CR001 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:42 pm
No one can make this decision for you. You need to decide if you want to take the risk and apply in January. It is your £1330 that will be lost if you are refused.
You have been given advice in this topic, perhaps read the whole thread again and make a decision.
To be honest, for the sake of a few weeks, why can you not apply in March?? What exactly is the 'rush to apply asap'??
thanks CR001. i understand and i have gone through the thread. I can apply in March but because of the hassle of going through immigration at the airport i really want to get the passport asap. Having to stand at the airport for 2 hours is too much. same for EU countries where you have to stand in the immigration queue.
moreover, i just want to get it so i can start travelling.
double2double5 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:53 pm
I applied in May 2018 with absence of 156 days; I sought discretion and my application was approved in the normal time frame. The caveats are:
1) I explained the reason for my absence very clearly in my covering letter (it wasn't Crown Service or Merchant Navy).
2) I had every single document, every date of visa application, biometrics date, every pay slip recorded for the last 8 years which I duly submitted
3) I have no convictions, no parking fines, my licence has zero points, never overstayed, no CCJ etc
Do you think your application is just as watertight? If so, there is no harm but I would ask the same question as CR001 - can you not wait for 8 more weeks? I would have had to wait for 24 weeks to bring my absence down to 90 days (assuming not leaving the country at all). I had plenty of business travel scheduled in between. That plus having to waste 2, 3 hours each time (for 10 entries in the last few months) at Heathrow was simply not acceptable to me.
thanks for your reply. My application is also same as yours. i can explain in my covering letter that my 8-10 days absence excess is due to mother illness.
i have all the application numbers, dates, brp numbers, pp numbers. you name it i will have it.
i even have all the ticket copies, which i used to travel
no convictions, parking fines or etc.
i can wait to bring the absence number down but i really am reluctant to wait
thanks both for your replies
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