ten years. The current amounts are in the Home Office fees table on GOV.UK, and they change.
FIGUREGOV.UK
Optional
A faster decision
A faster decision costs extra, where UKVI offers it.
FIGUREUKVI
Optional
Visa centre extras
The visa application centre sells optional services, such as premium appointments and courier return. None of them affects the decision.
FIGUREThe visa centre
Paid to third parties
Translations
Certified translators charge for translating Urdu documents.
FIGUREThe translator
Not charged
No health surcharge
Visit visas carry no Immigration Health Surcharge. That applies only to stays over six months.
This is general guidance. Rules change, sometimes without notice, and your case will have specifics this page cannot know about. Check anything decisive on the official pages, or send us your situation and we will tell you where you actually stand.
Read before you apply
Why UK visit visa applications are refused
The grounds that come up most on files from Pakistan. Most of them can be dealt with before you submit.
REFUSED
01
Funds that do not fit
Funds that do not fit the trip, or a large deposit shortly before applying that the officer reads as money borrowed for the application.
02
Income that does not add up
Income that does not add up, such as a salary on the employer's letter that never appears as credits on the bank statement.
03
A purpose without documents
A purpose the documents do not back up — no leave letter, no host details, no plan beyond the dates.
04
Weak ties to Pakistan
Weak ties to Pakistan: no stable job, business, property or dependants to come back to.
05
Sponsor documents that fall short
Sponsor documents that do not establish the relationship, the host's status in the UK, or their ability to support you.
06
An undeclared refusal or overstay
A previous refusal from any country, or an overstay, left undeclared. That is deception, and it can bring a ban of up to ten years.
07
Back-to-back visits
A travel pattern that suggests living in the UK through repeated visits.
Already been refused?
Send us the refusal letter before you do anything else. It states the grounds, and they decide whether applying again is worth it or would just cost you the fee a second time.
Two agents cover WhatsApp between them, so this reaches a person rather than an inbox. The first assessment is free and you get a straight answer, including when that answer is no.
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UKVI's published processing time for visit visas is three weeks from your biometrics appointment. Plan for three to six, and more in summer. You can apply up to three months before you travel, and a faster decision can be bought for many applications.
There is no fixed figure. The officer asks whether your money covers this trip comfortably alongside what you normally spend, and whether it is really yours. A steady balance that matches your income counts for far more than a large sum that arrived last month.
Yes. They can host you and pay for the trip, with an invitation, proof of their status and, if they are paying, their own finances. But their documents only support yours. The officer still has to be satisfied that you will return to Pakistan.
Yes, and there is no waiting period unless you were given a ban. There is no appeal against a visit visa refusal, so the route is a new application that deals with every reason in the refusal letter. Always declare the refusal: the form asks, and hiding it is far worse than the refusal itself.
Only if you visit regularly and your record shows it. A two, five or ten-year visa costs more, each stay is still capped at six months, and the officer judges it on your travel history. For a first visit, a six-month visa is usually the sensible choice.
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