United Kingdom visa status checker

How to check your United Kingdom application

UK visa applications: decision notifications and the enquiry route for your application.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Check the email account and application account used for your visa, including junk folders, for requests or a decision notification.
2. Use the GOV.UK application guidance to understand how your decision is communicated. If you used a visa application centre, follow the receipt for passport-return updates.
3. For help with the application, use the official UKVI contact selector and choose whether you are inside or outside the UK.

Choose the correct application type

Viewing an existing eVisa proves immigration status; it is not a substitute for a pending-application decision. A passport dispatch message does not tell you the decision.

Information to keep ready

Keep your application acknowledgement, submission date, visa category and the name of the submitting office available. The official service determines which identifiers are required. Enter personal information only in that service; VisaWand does not need your passport number, login password or application reference.

If the record cannot be found

Compare the service and reference with your receipt and check the fields requested on the official screen. A technical error or missing result does not establish a decision. Follow the handling office’s help instructions if the record still cannot be retrieved.

After an update or decision

Read the actual notice and any document request, collection instruction or deadline. Passport movement, the validity of an issued permission and progress of a pending application are separate checks. Use the decision notice to confirm the outcome and next action.

Official resources

• GOV.UK: applying online and getting a decision ↗www.gov.uk
• Contact UK Visas and Immigration ↗www.gov.uk

Tracking guidance reviewed 21 October 2026. Follow the official service if its procedure changes.