Family visit Parents :Can they come after 6month spent in UK

[cruise tom]

Hi All

Can my parents apply for 6 months family visit visa soon after there current family visit visa expires ?

Parents came to UK (currently in London) on 25 July 2013 :
Category - Family Visit Visa 6 month
Current Visit visa expiring on 14 Jan 2014.
Parents leaving back on 9 Jan 2014.

My question is can they apply for another 6 month visit visa on 20 Jan 2014 for example i.e. once there current visa expires and they have left UK on 9th Jan 2014 and they apply from Islamabad-Pakistan ?

Is there any restriction on applying visit visa soon after the current visa finishes as mentioned in above context.

Thank you very much for your support people

[O_Relly]

AFAIK, there is no mention that they can't, provided the purpose for their visit in such a short gap of the previous visit is justified to the UKBA.

[quantum1]

Normally the visa is granted for 6months in every 12month period. More than this will not be visiting but will be living in the UK and will need a different type of visa.

[O_Relly]

Normally the visa is granted for 6months in every 12month period. More than this will not be visiting but will be living in the UK and will need a different type of visa.

Can you please point to a reference to this, that the applicant will have to wait 6 months before applying for another visit visa?

[PaperPusher]

There is no rule, but see the section in the guidance from page 15 onwards:

Frequency and duration of visits
Visitors cannot live in the UK on a continuous basis even if this is punctuated by short absences from the UK to avoid overstaying.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... ary#page15

[O_Relly]

There is no rule, but see the section in the guidance from page 15 onwards:

Frequency and duration of visits
Visitors cannot live in the UK on a continuous basis even if this is punctuated by short absences from the UK to avoid overstaying.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... ary#page15

Thanks PaperPusher for the reference.
Cheers.

[fahmyfathalla]

sorry to ask this question, but I would appreciate help
My das has been visiting me for the last 8 years and spend one month at a time
now he got 10 years Visa
I want him till the end of the school term to help and support my kids
so he will stay initially for 4 months then will go back for the eater holiday and then will come back for 3 month till July 2014

this is the first time he spends that long time in uk.
will that be a problem at the immigration border?

Please advice

[Wanderer]

sorry to ask this question, but I would appreciate help
My das has been visiting me for the last 8 years and spend one month at a time
now he got 10 years Visa
I want him till the end of the school term to help and support my kids
so he will stay initially for 4 months then will go back for the eater holiday and then will come back for 3 month till July 2014

this is the first time he spends that long time in uk.
will that be a problem at the immigration border?

Please advice

Yes it will.

[fahmyfathalla]

what will happen? and why?
is there any thing i can do?

[Wanderer]

Possible ban, nothing you can do apart from make sure they visit as genuine visitors not looking after/helping out with babies etc, which is work/living here and not just visiting.

Basically don't take the piss and all will be fine...

[fahmyfathalla]

The Home Office does not consider a visitor coming to the UK to assist relatives with child care as employed, if all the following are true:
 neither parent is in a category leading to settlement  neither parent is able to supervise the daytime care of the child  the situation or position is temporary  they are a close relative of the parent, for example:
o a parent, sibling or in-law o they are a distant relative that has formed part of the family unit, or o they are the closest surviving relatives of the parents
 it is not simply an arrangement to enable both parents to take gainful employment or to study
 they will not receive any payment, other than for board, accommodation and pocket money
 they intend to remain in the UK for no longer than six months.

all of this apply to us as we are british citizen and not in a category leading to settlement.
is that right?