Documents for Visit Visa

[swismo]

Hi,

I'll be applying for a Visit Visa to the UK from India (Indian Citizen). I have checked their site on documents. There is no clear mention of how old the financial documents (such as bank statements) can be.

My question is - is there a hard and fast rule about the documents being something like 30 days old or can I produce documents that are a little older - say - 35-40 days? Of course I am not talking about months old documents.

The question arises due to the timing issue of visa interview date.

Thanks in advance

[pennylessinindia]

If you are applying from India it would be sensible to submit your most recent bank statement. Obviously when a sponsor sends his there is a slight delay that allows for them to be sent to India.

[swismo]

Thank you pennylessinindia.

I am talking about the sponsor documents. The dates are becoming a little tricky as the bank statement comes by 6th / 7th of the month and if I keep good lead time for the documents to be sent back to me, it may be a little more than a month from the date of the document.

And do they accept scanned documents - sent electronically, which I print and carry?

[pennylessinindia]

A little delay for sponsors would be fine, as folk are aware that documents take time to come. Best to use original