UK eVisa

Overview

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.

ID: uk-evisa-lookup
Type: eID (database)
Verification Type: Enrichment
Regions: Europe
Countries: GB
Adoption: 4,000,000
URL: https://gov.uk/evisa

Integration with Trinsic

Permission required: Yes, this method requires registration before you can activate it for your users. Please contact Trinsic to begin this process.
Cost: Contact the Trinsic team.

How to Test

While using a test mode, launch the provider.

Enter a Share Code
- PASS12345 - Successful verification
- FAIL12345 - Fail a verification (e.g. the eVisa has expired)
- ERROR1234 - Returns a generic error response
- BADCODE12 - Invalid share code
- WRONGDOB1 - Fail verification based on invalid data (e.g. wrong date of birth)
Enter a random date of birth
Click Submit

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Unknown visa's
Unknown visa's for indefinite immigration statuses can result in successful identity data extraction with an outcome of inconclusive as the date validations cannot be confirmed. These should go away over time as there will be less unknown visa types.

Outputs

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Normalized Attributes
These attributes form part of our normalized model, a standardized set used across providers. Trinsic normalizes this for you and lets you know when a property is available for each provider.

Field	Availability	Notes
`person.givenName`	Always	-
`person.familyName`	Always	-
`person.dateOfBirth`	Always	-
`person.nationality`	Sometimes	Only present for immigration_status verifications.
`document.type`	Always	-
`document.number`	Always	-
`document.issueDate`	Sometimes	When immigration status is not indefinite (settled or Indefinite Leave to Remain), only returned for immigration_status and right_to_rent verifications — not returned for right_to_work.
`document.expirationDate`	Sometimes	When immigration status is not indefinite (settled or Indefinite Leave to Remain), only present for immigration_status verifications.
`document.issuingCountry`	Always	-
`document.issuingAuthority`	Always	-
`attachments.documentPortrait`	Always	-

Frequently Asked Questions

Can the UK eVisa be used for financial services?

Yes, for more information on the UK eVisa, see this blog post published by GOV.UK about how eVisas can be used to prove identity for KYC purposes.