Visitor Visa Extension

Hi,

i am tier 2 General visa holder and my mother is holding Visitor visa (6 Month), is there any way where we can extend my mother stay after 6 month or any other way to prevent her return back to India for 6 month and again apply for visitor visa.

Please see Extending Your Stay on Visitor Visa (Click) and also page 5 of Visitor Guidance (Click)

Unless there are extreme or compelling reasons to extend the visitor visa (at a cost of £649 postal or £1049 in person), I doubt she will be successful, particularly if she has already been in the UK for 6 months.

Please remember that she cannot be seen as 'living in the UK' on a visitor visa. She should not be spending more time here than in her home country. Also note that she is not entitled to any NHS service for free.

CR001 wrote:Please remember that she cannot be seen as 'living in the UK' on a visitor visa. She should not be spending more time here than in her home country. Also note that she is not entitled to any NHS service for free.

If the ECO were to feel that she is using the visit visa to stay in the UK, irrespective of the amount of time spent in the UK, your mother can have difficulty in getting another visit visa in the future.

A visit visa can be denied if the ECO is of the opinion that the applicant is unlikely to return home when the visa expires. If the applicant stays repeatedly to the full extent of the visa and applies repeatedly for such a visa, that can be interpreted as a way to stay in the UK.

If she were to use NHS services, she will be billed at 150% cost and she may be refused another visitor visa until that bill is paid off.