Tier 2 visa - Viginette transfer

[Televators51]

Hi

I have a query with regards to the viginette short term entry period in relation to a Tier 5 YM visa (although guess this can apply for all other visas whereby a short term viginette is granted).

My visa is valid for 2 years, although ST viginette gives me a 30 day window for the purposes of getting in & collecting my biometric permit.

As a NZ citizen I can get a visa anyway for 90 days as a tourist, therefore if I enter outside the viginette 30 day period will I still need to apply for a new viginette transfer?

i don't see why i couldn't get in on a 90 day visa, then pick up my BRP (which I would obviously have to request the post office to hold in advance given a late planned entry) & be entitled for the remainder of the 2 years.

Is this possible? I realize I would lose a few months of my 2 years.

Thanks for your reply in advance

[vinny]

You cannot enter UK using an expired vignette.

If you enter the UK as a visitor, then your PBS status may be cancelled. Moreover, you cannot switch from a visitor to PBS in the UK.

i don't see why i couldn't get in on a 90 day visa, then pick up my BRP (which I would obviously have to request the post office to hold in advance given a late planned entry) & be entitled for the remainder of the 2 years.

That would have been more reasonable for applicants. Unfortunately, it's not the way they had set it up.

[Televators51]

Thanks for the reply, appreciate it.

I'm guessing you cannot apply for a viginette transfer on arrival either, therefore if you tried to enter with an expired viginette the course of action would most likely be they would not let you in & you would have to exit UK (i.e. somewhere in Europe) to apply for a transfer before re-entering?

Main thing I am concerned with really is travelling before hand & if want to go for more than couple of months its not really the place I would feel comfortable sending off my passport to wait for the new sticker & then get returned...

[vinny]

Did they issue the vignette in line with your stated intended date of travel?

[Televators51]

I'm pretty flexible on my date to enter the UK, but they can't date it forward by more than 3 months.

Which in my case means I have around 3 months in total to travel beforehand (2 months of my intended travel date left plus 30 day viginette window). Wouldn't mind extending that by a month or so if money permits though!

Thanks