Before Our Team Has Started Checking
If our team has not yet begun looking over your details, you'll usually be entitled to a full refund. We handle these requests gently and quickly.
Full refund usually available
Find more info about how to answer each question below:
We completely understand — plans sometimes change. If you'd like to cancel your application, here is a clear, kind explanation of how to go about it and what to expect.
Before going ahead, please consider whether a small correction might help instead. If your travel dates have simply moved, or if a detail just needs putting right, we can usually help with that — please see our Make a Small Correction page.
If cancelling really is the right choice for you, please read on for a friendly explanation of the process.
Whether a refund is possible — and how much — depends on which stage your application has reached:
If our team has not yet begun looking over your details, you'll usually be entitled to a full refund. We handle these requests gently and quickly.
Full refund usually available
If our team has already started looking over your details, a partial refund may be possible. This is because some of our friendly review work has already taken place.
Partial refund may be possible
Once your details have been sent to the UK authorities, cancelling through us may no longer be possible — the decision is then in their hands. Our service fee covers the review work already done.
Refund may not be possible at this stage
To cancel, please write to our friendly team through our Contact page. To help us look after you quickly, please include the following in your message:
Once we receive your message, a real person will gently look at your request and check what stage your application has reached. We'll then write back to confirm the cancellation and explain anything you need to know about a refund. Approved refunds are usually processed within 5 to 10 working days, though your bank may take a little longer to show it.
If your application has already moved beyond the stage where cancellation is possible, our team will explain your options kindly and help you find the best way forward.
Write to our friendly team with your reference number, and we will guide you through it with patience and care.