vinny wrote:She may apply for a
spouse visa whenever she likes. However, if she does not qualify for
ILE, then to avoid an unnecessary
FLR(M) extension before
applying for
SET(M), she should travel no later than 28 days (4 weeks) from her visa's
effective date.
Thanks for the post Vinny. It's much appreciated.
One question if I may. Looking at one of the links that you supplied. I believe it was on the one about visa effiective date, it says that entry can be deferred up to 3 months after this date. I think that this might be the issue. Let say I applied at the beginning of Feb and the visa had an effective date from the beginning of May. The visa entry clearence would run out three months later on 1st August. So in effect I should only apply for the spousal visa about 4 months before the date I would specify in the application as the date of entry in the UK.
I was hoping that I could get all this paperwork done and then hold it in reserve till my wife and I wanted to move back to the UK. But this doesn't seem like an option. Moving back to the UK will be a big, stressful and emotional decision for us, so I wanted to have this out of the way.
I suppose I could literally make a packet and have it ready for submission but it's just that you would still need the dates on the packet to be close to the application date.
Is my understanding correct?
Thanks.