How the Visa Readiness Score works

Your planned activities may include work for a UK organisation.

Published Standard Visitor guidance says visitors cannot do paid or unpaid work for a UK company or as a self-employed person.

Purpose & Trip · -40 points

Business meetings are planned alongside another main purpose.

A visit can include meetings. Your answers combine two purposes, so the main purpose needs clarifying rather than being judged automatically.

Purpose & Trip · -8 points

Your departure date is before your arrival date.

The travel dates you entered do not form a valid trip.

Consistency · -30 points

Your planned stay is longer than 6 months.

Published guidance says Standard Visitors can usually stay for up to 6 months.

Purpose & Trip · -40 points

You have not yet decided where you will stay.

Your trip plan does not yet include accommodation details.

Purpose & Trip · -8 points

Your planned trip is longer than the approved leave you entered.

The trip length and the leave approved by your employer do not match.

Consistency · -25 points

You have not entered approved leave for this trip.

You said you are employed, but no approved leave was entered.

Return Circumstances · -6 points

You live in a country other than your nationality, with no residence permit recorded.

Your status in the country where you live is part of your application. This check does not decide whether your residence is lawful.

Return Circumstances · -12 points

Your residence permit expires before your planned departure.

The permit end date and your travel dates do not line up.

Return Circumstances · -15 points

Your reported trip cost is higher than the funds you reported.

The information you entered suggests a funding gap.

Financial Preparedness · -45 points

The trip cost represents a relatively large portion of the funds you reported.

This is an internal readiness indicator, not a UKVI threshold. UKVI does not publish a minimum balance for visitors.

Financial Preparedness · -15 points

The trip cost is more than three months of the income you reported.

This is an internal readiness indicator used to highlight how the trip fits your reported finances.

Financial Preparedness · -6 points

You plan to pay for the trip yourself and reported no regular income.

Your funding information relies entirely on existing funds.

Financial Preparedness · -20 points

Your monthly expenses are higher than your monthly income.

Regular costs above income make the source of the trip funds harder to follow, so the funding story needs a clear explanation.

Financial Preparedness · -20 points

You have recent large deposits that you cannot yet explain.

Unexplained deposits are a common theme in public refusal reports we reviewed. This is not an official requirement, and a deposit is not a problem on its own.

Financial Preparedness · -20 points

Some of the money for the trip may be borrowed.

Borrowed money is different from money you have saved, so it is worth describing separately.

Financial Preparedness · -15 points

Another person will pay for your trip, but their relationship to you has not been entered.

Information about who is funding the trip is incomplete.

Funding · -20 points

Information about the finances of the person paying has not been entered.

You said someone else will pay for some or all of the trip.

Funding · -15 points

The amount the person paying will contribute is higher than the trip cost.

A contribution larger than the whole trip suggests the amounts overlap or were entered by mistake.

Funding · -10 points

You started your current job less than 6 months ago.

This is an internal readiness indicator. A recent job change is common and not a problem on its own.

Return Circumstances · -8 points

Your answers do not describe any ties to your home country.

The Visitor rules require applicants to intend to leave the UK at the end of their visit. Your answers do not yet show what you will return to.

Return Circumstances · -25 points

Your visit purpose is business, but you said you are not currently working.

Your stated purpose and your employment information appear to point in different directions.

Consistency · -15 points

You listed a job as a home commitment, but you said you are not currently working.

Your job is not counted as a reason to return, because your employment answer says you are not working.

Consistency · -10 points

You entered a monthly income, but you said you are not currently working.

Income that is not from work, such as savings interest or benefits, is possible, but its source should be clear.

Consistency · -15 points

You said you are a student but are not currently enrolled.

Your employment status and study answers appear inconsistent.

Return Circumstances · -12 points

You reported a previous visa refusal.

Previous immigration decisions can materially affect an application, and this tool cannot assess them in detail.

Travel History · -30 points

You have not described anything that has changed since your last refusal.

A new application after a refusal is read alongside the earlier decision. In public refusal reports we reviewed, the same concerns often came up again.

Travel History · -15 points

You have not declared every previous refusal.

Previous refusals are relevant to visa applications, and this tool cannot judge how they should be declared.

Travel History · -35 points

You reported a previous overstay or immigration breach.

Previous breaches of immigration rules are addressed in the official grounds for refusal, and this tool cannot assess them.

Travel History · -60 points

You have not reported any previous international travel.

This is an internal readiness indicator. Many first-time travellers apply successfully; it simply means there is no travel history to draw on.

Travel History · -10 points

Some key information is marked as not available.

Missing documents are a common theme in public refusal reports we reviewed. This tool does not check documents; it only records that they are not available to you.

Completeness · -10 points

Some evidence items need an explanation.

You marked items as needing an explanation. This shows where your answers need more context; it is not a weakness on its own.

Completeness · -5 points