If the applicant wants to come to the UK for a short time to receive treatment for a medical condition, he/she can apply as a visitor for private medical treatment. The applicant will not be able to receive treatment from the National Health Service (NHS).

The applicant must:

• be genuinely seeking entry for the purpose of receiving private medical treatment
• leave the UK at the end of their treatment
• maintain and accommodate themselves and any dependants without using public funds
• meet the cost of the return or onward journey
• must satisfy the medical inspector that there is no danger to public health, if they have a communicable disease
• show any proposed course of treatment is for a limited period
• produce satisfactory evidence of:
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    • the medical condition requiring consultation or treatment
    • arrangements for the consultation or treatment at their own expense
    • the estimated costs of such consultation or treatment
    • the likely duration of their visit
    • sufficient funds available to them in the UK to meet the estimated costs and their undertaking to do so.

The applicant must not:

• take employment
• produce goods or provide services within the UK
• intend to undertake a course of study
• intend to marry or form a civil partnership
• intend to give notice of a marriage or civil partnership
• be in transit to a country outside the common travel area
• do any of the activities of a business, sports or entertainer visitor