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What type of UK visa do I need ? Quick suggestions please.

Post by Pakhtoon » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:00 pm

Hello Everyone

Please forgive me if this has been answered earlier but even though I did have a quick look, I couldn't find any post that could answer my request.

For those of you who don't know, I am a Pakistani citizen living in Poland on the basis of my wife being Polish. I need to go to London to attend a 4 day software training and obviously I need visa.

I do have a valid EEA Family Permit ( on which I travelled last month to attend a seminar ) which mentions 'To Accompany spouse' meaning I can travel only with my wife. Since I am going to travel alone this time, I need a separate visa.

Our HR is going to apply for one for me but they just sent me an e-mail asking me to fill out the Online Application form which is fine. The problem is, I don't know which type of visa do I apply for and surprisingly, the HR doesn't seem to know either !

Is it going to be 'General - valid for upto 6 months' or 'Business - valid for upto one year' ? I actually need to go to UK for 4 days only.

I don't think I have to worry about the supporting documents since its upto our HR to sort out but I am expected to apply for the correct type of visa at least.

I need to fill this out as soon as possible ( because as per the HR, the embassy needs 15 working days to process the visa ) and I need to be in UK on 23rd, neither later nor earlier 8)

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance
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Post by Wanderer » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:12 pm

For it's one of those grey area ones, but I'd go for the business visa since you are on a work-related task and a visit visa doesn't seem quite right. Plus with ur company behind you I think it will be a formality whereas the visit visa would open a new can of worms.
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Pakhtoon
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Post by Pakhtoon » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:28 pm

Thanks for your reply Wanderer.

Thats what I thought initially but the problem is Business visa is issued for one year and my residence card for Poland is expiring end of November this year.

I am positive BHC or any other embassy for that metter won't give me a visa which would be valid beyond the validity of my Polish residence card ( and thats what they should do ! ). The General visit visa for six months takes care of this issue but then as you pointed out, there are other problems.

Damn confusing :?

Any more suggestions ?
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Post by Wanderer » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:32 pm

Pakhtoon wrote:Thanks for your reply Wanderer.

Thats what I thought initially but the problem is Business visa is issued for one year and my residence card for Poland is expiring end of November this year.

I am positive BHC or any other embassy for that metter won't give me a visa which would be valid beyond the validity of my Polish residence card ( and thats what they should do ! ). The General visit visa for six months takes care of this issue but then as you pointed out, there are other problems.

Damn confusing :?

Any more suggestions ?
I'd would say it was more dependant on the validity of ur Pakistani passport, I think ur Polish residence card is a matter between u and Poland. But I'm a but out of my depth here so wait for the others!
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Post by dublin3 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:39 pm

Pakhtoon as previous poster have said if your Pakistani passport is valid for the year then you will be issued with a visa valid for a year.

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Post by global gypsy » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:51 pm

( because as per the HR, the embassy needs 15 working days to process the visa ) and I need to be in UK on 23rd
That's cutting it very close. Suggest you apply on a fast track basis, if available. (should be, for business visas)
And what others have mentioned about your passport expiry date driving the date for visa is correct.

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Post by Pakhtoon » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:53 pm

Thanks for your replies Wanderer and Rebel.

I searched a bit for how to contact UKBA or UKVisas and finally came to know that its the World Bridge people that I should be contacting since I am outside UK. They don't take telephone enquiries so sent them a mail and they replied back just after an hour ( Yes, I am surprised ) and said I should apply for Business visa for six months.

I did ask the questions that Wanderer raised and the validity thing that I mentioned however they didn't bother. Their e-mail looks more like a ready-made template rather than being written by someone to reply my enquiry.

In any case, I think I have got my answer so I am still thankful to them.

Thanks to you guys anyway for your time.
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