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Home office reference number on visitor visa. They mean the home office reference the format for which they have explained e g. Post by bimalmagar161 wed jan 10 2018 3 32 pm is home office reference number the number in red printed on the top right side of the visa. If you have a visa already stamped in your passport the reference number is the number in the upper right hand corner of your visa starting with uk followed by 7 numbers. What is home office reference number.
If you have not yet received the visa stamped in your passport the reference number will be listed in the letter you received from the home office. You would only have a home office reference if you had applied for leave to remain in the uk and then you would only usually have a home office reference if you were refused or if your application involved. Uk visa and citizenship application centres ukvcas post office enrolment services and service and support centres sscs are temporarily closed because of coronavirus covid 19. No individual of any nationality whose leave has expired or is due to expire between 24 january 2020 and 31 july 2020 and who cannot leave the uk because of covid 19 will be regarded as an overstayer or suffer any detriment in the future.
If you need to visit the uk regularly over a longer period you can apply for a long term standard visitor visa that lasts 2 5 or 10 years. Uk visas and immigration is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture. You can stay for a maximum of 6 months on each visit. Covid 19 uk visas immigration form visa extension to 31 july 2020.