View your eVisa and get a share code to prove your immigration status online

You can use this service to:

  • view your eVisa (online immigration status) - this shows what rights you have in the UK, for example to work, rent or claim benefits
  • get a share code to prove your immigration status to other people, for example employers, landlords or airline staff

You can only use this service if you have a聽UK Visas and Immigration聽(UKVI) account. You鈥檒l have an account if you鈥檝e ever:

  • applied to the EU Settlement Scheme
  • used the 鈥楿K Immigration: ID Check鈥� app to prove your identity when applying for a visa
  • created one when applying for a visa (you鈥檒l have received a聽UKVI聽account confirmation email)
  • accessed your eVisa (an online record of your immigration status)

If you do not have a UKVI account then you first need to聽create an account to get access to your eVisa. You can usually do this if you have permission to stay in the UK for longer than 6 months.

Before you start

To sign in you鈥檒l need details of the identity document you use to sign in to your聽UKVI聽account. This could be your:

  • passport
  • national identity card
  • biometric residence card - this can be expired聽
  • expired biometric residence permit

You鈥檒l also need access to the mobile phone number or email address you use to sign in to your UKVI account.

If you cannot get access to an eVisa

You can use different services to聽prove your right to work听辞谤听prove your right to rent without a UKVI account.

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Part of Apply for a Short-term study visa: step by step

  1. Step 1 Check if you need a visa

    You might be eligible for different visas depending on why you're visiting the UK and how long for.

    1. Check if you need a visa

  2. Step 2 Prepare the evidence you need

    1. Check what you need to show evidence of
    2. Check what documents you can use as evidence
    3. Check if you need a TB test to come to the UK

  3. Step 3 Apply

    1. Apply for a visa and book an appointment 拢186
    2. Check where your visa appointment will be

    You should get a decision within 3 weeks of your appointment.

    You might be able to pay an extra 拢220 for a decision within 5 working days or 拢956 for a decision within 24 hours (not including weekends or bank holidays). Check with your visa application centre.

  4. Step 4 Attend an appointment

    1. What you need to prove at your appointment

    You'll be told when a decision has been made about your visa.

  5. Step 5 Get access to your eVisa

    If your application is successful, you'll get an eVisa. This is an online record of your immigration status.

    1. Get access to your eVisa by setting up a UKVI account

    You鈥檒l need to link your travel document to your UKVI account. This should be the travel document you use to come to the UK.

    1. You are currently viewing: You may have to prove your immigration status when you travel to the UK

  6. Step 6 Travel to the UK

    1. Check what you need to show at the UK border
    2. Check what you can bring with you

    Keep the documents that prove why you're visiting the UK in your hand luggage so you can show them if asked.

    1. Check the documents you can use to show why you're visiting the UK

  7. Step 7 After you arrive in the UK

    1. Find out how to get your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) if you were told you'd get one when you applied

    Check your visa to find out when you must leave the UK. If you break the conditions of your visa you may not be able to return to the UK again.

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