Standard Visitor

A visa national as defined in Appendix Visitor: Visa National list must obtain entry clearance as a visitor (visit visa) before arrival in the Isle of Man. A non-visa national can normally seek entry on arrival in the Isle of Man.

V 1.4. A person seeking to enter the Isle of Man as a Visitor must, where required, under Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation, obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation before travelling to the Isle of Man.

If you have a valid visa issued by the Home Office, United Kingdom Visas and Immigration (UKVI), the Bailiwick of Jersey or the Bailiwick of Guernsey you will be able to visit the Isle of Man without the need for a further visa.

You can visit the Isle of Man as a Standard Visitor: for tourism, for example on a holiday or vacation to see your family or friends to volunteer for up to 30 days with a registered charity to pass through the Isle of Man to another country (‘in transit’) for certain business activities, for example attending a meeting or interview to do a short course of study, a placement or to take an exam to take part in research or an exchange programme if you’re an academic for medical reasons or to donate an organ

A Standard visitor may apply for a visit visa of 6 months, 2, 5 or 10 years validity. This allows multiple visits to the Isle of Man within the period of validity (unless the visit visa is endorsed as single or dual-entry), but each stay in the Isle of Man must not exceed the permitted length of stay endorsed on the visit visa (usually 6 months).

(a) Standard visitor up to 6 months except: (i) a Visitor who is coming to the Isle of Man for private medical treatment may be granted entry clearance for up to 11 months; (ii) an academic (or the accompanying partner or child of such an academic), who is employed by an overseas institution and is carrying out the specific permitted activities at V 9.1 (a), may be granted entry clearance for up to 12 months; a Visitor under the Approved Destination Status Agreement may be granted entry clearance for up to 30 days.

(e) must have sufficient funds to cover all reasonable costs in relation to their visit without working or accessing public funds, including the cost of the return or onward journey, any costs relating to their dependants, and the cost of planned activities, such as private medical treatment (and the applicant must show that Immigration Rules in effect from 24 July 2026 Appendix V: Visitor any funds they rely upon are held in a financial institution permitted under FIN 2.1. of Appendix Finance).

You must have a passport or travel document that is valid for the whole of your stay in the Isle of Man.

Validity requirements for entry clearance or permission to stay as a visitor V 2.1. A person applying for entry clearance as a visitor must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form “Apply for a UK visit visa”. V 2.2. A person applying for permission to stay as a visitor must apply using the specified paper application form to the Isle of Man Immigration Service. V 2.3. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay as a visitor must meet all the following requirements— (a) any fee must have been paid; and (b) the applicant must have provided biometrics when required; and (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality. V 2.4. An application for entry clearance as a visitor must be made while the applicant is outside the UK and Islands and to a post designated to accept such applications. V 2.5. An application for permission to stay as a visitor must be made by a person— (a) in the Isle of Man; and (b) with permission as a Standard visitor or Marriage/Civil Partnership visitor. V 2.6. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for a visitor is invalid and may be rejected and not considered. Suitability requirements for all visitors V 3.1. The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9A (Part Suitability). V 3.2. If applying for permission to stay the applicant must not be— (a) in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph SUI 13.1 (exceptions for overstayers) of Part 9A (Part Suitability) applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or 732 Appendix V (b) on immigration bail.

V 14.1. Where the applicant is applying for permission to stay as a visitor for the purpose of receiving private medical treatment they must also— (a) satisfy the decision maker that the costs of any medical treatment received have been met; and (b) provide either — (i) a letter from a registered medical practitioner, at a private practice or NHS hospital, who holds an NHS consultant post or who appears in the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council, detailing the medical condition requiring further treatment; or (ii) if the applicant intends to receive NHS treatment under a reciprocal healthcare arrangement between the Isle of Man and another country, an authorisation form issued by the government of that country which authorises treatment. V 14.2. Where the applicant applying for permission to stay is an academic visitor (or the accompanying partner or child of such an academic) the academic must— (a) continue to intend to — (i) take part in formal exchange arrangements with Isle of Man counterparts (including doctors); or (ii) carry out research for their own purposes, if they are on sabbatical leave Immigration Rules in effect from 24 July 2026 Appendix V: Visitor from their home institution; or (ii) if they are an eminent senior doctor or dentist, take part in research, teaching or clinical practice, provided this does not amount to filling a permanent teaching post; and (b) be highly qualified in their own field of expertise; and (c) have been working in that field at an academic institution or institution of higher education overseas prior to their arrival in the Isle of Man. V 14.3. Where the applicant is applying for permission to stay as a visitor to resit the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board Test, they must provide written confirmation of this from the General Medical Council. V 14.4. Where the applicant is applying for permission to stay as a visitor and they are an overseas graduate of a medical, dental or nursing school intending to undertake an unpaid clinical attachment or dental observer post, they must have been successful in the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board test. Decision V 15.1. If the decision maker is satisfied that all the suitability requirements are met, and that the relevant eligibility requirements for a visitor are met, the application will be granted, otherwise the application will be refused. Visitor condition and period of grant for visitors V 16.1. The grant will be subject to all the following conditions— (a) no access to public funds; and (b) no work (which does not prohibit the permitted activities in Appendix Visitor: Permitted Activities in V12.3); and (c) no study except where permitted by Appendix Visitor: Permitted Activities at PA 1. and PA 17; and (d) study or research as part of a permitted activity is subject to Appendix ATAS to the Immigration Rules. V 16.2. Entry clearance and permission to enter as a Visitor will be granted for the periods set out in the following table— Visitor type Maximum initial length of stay (a) Standard visitor up to 6 months except: (i) a Visitor who is coming to the Isle of Man for private medical treatment may be granted entry clearance for up to 11 months; (ii) an academic (or the accompanying partner or child of such an academic), who is employed by an overseas institution and is carrying out the specific permitted activities at V 9.1 (a), may be granted entry clearance for up to 12 months; a Visitor under the Approved Destination Status Agreement may be granted entry clearance for up to 30 days. 740 Appendix V (b) Marriage/Civil up to 6 months. Partnership Visitor (c) Transit visitor up to 48 hours, except for permission to enter as a Transit Visitor under the Transit Without Visa Scheme which may be granted until 23:59 hours on the next day after the day the applicant arrived in the Isle of Man. V 16.3. Permission to stay will be granted for the following periods— (a) Standard visitor or a Marriage/Civil Partnership visitor, who was granted permission for less than 6 months may be granted permission to stay for a period which results in the total period they can remain in the Isle of Man (including both the original grant and the extension) not exceeding 6 months; and (b) a Standard visitor who is in the Isle of Man for private medical treatment may be granted permission to stay as a visitor for a further 6 months, provided the purpose is for private medical treatment; and (c) a Standard visitor who is in the Isle of Man to undertake the activities in V9.1(a) or the accompanying partner or child of such Standard visitor, may be granted permission to stay for a period which results in the total period they can remain in the Isle of Man (including both the original grant and the extension) not exceeding 12 months; and (d) a Standard visitor who is successful in the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) Test may be granted permission to stay as a visitor to undertake an unpaid clinical attachment or dental observer post for a period which results in the total period they can remain in the Isle of Man (including both the original grant and the extension) not exceeding 18 months.