can I apply by Premium Service 28 Days before 30 Months

[ashrafman]

Hello every one,

Thank you for your helps.

my wife has a 33 months spouse visa started in 23 Jun 2014 first entry to UK is 19th September 2014 visa expire in 23 March 2017,
I would like to book the premium service 28 Days before my Wife completing the 30 Months in UK?
I don't want the extension visa to be expired before my wife complete the 5 Years.
second question is how many months the extension visa will be valid? will it be 33 months same the first visa?

any helpe.
thank you

[CR001]

Yes you can apply WITHIN 28 days before visa expires. New visa will be issued from date of appointment or shortly thereafter, it is not dated from the day after expiry of current visa.

Extension will be for 2.5 years only. 33 months is only issued for visa applied from abroad.

[ashrafman]

Hi Croo,
thank you for your reply.
did you mean that in my case I can't take an appointment 28 days before the Visa expiry Date?

Just to let you know that my wife will complete the 30 Months 6 Days before the the Visa Expiry Date.

[CR001]

Yes you can apply WITHIN 28 days before visa expires. New visa will be issued from date of appointment or shortly thereafter, it is not dated from the day after expiry of current visa.

Or 2.5 years residence. It DOES NOT have to be on the 28th day before but anytime within the 28 day period. I cannot understand why applicants always seem to want to apply exactly on the 28th day before, thereby giving themselves such a tight window in terms of qualifying period for when you get to ILR stage (the difference of one single day can make a big difference).