PBS Dependent renewals - how much early can one apply

Hi,

My wife is applying to extend her PBS (Tier 2) Dependent Visa since she does not satisfy the 5yr residency req. I have received my ILR. She has been staying in the UK for 5y9m.

There is a travel history question that asks: "Have you been to any other countries in the past 10 years?". Her last 10y stay is split as 4y3m (stay in India), followed by 5y9m (stay in UK). There have been some tourism visits during the initial 4y3m stay as well (some of that is to the UK). Let us say the following is the travel history:

Stay in India (Sep 2011 - Dec 2015)
A) Tourism visit to Russia (Mar - April 2013)
B) Tourism visit to UK (Nov - Dec 2013)
C) Tourism visit to Korea (Mar - Apr 2015)
Stay in UK (Dec 2015 - Current)
D) Tourism visit to India (July - Sep 2016)
E) Tourism visit to India (Dec 2017 - Sep 2018)

There is no confusion in that D and E above should be part of 'other country visits'. However, should A and C be treated as other country visits? Or should the entire stay [Sep 2011 - Dec 2015] be treated as other country visit (though it was not strictly a 'visit', since she was staying in India).

Responses would be highly appreciated.

Hi,

My wife and kids PBS dependent visas are expiring in December 2021. However, since we have some planned travel around December, and since the renewal process takes 2 months apparently, I have been trying to apply it in September. Are there any guidelines on how earlier than expiry one can apply for renewals? I know that one can apply up to 28 days past expiry, but there appears to be no direction on how earlier than expiry. The application system seems to accept an application when I started filling in the details. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards
Deepak

They can apply at any time. It is a 3 year extension regardless if when they apply.

I know that one can apply up to 28 days past expiry

Not sure what exactly you mean but there is no such concession to apply 28 days AFTER a visa has expired. Any applicant MUST apply BEFORE their visa expires otherwise they become overstayers.

Thanks for the information. On the 28 day grace period, this is one reference to it on the web: third party solicitor weblink removed. Perhaps, that has changed, as you indicate in your response.

That’s changed.
Important to apply before expiry of leave!

deepakp7 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:20 am

Thanks for the information. On the 28 day grace period, this is one reference to it on the web: third party solicitor weblink removed. Perhaps, that has changed, as you indicate in your response.

Always useful to read the UKVI guidance rather than some random lawyer blog.