DNA Testing for Immigration
Immigration DNA Test kit just £19*
GTL is accredited by the AABB and in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 by A2LA, a signatory to the ILAC arrangement. Click here to view the full list of Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement which includes The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). GTL are able to provide immigration clients, solicitors, local embassies and government agencies with DNA test result interpretation as required.
In cases where DNA test results are required to support a visa application, GTL are able to carry out a paternity or maternity test to prove the biological relationship in question. We are also able to perform DNA tests to prove other relationships such as siblings or to test an aunt or uncle to prove the relationship with a niece or nephew.
Our Customer Service Advisors are available to guide you through the DNA testing process and to ensure the most suitable family members are tested to ensure accuracy and conclusive verification of the relationship. Please email us or call one of our Customer Service Advisors on 0333 300 3130 for more information.
Ordering Your DNA Test Kit
We at GTL believe that, once you have collected DNA samples for testing, you should be able to pay for your DNA test when you are ready. This is why we offer you the opportunity to purchase a DNA testing kit or home paternity test kit now for the low price of £19 and pay the laboratory processing fee at a later date when you return your DNA samples for analysis and testing.
DNA Testing Kit for Immigration £19*
Order your immigration DNA test kit for £19 and pay the laboratory processing fee when you return your completed forms to us to make the necessary arrangements for samples to be taken. Our laboratory processing cost for legal paternity testing is £389 and includes DNA testing of the alleged father, child and mother. Additional children may be tested at an extra cost of £119 each.
To qualify as an accredited legal DNA test, the DNA sample collection process must be witnessed by a health professional or neutral third party with no interest in the outcome of the test. The identity of the applicants submitting DNA samples must also be verified by photographic proof of identity and 2 passport-sized photographs of each applicant must accompany the samples.
In cases where one or more applicants to be tested reside in other countries, we will make arrangements with the relevant British High Commission, Embassy or approved sample collection facility in that country for samples to be collected.
NOTE: The health professional may charge a sampling fee and this cost is not included within our fees.
Our Immigration DNA Test Includes:
- Discreet packaging marked ‘Private & Confidential’
- DNA testing of the alleged father, child and mother (mother is optional)
- Our Premium Quality Paternity Test using 16 genetic markers
- 99.9% accuracy for inclusions (positive results) and 100% accuracy for exclusions (negative results)
- Check your DNA test progress online and view your DNA test report when ready
- Confidential DNA test results in 5 working days. Notarised report in 14 days
- Free Special Delivery postage of the sampling kit to your chosen health professional in the UK and Federal Express delivery to the sampler in other countries
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Step 1: Choose Your DNA Test
Step 2: Check Shipping Information
Please take a minute to read the important information below:
All home DNA testing kits are sent in plain, discrete packaging marked ‘Private & Confidential’. There is no return address, no company name and nothing to show what is inside.
For home DNA test kit orders within the United Kingdom:
You will be asked to select how you would like your DNA testing kit sent to you.
Royal Mail 1st class should take 1 working day to reach you but is not guaranteed and may take longer.
Recorded Delivery 1st class should take 1 working day to reach you and requires a signature on delivery. We will be able to provide a tracking number if required. Please note that Recorded Delivery is not guaranteed and may take longer to reach you.
Special Delivery is guaranteed for delivery before 1pm the following working day but is not guaranteed for delivery on a Saturday. We will be able to provide a tracking number if required.
If you would like your order sent by a courier service, please email us or call one of our Customer Service Advisors for a quote on 0333 300 3130.
For home DNA kit orders outside the United Kingdom:
You will be asked to select how you would like your DNA testing kit sent to you.
Royal Mail Airmail should take three days to Western Europe, four days to Eastern Europe and five days for the rest of the world.
Airsure mail receives priority handling in the UK and abroad, making it faster than the normal Airmail times. However, it is not a guaranteed courier service.
If you would like your order sent by Federal Express or another courier service, please email us or call one of our Customer Service Advisors for a quote on 0333 300 3130.
When home DNA test kits are shipped:
All orders received by 4pm GMT Monday to Friday will be dispatched the same day. GTL do not dispatch or receive DNA kits at weekends or on public holidays.
Step 3: Rush Processing Options and Surcharges
- 24-Hour Release: £350
One working day from receipt of samples at our laboratory - Two Day Release: £180
Two working days from receipt of samples at our laboratory
- Three Day Release: £130
Three working day from receipt of samples at our laboratory - Four Day Release: £80
Four working days from receipt of samples at our laboratory
Step 4: Complete Guide to DNA Testing
Check our complete guide to DNA testing, paternity test and genetic testing services, fees and refund policy.
Step 5: Additional DNA Testing and Sampling Information
Information about how DNA samples are collected, the differences between legal DNA testing and informational (peace of mind) DNA tests, buccal mouth swab samples versus "pin-prick" blood sample collection and more is available here.
Find out more about what is required with legal paternity testing, court ordered DNA tests, CSA DNA test and immigration DNA testing.
We understand that finding the answer is very important. Discover the benefits of our paternity test and DNA testing.
Release of DNA Test Results
DNA test results will be available to download from this website 5 working days after we receive the DNA samples.
Copies of the initial results report can be posted and/or emailed to you and designated recipients as per your instructions.
The notarised test results and supporting documentation will be available within 14 days of receipt of DNA samples and will be posted to you, or a designated recipient, as per your instructions. Further notarised copies are available at an additional cost of £50 each.
Rush Analysis of DNA
If yours is a more urgent case and you require a faster turnaround time, we provide a Rush Processing service at additional cost, please see below for full details.
GTL Refund Policy
All sales are final. If DNA test services are cancelled before shipping and/or handling a £19 refund processing fee will be deducted.
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