UK Landing Card

[Dfc2013]

Hi I am in desperate need of some help.

My fiancé will be coming over on a general visitor visa in November from Turkey (I hope) he got the visa once before and left before expired so I believe this time it should be easy. My parents sponsor him as I still live at home and not yet 21. Previously he came for a original 2 weeks at Xmas and returned again before his work began in Turkey.

At the moment we intend for him to stay for 8 weeks, and this is in the invite, application and will eventually be on his landing card. However, if in any case we or my parents decide we want him to stay longer than on his landing card is this a problem? As long as he leaves before his visa expired is everything okay? I don't really mind if he has trouble next time as I will move to Turkey this time next year. What happens with the landing cards, surely immigration won't come to our home if he stays longer than on the landing card if his visa entitles him to 6 months by law?

Thanks in advance!

[Imshzd]

No problem at all if he return back before the expiry date of his visit visa

[Dfc2013]

So if he stays longer than stated on his landing card but leaves before the expiry date of his visa no one will come knocking on my families door??

[MPH80]

I'm not sure why you've asked the same question 4 times when you've already had 2 unequivocal responses.

He can stay for as long as the agent at the border will let him in for. That is either 6 months or the remaining time on his visa, which ever is less.

In *limited* circumstances the border agent might decide to limit his time in the UK to the time he specifies on the card, and sometimes even less. That is highly unlikely to occur.

[Dfc2013]

What I am now trying to understand if it will be a problem next time he applies for the same visa type or a different.

[MPH80]

It won't be a problem providing he doesn't overstay the time he is allowed on entry.

[The Station Agent]

Whilst what's been said here isn't wrong per se, if he asks for 8 weeks in the UK, is admitted for up to 6 months, and then stays for 4 months then he hasn't broken any rules but what he says in future might be doubted because he stayed a lot longer than he said he would. It can in theory be used as a reason to doubt the credibility of his answers. That's common sense.