Urgent query two valid visas

[aarti211]

Hi there

My relative who is planning to travel today to the UK has been given a visitor visa valid from 16th July 2016 for 6 months.her previous visitor visa is still valid till 30th September 2016.

Question is will she be allowed to travel today with the previous valid visa...there is no mention of visa cancelled on the previous visa.

Please advise
Thanks

[CR001]

Possible the other visa is cancelled.

Any reason why she cannot wait 1 week and travel on the new visa, to avoid being bumped back by immigration at the airport?

[aarti211]

She can travel next week but would there be an issue with the previous visa.is there any contact number for immigration that can be used to verify this.

Thanks

[John Green]

I did not find when I wanted to ask myself any contact details for UKVI, one that you could use to directly ask them a question. I did once come across an email, but the response I received looked like it was generated by an automatic reply service, since it never answer my specific question. I suspect that this absence is the reason immigration lawyers and this forum are in such demand.

[Casa]

I would also be very wary of relying on information given over the telephone by any HO 'helpline', They are notorious for giving seriously flawed advice and take no responsibility for the consequences.

[Petaltop]

Possible the other visa is cancelled.

There used to be a link on here somewhere that showed the rules that said that only one UK visa can be held at a time and the second visa cancels out the previous visa. Didn't FrontierMole also say that in another thread recently?

[CR001]

Possible the other visa is cancelled.

There used to be a link on here somewhere that showed the rules that said that only one UK visa can be held at a time and the second visa cancels out the previous visa. Didn't FrontierMole also say that in another thread recently?

Yes, that was exactly my understanding too. Will dig around when I get home and see if I can find it.

[cs95tdg]

Yes, based on the following guidance any extant leave will be cancelled when a new visa is issued.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... eave-ecb22

[cs95tdg]

Question is will she be allowed to travel today with the previous valid visa...there is no mention of visa cancelled on the previous visa.

Hopefully she is going to or already has rescheduled her travel date. From experience I know that UKVI don't mark visa vignettes as cancelled when issuing new visas unlike certain other countries such as the US. So its not apparent to the passport holder that the previous visa has been cancelled - it would be much easier & transparent if they did this.

[John Green]

Without following the details of the threat, when I emailed UKVI about whether I could have two UK visas "going" at the same time (ie active at once) they "told" me yes, it was possible. As previously said, my impression is that you get some real rubbish if you directly ask UKVI for help and assuming you can find any contact email or telephone number for them.

As an appendix, for those that have had visa refusals, it might be worthwhile complaining to their local Member of Parliament if the sponsor lives in the UK. Plus (of course) appealing through the normal tribunal channel. I do recall seeing one ECO guidance document that does mention the situation where a local MP gets involved as something to watch for, so it is something that may concentrate an appeal tribunal collective mind a little more.

I don't know if the forum regulars have come across this situation, and what the outcome has been if so.