FREE SELF-SERVICE PLANNER

Build your UK visa preparation summary.

Select the visa category and where the application will be made. The planner estimates common government costs, creates a general starting list and links you to the relevant official guidance.

✓ Free to use✓ Downloadable summary✓ Common cost estimates✓ Official-source links

You remain in control. This is general self-service information. It does not assess eligibility, choose a visa route, recommend evidence or replace the checklist produced by the official application.

Self-directed preparation planner

Build your general starting list.

Select published facts about the application you are researching. The planner calculates common GOV.UK amounts and gives you a preparation summary.

It does not ask about immigration history, assess eligibility, choose a route or recommend evidence.

Visa categoryApplying from?This means where the applicant will be physically located when the online visa application is submitted—not where the university is located.

Outside the UK selected: the applicant will submit the application while physically outside the UK. This does not mean the course is in or outside London.

Where will the course be taught?Choose “In London” only when the main teaching site shown for the course is in the London area. A campus elsewhere in the UK uses the outside-London living-cost rate.Months of living funds to calculateStudent living costs are calculated for the course duration, up to a maximum of 9 months.Unpaid course fees shown on CAS (£)Planned online application date Include one partnerNumber of children

OPTIONAL PRACTICAL SUPPORT

Need help using the official website?

After using the free planner, you can request administrative document organisation or technical help navigating the official application website. You choose every answer and document, review the form and personally submit it.

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