Yes SILLY YOU...
A VAF1 non-settlement visit visa application currently 85 pounds will be increasing to 200 pounds from April.
Although you can ask for a 10yr valid visa there's no guarantee you will get it.
Sort your facts out first before commenting.
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6 ... es2007.pdf
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servle ... 9124811993
http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/VAF1Oct06,2.pdf
Pay 85 pounds for a one year visa and get a 6 month visa in return and you would be annoyed - 6 months is the minimum validity term ECO's can give and they regulary do my friend.
The VAF1 form is the same whether a 6M or ten year application - if you pay the premium of 85GBP soon to be 200GBP there is no guarantee you will get the term you asked for and on top of that NO REFUND.. so if you go ahead and make 10 year applications every time and you get knocked back (as the ECO rules and guidelines on the IND site state can be done) to 6M everytime then yes you are scuppered and you will have to cough up 4000pounds.
Although, I managed an A'level maths back in 1987 and I am pretty sure 20 x 200 = 4000 in this day and age - it's a shame moral values, tolerance for others and a sense of fairplay haven't maintained the same level of consistency over the years - re. government attitudes and policy toward visa-national spouses of British citizens
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BritishSpouse/