PSW visa delay query

[tongs]

hi all!! hope you had a good xmas and new year. someone has probably already answered this question. but i was wondering, is it possible to actually ask the home office to delay when the visa is actually valid from. and if so how long can you get them to delay it from. e.g. i am planning on putting in my application in sometime in march, but expecting my passport back probably by about june (i am applying from outside the UK). in the mean time i am going to be doing a post grad diploma which is a year long. can i ask the home office to make the visa valid from say november for example?

thanks
tongs

[ash786]

hi all!! hope you had a good xmas and new year. someone has probably already answered this question. but i was wondering, is it possible to actually ask the home office to delay when the visa is actually valid from. and if so how long can you get them to delay it from. e.g. i am planning on putting in my application in sometime in march, but expecting my passport back probably by about june (i am applying from outside the UK). in the mean time i am going to be doing a post grad diploma which is a year long. can i ask the home office to make the visa valid from say november for example?

thanks
tongs

1. No u can not do that unless the caseworker takes that long to decide u application.

[fshhddn]

1st Q : Have you already been awarded with the qualification to apply for your PSW? 2nd Q : When did you get awarded? Therefore you can apply within 12 months from the date of award. E.g if you got your qualification on 1 Oct 2009, you can apply before 1 Oct 2010.
Applying for entry clearance outside UK will require you to show 2800 GBP for 3 months. If you apply from outside, there is a question in the form : When do you want to travel to the UK? You can put the date. When you get your PSW, it will start from that date. This means, you cannot travel to the UK before that date.
If you think you can catch up with your PSW in that 12 months, then you can do your studies first if you still have the student visa. But why apply from outside when you can apply from the UK? Funds to show will only be 800 GBP. Thanks.

[kulksnikhil1]

you can ask for the start of visa to be delayed by maximum up to 3 months. I have read it in indian - VFS website. Read the 3rd bullet point under step 8 in the link below

http://www.vfs-uk-in.com/applying.aspx