The student visa and visit visa are for complete different reasons though. With the visit visa all I'm doing is visiting my friends and family as I haven't seen them in ages as most of my friends have moved to the UK from dubai to study there.

I am a 17 year-old living in Dubai (I am a Pakistani national; I have lived in Dubai for my entire life) and wish to travel to the UK as a part of my gap year backpacking holiday and to stay with my family. I'll give some background information that might be helpful. The reason I am taking a gap yea...