If you are coming to the UK as a visitor, you are allowed to stay for up to 6 months in most cases. This section explains the different types of visitor and what you are allowed to do as a visitor.
If you intend to stay here for longer than 6 months, you need to look at the Working, Studying.
To come to the United Kingdom as a general visitor, you must be able to show that:
you are 18 or over;
you only want to visit the United Kingdom for up to six months, or up to 12 months if you are accompanying an academic visitor;
you intend to leave the United Kingdom at the end of your visit;
you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
you are not in transit to a country outside the common travel area.
You must also show that, during your visit, you do not intend to:
take employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directo to members of the public;
undertake a course of study;
marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership;
carry out the activities of a business visitor, a sports visitor or an entertainer visitor; or
receive private medical treatment.
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