Applied for 2 year visa but visa issued for 6 months

[Evicra]

Hi all
I applied 2 year family visit visa for my mother and paid 2 year visa fee, but today she was issued 6 months visa. Any suggestion if it's a mistake or normal thanks

[CR001]

Has she visited the UK before?

[Evicra]

yes she did.

What if she didn't would that make any difference? but yes, she did view more than a few times

[vinny]

Long-term visit visas (multiple entry)

Applicants for a Standard visitor visa may apply for a visit visa that allows multiple visits of up to 6 months at a time over a period of:

• 2 years
• 5 years
• 10 years

You can issue a shorter duration visa if the applicant meets the Visitor rules relevant to their visit but you have concerns about issuing a long term visit visa. Entry Clearance officers must obtain the authority of the Entry Clearance Manager before issuing a visit visa of shorter duration than that applied for.

You must provide clear reasons for the decision to grant a visa for a shorter period than that applied for in a covering letter when the passport is returned.

In such cases no refund (full or partial) is available.

If they gave no clear reasons for the shorter period than that applied for, then politely ask them to correct the endorsement error.

If necessary, then complain, etc.

[Evicra]

Thank you very much for your thorough reply.
no, she didn't get any letter explaining reason why she was given 6 months visa instead of 2 years. And yes, i followed your instructions . Received reply to from ukvi visa that they have escalated this matter to relevant department, and I will get update within 15 working days

thanks for your help

[AM27]

Hi Evicra,

I am in a similar situation where my father in law has been issued a 6 months visa when I applied for 10 years visa and no reasons have been provided. Can I please ask which process you followed out the 2 mentioned by Vinny? Can you provide sone guidance so I can also contact UKVI?

Regards

[AM27]

Thank you very much for your thorough reply.
no, she didn't get any letter explaining reason why she was given 6 months visa instead of 2 years. And yes, i followed your instructions . Received reply to from ukvi visa that they have escalated this matter to relevant department, and I will get update within 15 working days

thanks for your help

Hi Evicra,

Did you get any further response from UKVI please?

[Evicra]

Yes, I was going to write a full follow-up, but it's not complete yet. They sent me the following email in reply,

Tue, 1 Mar at 09:35
"Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre.
Your rectification of visa duration request has been forwarded to the relevant deparment and you will be contacted in due course.
You may want to visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisat ... mmigration for guidelines on UK visas and Immigration.
Kind regards,
UKVI Contact Centre Service – The British Embassy, Abu Dhabi

www.GOV.UK"

[Evicra]

Hi Evicra,

I am in a similar situation where my father in law has been issued a 6 months visa when I applied for 10 years visa and no reasons have been provided. Can I please ask which process you followed out the 2 mentioned by Vinny? Can you provide sone guidance so I can also contact UKVI?

Regards

i used a paid email service £ 2.54 and send them following email to uk visas and immigration
dear Sir/Madam,i hope you are fit and well.
i applied for my mother's visit visa for duration of 2 years . Application reference **************00. Today she got her visa issued, but it was not for 2 years instead it was for 6 months visa reference Alt Text,
please advise if it can be rectified
further details of application are below thanks
-----
APPLICANT NAME: i**************
UNIQUE APPLICATION NUMBER: 1**************
GWF NUMBER: GWF**************
PASSPORT NUMBER: **************
COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY: Pakistan
DATE OF BIRTH: **************
GENDER: Female
DATE OF APPLICATION: 25 January 2022 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time

(GMT)
TYPE OF VISA / APPLICATION: Visitor visa
SERVICE OPTION: Standard
DURATION OF VISA: 2 years
TOTAL FEE: 89808.00 PKR
SUBMISSION METHOD: Online
PAYMENT REFERENCE: **************

and got above reply which i posted today .

[AM27]

Yes, I was going to write a full follow-up, but it's not complete yet. They sent me the following email in reply,

Tue, 1 Mar at 09:35
"Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre.
Your rectification of visa duration request has been forwarded to the relevant deparment and you will be contacted in due course.
You may want to visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisat ... mmigration for guidelines on UK visas and Immigration.
Kind regards,
UKVI Contact Centre Service – The British Embassy, Abu Dhabi

www.GOV.UK"

Thanks a lot Evicra for the detailed response. The response from UKVI sounds promising but as you said still doesn’t guarantee if they will change the duration of the visa and if so then how. I have also contacted them using the paid service and also via the compliant route. Will let you know if I hear back anything.

[josekumar]

I have also applied for my mom for 5 years but have been approved only for 6months. I have emailed them through paid services and raised a complaint as well.

[Evicra]

hi
i got reply from uk international escalation team . They admitted this as a clerical mistake and asked us to send back the passport . Which i did. Today i got my mother's passport back with new visa sticker for the duration of 2 years.
thanks

[vinny]

Congratulations

[AmazonianX]

hi
i got reply from uk international escalation team . They admitted this as a clerical mistake and asked us to send back the passport . Which i did. Today i got my mother's passport back with new visa sticker for the duration of 2 years.
thanks

Congratulations

[Evicra]

thanks

[Evicra]

Congratulations

thanks