Marketing the long term visa

We welcome your interest in wishing to visit the UK. If you are a regular visitor to the UK you may wish to consider applying for a Premium visa valid for multiple entries during a two year period.

Our new biometric visa means that we can easily identify you as the person we know and trust – we won’t mistake you for another person who has the same name. It also protects you and your family from identity theft, and, by providing a more secure visa system, protects you from crime and terrorism.

Because the biometric visa means we can be confident about your identity, we are encouraging our most valued, regular travellers, to apply for a Premium two year visa. It marks you out as someone we trust, and means that you only have to enrol your biometric data once during the two years, whereas our standard visa is only valid for six months and biometrics have to be provided each time a new visa is applied for.

If your passport expires before the visa we will arrange to transfer the visa into a new passport.(There may be a small charge for this service).

We plan in the future that your biometric data will facilitate your quick entry to the UK through automated entry gates. But even now our trusted travellers can enrol in our biometric entry system, Iris, (http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/applying/iris/) and use automated booths to enter the UK, avoiding queues, and speeding you on your way.

You can find full details about the visas we offer at www.ukvisas.gov.uk or by visiting one of our visa application centres.