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NationOne wrote:Dear All,
My mother has a long term Family visitor visa valid for 5 years. I understand that she cannot stay in UK for more than 6 months at a time. But is there a restriction on total number of days per year a person can be in UK on visitor visa.?
That is , can my mother go back to the home country at the end of 6 months of stay in UK and come back to UK after staying say one month in home country. ?
This is just what home office says :
" With a visit visa you can usually enter and leave the UK any number of times while it is still valid. The ECO may occasionally limit a visa so it is valid for only one entry. You cannot stay for longer than six months on each visit. Visit visas can be valid for 6 months, one year, two years, five years or ten years. You can apply for a visa valid for any of these periods. The ECO may decide to make your visa valid for a shorter time than you have asked for, for example if are not a regular traveller or have never visited the UK before."
Appreciate any reply on this.
Thanks
NationOne
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I've just read that on this board a few times. Also I have a friend whose mother has a long-term visit visa and is here 6 months every year. they make sure her stay is never longer than that for every calendar year.NationOne wrote:Thanks Bani for the Reply,
I dont see this restriction anywhere in the home office website. Is this kind of an unwritten rule ? Can you point me to the home office page where this rule is ?
NationOne
Note my emphasis in bold. At some point in time the IO must determine whether your travel pattern fits into the immigration rules for a visitor in light of applicable circusmtances e.g. are you a business person who is on a project that requires extensive travel to the UK? What are your finances? What is your place of ordinary residence? What ties do you have to such place? How long were you away from the UK prior to this entry?IND wrote:The fact that a person has made a series of visits with only brief intervals between them would not, in the absence of any other relevant factors, constitute sufficient ground for refusal.