A visa appointment someone is selling, the UK
GOV.UK's own page on visa fraud, tricks and scams. Updated on 16 October 2025.
Open GOV.UK's pageWhether an appointment someone holds is real, or whether a paid service someone sells is the visa centre's own.
Paying in cash, to a person, or at the visa centre.
GOV.UK: "we will never ask for payment by email, at a visa application centre or into a personal bank account"
Fraud, tricks and scams, updated on 16 October 2025.Anyone who says a visa officer asked for money.
GOV.UK: "Legitimate visa officers will never contact you to ask for money in person or by email or phone"
Fraud, tricks and scams, updated on 16 October 2025.Only the government that issues the visa decides.
This shows you where to look. It is not advice about your own case.