UK Visit Visa for Private Medical Treatment - Specialist Visit Visa Solicitors

: Written by: Arshad Mahmood; Last Updated: 12 April 2026

You can apply for a UK visit visa for private medical treatment. The UK visit visa for private medical treatment is granted for 6 months and can be extended from inside the UK for further private medical treatment. An application for a UK visit visa for private medical treatment is submitted in accordance with the requirements as set out in Appendix V: Visitor of the Immigration Rules.

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You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to:

have private medical treatment at a hospital or other medical facility
have treatment at an NHS hospital, as long as the care is paid for by your own government under a reciprocal healthcare arrangement
donate an organ to a family member or close friend - this includes being assessed for suitability as a donor match

The applicant must provide a letter from their doctor or consultant in the UK detailing:

their medical condition requires consultation or treatment
costs likely to be incurred
the likely duration of any treatment (which must be finite)
where the consultation or treatment will take place

A visitor coming to the UK for private medical treatment will also need to show they have sufficient funds to cover all reasonable costs associated with their visit and treatment.

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People Escorting Private Medical Treatment Visitors

There is no permitted activity for a family member, friend or nurse of the visitor coming to the UK for private medical treatment to accompany the visitor. People who wish to do so must apply as a visitor and meet the Visitor rules. There is also no provision in the Visitor rules for those accompanying visitors who are receiving treatment to apply to extend their stay beyond six months in the UK. If the person escorting the visitor receiving private medical treatment wants to stay in the UK for more than 6 months, the Home Office UKVI will consider whether there are any compelling, compassionate, or exceptional circumstances that would warrant a grant of leave outside of the rules and refer the case to the Referred Casework Unit.

Organ Donors

Organ donors must provide the specified evidence in the Visitor rules to prove they are a donor match or have been identified as a potential donor to an identified recipient in the UK. The decision maker must be satisfied that the organ donor has a genetic or close personal relationship with the intended recipient in the UK. Genetic relationships would be where the donor is a blood relative to the identified recipient in the UK. Close personal relationships would typically include the visitor’s spouse, partner, or close friends. It would not extend to relations established via social media campaigns.

The decision maker must also be satisfied that the identified recipient is legally in the UK and entitled to receive treatment either on the NHS or in a private hospital. It is an offence for money to be given for organ donation. Individuals donating to patients receiving NHS treatment can be reimbursed for expenses incurred, which are directly attributable to being a donor. These can include travel costs and loss of earnings and are usually paid by the NHS after the treatment. You should look into who is funding the visitor’s stay in the UK.

Organ donors should not be accompanied by their children unless there is no immediate care arrangement for them in their country of residence and satisfactory arrangements have been made for them in the UK. In assessing any arrangements for the UK, the decision maker will ensure that they account for any period during which the donor will be in hospital or unable to care for the child or children whilst recuperating.

Secondary Applications From Organ Donors

Where a visitor enters as an NHS donor and is assessed as an unsuitable match, or chooses not to donate because they are incompatible with their intended recipient or prefer a better match, they may choose to pursue a paired or pooled donation. This allows them to be matched with another donor and recipient in the same situation in the National Living Donor Sharing Schemes. The donor organs are
then swapped. When 2 pairs are involved, it is a paired donation; when more than 2 are involved, it is a pooled donation.

Where an individual applies for a visit visa on this basis, their application will be referred to RCU for consideration outside the rules. Individuals applying on this basis must provide the relevant medical letter, detailing the arrangements involved and specifying whether the donation is pooled or paired. The application will be assessed against the general visitor requirements and the additional organ donor
requirements, except for the requirement to have a genetic or pre-existing emotional relationship with the direct recipient (although they should still have a connection with someone in the group who is receiving an organ transplant).

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Our specialist team of visit visa solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representation on a fixed-fee basis for your visit visa entry clearance application. Our fixed fee for a visit visa entry clearance application will cover all the work of our specialist visit visa solicitors on your entry clearance application until a decision is made by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) on your UK visit visa entry clearance application. The casework to be carried out by our visit visa solicitors in relation to your entry clearance application will entail the following:

Advice on requirements: Our visit visa solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for a visit visa entry clearance application to succeed.

Advice on documents: Our visit visa lawyers will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your entry visit visa application.

Assessment of documents: Our visit visa lawyers will review your documents to ensure that all documents you provide in support of your entry clearance application comply with the Immigration Rules.

Completing the application form: Our visit visa solicitors will complete the relevant application form for your visit visa entry clearance application.

Submitting application via Super Priority Service: Where possible, our visit visa solicitors will submit your visit visa entry clearance application via the priority service to obtain a faster decision.

Booking an appointment with the application centre: After the online submission of your entry clearance application, our immigration lawyers will book your appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.

Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the entry clearance application, explaining that all relevant legal requirements have been satisfied for its approval.

Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our immigration lawyers will upload online all the supporting documents to be considered in support of the entry clearance application.

Follow-up work: Our immigration lawyers will handle all follow-up until the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) issues a decision on the entry clearance application.

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