Begin a file

Begin your file — we will tell you honestly if it will not work.

A file proceeds only where the purpose of travel — business or investment — is genuine and can be evidenced on paper. The one thing that decides a file is your passport's record of prior international travel with matching exit stamps; if it is not there, we will say so before you have spent anything rather than present a file we expect to fail.

Step 1 of 4 — Purpose

What is the nature of travel?

Only the fields marked Required are needed to open a file. Everything else helps the bureau review it sooner, and documents can follow later.

Step 2 of 4 — Principal

Who is travelling?

What you enter is used only to prepare and present your file, as set out in our Privacy Notice. We never sell your data or use it for advertising.

Format: DD / MM / YYYY
Your file reference and the link to your secure portal are sent here.
Step 3 of 4 — Business, standing & travel record

The anchor that brings you home

Your statement is read against your application. We do not contact your bank, and no figures are published.
List every prior international trip you can evidence, with the country, the month and — this is the part that matters — whether the passport carries both the entry and the matching exit stamp. It is the strongest single item in your file, and the only one an officer can check directly. If you have none, say so: we will tell you plainly where that leaves you.

Upload supporting documents

Add what you have to hand now. PDF, JPG, PNG, WEBP or HEIC (Word files are also accepted) — up to 12 MB per file and 25 MB in total.

Select every page that carries a stamp — you may attach several at once.
Stored securely, used only to prepare and verify your file, and handled under our Privacy Notice. You may also send them later by email quoting your reference.
Step 4 of 4 — Travel & consent

Destination & authorisation

When you submit

  1. Your file is opened and given a reference, for example VG-2026-0001, shown on the next screen.
  2. A confirmation goes to your email with the link to your secure portal. Keep it: that link is your way back to your file.
  3. The bureau reviews what you have sent and tells you plainly if the file cannot proceed.
Submitting this form opens a file and costs nothing. Valoris is a paid professional service: any fee is quoted and agreed in writing before any chargeable work begins, it covers the bureau's own work, and it is not contingent on the authority's decision. See clauses 6 and 7 of the Terms.