Travel vignette - 30 days starts from?

[royarjun2005]

Hello.

I am a tier 2 employer sponsored 3 Yr visa applicant.

One has to travel within and 30 day window - that's what the travel vignette according to me is.

I have a query here - 30 days starts from the date of stamping on the passport or the travel date mentioned in our application form?

My work start date is June 18. Date of travel in my application is June 4. I was told this cannot be prior to 14 days of my start date. Now I understand from UKVI that a decision was made on my application on May 4. Have not received my passport yet - counting days. Will the 30 day period start from May 4 or June 4?

[ashishkm]

I replied on the other post as well

Based on the intended travel date, they stamp it a week prior to it and as u said it is valid for 30 days!
however if you stamped date and intended travel date are close by, then u are loosing days - yes

so if you've put june 4, possibly 28 May is what would be ur start date on 30 day vignette

[CR001]

Most of the time UKVI recognised the travel date and issue the visa accordingly. They do sometimes ignore the travel date and if you have explicitly mentioned it in the form, they have to correct it.

[royarjun2005]

Thank you guys for the clarifications.