Applying for Tourist Visa with WP Visa

gkataria · Post by **gkataria** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:47 pm

Hello Friends,

I have a query and hope i would get an answer here.

I want to travel to UK and have a WP Visa but my company has delayed my trip until further notice. I need to travel to UK urgently and therefore wondering if i can apply for a Tourist Visa without my WP visa getting cancelled.

Please share any information you have regarding this !!

UKBAbble · Post by **UKBAbble** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:04 am

gkataria wrote:Hello Friends,

I have a query and hope i would get an answer here.

I want to travel to UK and have a WP Visa but my company has delayed my trip until further notice. I need to travel to UK urgently and therefore wondering if i can apply for a Tourist Visa without my WP visa getting cancelled.

Please share any information you have regarding this !!

Yes it's actaully quite common.

gkataria · Post by **gkataria** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:55 am

Does that mean that if i get a tourist visa my WP visa would not be overwritten by the Tourist Visa !!

winber · Post by **winber** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:05 am

Why can't you just come in on your Workpermit visa?

Rozen · Post by **Rozen** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:07 pm

gkataria wrote:Does that mean that if i get a tourist visa my WP visa would not be overwritten by the Tourist Visa !!

Yes.

Rozen · Post by **Rozen** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:07 pm

winber wrote:Why can't you just come in on your Workpermit visa?

gkataria wrote:but my company has delayed my trip until further notice.

taliska · Post by **taliska** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:19 pm

just travel on your work permit visa

Sky_High · Post by **Sky_High** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:53 pm

Yeh Travel on WP. Is it a problem? You have valid WP and company still employe you.
It will also help you to start ur clock for ILR.

Very interesting post. I knew that one can not have Tier one and WP at the same time. Alwas latest visa supersead the previous one. but its interesting that one could have WP and visitor visa at the same time. You always learn a new thing every day.

Post by **PaperPusher** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:33 pm

Yeh Travel on WP. Is it a problem? You have valid WP and company still employe you.

just travel on your work permit visa

Don't travel to the UK on the work permit entry clearance if you are not coming to do the job on the work permit.

Rozen · Post by **Rozen** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:56 pm

taliska wrote:just travel on your work permit visa

You are supposed to enter the UK based on the visa specifications! If the OP is not entering the UK based on the Work Permit, then s/he must apply for the correct visa for which s/he wishes to enter the UK.
The law is clear. If you have two concurrent visas, then you must state upon entering the UK, which visa you are using to enter on that particular occasion.
The OP is right in seeking to apply for a different visa if his/her entry is not based on the WP.
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/ecg/ecbasi ... n#12173159 (Ref ECB10.5)

taliska · Post by **taliska** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:35 pm

thanks for clearing that up Rozen, this advice appears write what you posted

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