UK Visit visa...can my gf use 2???

[bobbyboy99]

Evening all,

This question may be simple but I can't seem to find a direct answer for it at the moment and i'm going round in circles.

My girlfriend from Asia currently has a 6 month visit visa which expires on 22 December 2015. She has just spent the last 8 weeks in the UK and got along great with friends and family and now I want to invite her back for Christmas and Jan. If possible I would like to fly her in the UK on the 19th of Dec so I can pick her up on my way home.

Obviously to do this I need her to apply for an extension or a new 6 month visit visa. This leads to some questions:

1) I think I can only extend in the UK?
2) Can she even apply for a new visa if she has one currently?
3)Will they cancel the old multi entry visa and give a new one?
4) Can she end up with two active visas?

I have emailed the visa people and they seem to suggest that she can apply for a second visa that starts on the 23rd December. She can then travel in on her first visa, let that expire and then stay in the UK on the second visa. I've emailed them back seeking clarity.

This just sounds wrong to me and was just wondered if anyone had experienced this issue themselves. Any comments appreciated.

Cheers

Bob

[Wanderer]

Evening all,

This question may be simple but I can't seem to find a direct answer for it at the moment and i'm going round in circles.

My girlfriend from Asia currently has a 6 month visit visa which expires on 22 December 2015. She has just spent the last 8 weeks in the UK and got along great with friends and family and now I want to invite her back for Christmas and Jan. If possible I would like to fly her in the UK on the 19th of Dec so I can pick her up on my way home.

Obviously to do this I need her to apply for an extension or a new 6 month visit visa. This leads to some questions:

1) I think I can only extend in the UK?
2) Can she even apply for a new visa if she has one currently?
3)Will they cancel the old multi entry visa and give a new one?
4) Can she end up with two active visas?

I have emailed the visa people and they seem to suggest that she can apply for a second visa that starts on the 23rd December. She can then travel in on her first visa, let that expire and then stay in the UK on the second visa. I've emailed them back seeking clarity.

This just sounds wrong to me and was just wondered if anyone had experienced this issue themselves. Any comments appreciated.

Cheers

Bob

1. Can't extend a visit visa (except under extreme compassionate circumstances, like Civil War etc)

2. A new one would override the old one.

3. In theory, but doubt it would be granted.

4. No.

[Casa]

Extremely unlikely that she will be granted another visitor visa so soon after the expiry of the existing one. Even more so with a boyfriend resident in the UK. I assume she declared your relationship in her last application?

[bobbyboy99]

Wanderer,

Thanks for the quick reply can I just get some further info from you.

2) A new one would override the old one - This is what the visa place said -
'You can apply for a new visa during the currency of your existing visa for a future period not covered by your existing visa, but no earlier than three months'.

Whenever I have had a new visa it is as you mention but this suggests otherwise.

3) You doubt the second visit visa would be granted? Would this be down to the frequency of the visits?

Thanks in advance

Bob

[bobbyboy99]

Casa,

Yes we did. The frequency of the trip was a concern I did have.

Oh well looks like I will have to have a holiday in the sun in Jan.

Thanks for you fast replies I feel like I've been going round in circles the last few days.

Bob

[Wanderer]

Wanderer,

Thanks for the quick reply can I just get some further info from you.

2) A new one would override the old one - This is what the visa place said -
'You can apply for a new visa during the currency of your existing visa for a future period not covered by your existing visa, but no earlier than three months'.

Whenever I have had a new visa it is as you mention but this suggests otherwise.

3) You doubt the second visit visa would be granted? Would this be down to the frequency of the visits?

Thanks in advance

Bob

2. Read Casa's post too; highly unlikely to get back-to-back visit visas I can't recall anyone ever doing it on here.

3. See above point, it's a balancing act, but frequent and/or long visits can fail the genuine visitor test, which begs Casa's question, did she declare her relationship with you on her application?