You can come to the UK as a visitor to receive private medical treatment. Medical visits fall within the Standard Visitor rules, with extra evidence requirements and, for longer treatment, an 11-month visa.
Requirements
- Evidence from the UK doctor or hospital of the condition, the treatment proposed, where and when it will take place, its likely duration and cost.
- Evidence that you can pay for the treatment and your stay, and that you have arranged to pay; the NHS cannot be used for the treatment.
- A medical certificate that you are free from infectious disease where the rules require it.
- The ordinary genuine visitor test: you will leave at the end of the treatment.
Length
Up to six months on a Standard Visitor visa. Where treatment will take longer, you can apply for an 11-month medical visa, and extend within the UK where the treatment continues and you can still pay for it.
Relatives
A relative can accompany you as a Standard Visitor to support you during treatment. Organ donors coming to donate to a named recipient have a specific set of rules within the visitor route.
What we do
We prepare the application with the medical and financial evidence in the form the rules require, and deal with extensions where treatment continues.
Fees
Home Office fees and the immigration health surcharge change each April; we confirm the current figures when we advise you. Our fee is fixed and quoted before you instruct us; see our fees.
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