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The UK eVisa is a digital record of a person’s UK immigration status linked to a passport or other identity document. It can be accessed through a user’s UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account and used to prove identity in various scenarios. To learn more, visit the gov.uk website.

Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of UK eVisa among users in the UK.
Adoption4 million
Adoption sourcehttps://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-02-27/debates/25022774000013/Evisas?
Adoption rate7.00%
Coverage54M
StatusAvailable, live!

Provider ID

This is the unique identifier for this digital ID provider in the GBG GO system.
Provider IDuk-evisa-lookup

Compliance

This section outlines compliance and regulatory requirements for integrating this digital ID provider.
Compliance dataStatus
Locality requirementsNone
Scheme-level restrictionsNone
CertificationsNone

Supported attributes

The following attributes are returned when UK eVisa is used for identity verification:

Always returned attributes

The following attributes are always returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.
FieldDescription
firstNameUser’s first name
lastNamesUser’s last name
dateOfBirthUser’s date of birth
documentPortraitDocument portrait image
document numbereVisa number
document issuing authorityIssuing Authority of the document

Sometimes returned attributes

The following attributes are sometimes returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.
FieldDescription
nationalityNationality
document issue dateDocument issue date
document expiration dateDocument expiration date