This post was most recently updated on April 29th, 2019
In order to invite a person to the UK, there are a few requirements that must be filled on your part (as the sponsor) and on the part of the invite (the person being invited). In this article, we present the documents needed to invite someone to the UK. As the host, you do not need to do much. Your guest, however, would need to prove to the visa officer that they will return to their home country after visiting the UK
Reasons to request this visa include;
- For leisure, or on a vacation for sightseeing and to visit family and friends
- or, to conduct business or to participate in creative national events
- Additionally, for other reasons – including medical and psychological
Typically, the online application form will give you the guidance you need, and the requirements vary with the purpose of the visit and your relationship with the guest; but here are a few things you should keep in mind nonetheless –
Documents needed to invite someone to the UK
1: Valid ID documents
These may include your national passport and/or driver’s license to show that you are a national of the UK or you are eligible to invite people in to invite people into the UK. As a legal resident of the UK, you are eligible to invite someone to visit you in the UK.
2: Proof of Your Relationship
Depending on your relationship with the guest, you may have to provide proof that you have a genuine relationship. This could simply be a letter that explains the details of your relationship including – where and how you met, how often you communicate and the medium of communication you use. Do not worry too much about this. A simple statement in your invitation letter should be sufficient.
If your guest is a parent or sibling; this may not be necessary, an invitation letter and your birth certificate may suffice. Also if the guest is being invited by your company; a simple customized invitation letter is enough evidence
3: Proof of Solvency (that you are buoyant enough to host your guest)
Whether the visitor’s expenses will be covered by them or you, you will have to provide proof that trip can be afforded. The proof, in this case, would be bank statements and /or pay slips. If your guest is going to sponsor their own trip, then you do not need to provide your bank statement or pay slip.
Document 4: Confirmation of your legal residence
This will include details of your current address, and an indication that the visitor will (or won’t be ) residing in your house for the length of their trip. As a citizen, all you need to provide is a passport or birth certificate. If you are a student or any other legal residence of the UK, you will need to send a scanned copy of your visa.
Documents required to apply for a UK visitor visa (Guest)
The visa officer would require some documents from your guest. Your guest should have documents to support whatever claims they have made in their visa application form.
Hello
I would jyst like to ask please how do I get a invitation for my husband to be, to join me here in the uk he is from africa I am a British citizen born and bred
Thank you so much
i want to invite a friend for 6 months to join me in blackpool lancashire england from the gambia never done this before please help im british born and bred
Hi Chris,
All you need to do is write and send an invitation letter. Your friend should do all the other part of the application from the Gambia
Hi I’m British citizens and got Uk passport how applied to invitation visa for my cousin come to Uk from swed. Thanks
Hi admin
I am married with 2 children. I have a friend who wants to invite me to visit in the UK. I am unemployed but can provide proof that I am a student and will be returning to my country for exams. The friend will be sponsoring the entire trip. Please advise with regards to documents.
am married with 2 children. I have a friend who wants to invite me to visit in the UK. I am unemployed but will be returning to my country for Festival. The friend will be sponsoring the entire trip. Please advise with regards to documents.
Pls I will like to invite my aunt to uk
I’m British I want to invite a friend from Tangier to the UK I be able to accommodate them but I haven’t got a passport so what will I need to do
Hello i would like to invite a very close friend to the uk on vacation I am a British Ciitizen and have passport how do i apply for visa to allow my friend to come and will be paying for own accomodation over holiday period
Thank you
Hi pls I want to come write an exam in the UK and I need someone to invite me as I don’t no anybody there, pls can you kindly invite me and I will get a place within 2weeks of my stay, I will sponsor everything that is required of me. Thanks
Hi Joy,
You really don’t need an invitation. Your registration for the exam can stand as your “invitation letter”.
Please could you forward information how to allow my close friend to come to visit uk on vacation accomodation will be sorted for the holiday and how long would this be allowed for
Thank you
Hi admin
Am Peris living in Kenya, I have a boyfriend from UK and planning our first meeting in UK for the first time after dating for more than three years now. He is ready to invite me there and cater for everything required for a period of 2months.what are the requirements from him and from me?
Hi can anyone help with the invitation letter to the uk please
Hi please my sister want to invite me to Uk, please what documents do i need to go there apart from my passport.
Good morning
I want to invite my sister-in-law and my nephew to visit me in UK what document do I need to send them
Hello,please a friend of mine living in UK who happens to be an EU citizen is putting up an invite to visit him in Uk with his Eu documents,on his own side what is he required to provide I mean his own documents that I will be going with to the embassy on my appointment day,and what am to provide as well,thanks.
Hello,please a friend of mine living in Uk happens to be an EU citizen he wants to put up an invite with his EU citizen,what are the requirements or documents he is meant to send to me to use and go to embassy on my appointment day.
Hi I want to invite my boyfriend to uk he lives in ghana I don’t work I get employment and surpport an personal independence money how do i send a invitation and who do I get to sign it my boyfriend work please can you help
Please do we have specific number of times u can invite family and friends within a period of time
Thank
I am a pregnant lady and I’ve just moved into the UK with my family.I want my mom to come over in d beginning of next year to help with the kids so I can work. How do I go about it?
Thanks alot.
Hi Omo,
You simply need to write your mom an invitation letter stating that you want her to witness your delivery and be with you during the first few months. I don’t think she would be allowed to stay in the UK for more than a few months. If you want that, you can consult an immigration lawyer after she gets in.
hi i would like to invite a beautiful lady from russia which i am talking to on the internet and she would like to come and visit me on a holiday she has a passport in russia but i dont have one only a full british driving licence i was born and bread in the uk from birth. she doing a 5 country holiday in october many thanks peter
Hi Peter,
You don’t need a British passport to invite a friend to the UK. An invitation letter written to her is all you need. My only suggestion is that you confirm that she is real with a video call.
Hello, my name is harry, I’m English but I have a girlfriend that lives in marocco and I want her to visit & tour the uk with me. She will be living with me until her times up to go back home., I’m just wondering how do I send over my invite to her so she can use that at her end for proof?
Hi Harry,
You can scan a copy of the invitation letter and send it to her via email.
hello,
i will apply for short term study visa uk for 8 months. my plan is staying over at my friend’s for a while so i wrote down his address on the course i took and filled his address on the visa form.
will my friend need to make like invitation letter for me while i stay there?
Good evening sir, I am invited to visit the UK for 2 weeks and I will return to my country Nigeria, i work as self -employed, we met online and we have been communicating over a year video, phone calls and WhatsApp but she didn’t not add our relationship to the letter but and she have sent me all the documents.