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Benin to United Kingdom

eVisaA visa applied for and issued electronically before travel

This page separates the current comparison status from the official evidence collected for it. Rules shown here concern ordinary short visits unless a source states otherwise.

Official evidence collectedAccess data checked August 24, 2026Sources reviewed August 25, 2026
Evidence timeline

How this access rule is documented

  1. eVisa

    United Kingdom visa-national ordinary passports: digitally issued Standard Visitor visa

    The exact current visa-national ordinary-passport cohort still needs individual entry clearance before travel, but every successful new application is now issued as an eVisa rather than a passport vignette.

    • The policy covers the current Visa National List's ordinary-passport Standard Visitor baseline. Its document-specific exceptions, organised school parties, airside transit and special or non-national travel documents are not flattened into the nationality rows.
    • A visa remains individually adjudicated before travel. Applicants apply online, pay the fee, provide supporting documents and normally attend a visa application centre to provide fingerprints and a photograph; electronic issuance does not make this an ETA or visa-free route.
    • UKVI stopped issuing new visa vignette stickers on 1 July 2026. Successful applicants access the eVisa through a UKVI account and must link the passport or accepted travel document used for travel.
    • A person whose passport or travel document is not accepted by the Home Office may receive a physical Form for Accompanying an eVisa. The form enables travel with the linked eVisa and does not turn the visa into a vignette-issued route.
    • Physical vignettes issued before the cutover remain valid until their individual expiry. The 25 February 2026 partial rollout is retained as historical context but is not assigned by nationality because the official announcement defined only most visitor applicants.
    • Marriage or civil-partnership visits, longer stays, work, study, residence, settlement, transit and final border admission remain outside this ordinary short-visitor classification.
    Official sourcesHome Office: Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor: Visa national listUK Visas and Immigration: Updates on the move to eVisasUK Visas and Immigration: eVisas: access and use your online immigration statusHome Office: Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor: Apply for a Standard Visitor visa
  2. Current official routeVisa required

    United Kingdom visa-national ordinary passports required physical or mixed-format entry clearance

    Before the complete digital cutover, these ordinary-passport nationalities required a Standard Visitor visa or other appropriate entry clearance before travel without an exhaustive all-passport eVisa rule.

    • Document-specific exceptions, airside transit, organised school parties, and temporary transition rules are not flattened into this ordinary visitor policy.
    • HKSAR and Macao SAR passports and qualifying Taiwan ID-number passports are modelled through ETA instead.
    • The official process required an online application before travel and a visa application-centre appointment. From 25 February 2026 most visitor applicants received eVisas, but the published material did not define that partial nationality cohort exhaustively.
    • This conservative historical policy ends on 30 June 2026. A separate current policy records the exhaustive eVisa-only route from 1 July 2026.
    • Marriage or civil-partnership visits and stays over six months can require different entry clearance.
    Official sourcesUK Home Office: UK Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor Visa National ListUK Home Office: Apply for a UK Standard Visitor visaUK Home Office: UK transit visa overview
Official application route

How to apply

The Home Office normally states three weeks after the online application, identity proof and document submission, although individual cases can take longer.

  1. Confirm that the passport is visa-national and that Standard Visitor is the correct route.
  2. Apply online before travel, pay the fee and submit the required supporting evidence.
  3. Attend the instructed visa application-centre appointment to provide the passport, fingerprints and photograph.
  4. After approval, link the travel document to the UKVI account, check the eVisa and travel only while the permission is valid.
UK Standard Visitor visa official application
Provenance

Official source register

Only destination governments, official immigration services, official diplomatic missions, and primary legal instruments qualify as published evidence.