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by tasker
Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:36 am
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer
Replies: 21
Views: 5786

Re: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer

Here's the helpline, you can ask them for an address (so you can then ask questions in writing): https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi/visas-and-settlement I have called this number and I have been told it is not a problem as long as she does not exceed the 6 months and this information is available on ...
by tasker
Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer
Replies: 21
Views: 5786

Re: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer

She has already exceeded the 6 weeks originally stated, I booked her flight for a 2 month stay. I hadn't seen her in over a year and didn't give it any more thought. Can you give me the address I need to write to please. Play safe as, as mentioned by others above, HO can play hard ball. Here's the ...
by tasker
Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:09 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer
Replies: 21
Views: 5786

Re: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer

Yes I understand. Being a 6 month visa though I assumed she could stay for 6 months. Is it not possible to tell them she will be staying longer or ask their permission? Exactly, why not write & ask them. Better to invest a first-class stamp & know for sure than to risk fouling up some future ...
by tasker
Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:46 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer
Replies: 21
Views: 5786

Re: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer

Wow, that is extremely disappointing. Is 2 or 3 weeks really going to make such a difference? I never thought that would make a difference, gutted. Visitor visas are not 'boyfriend/girlfriend'-visas; visitors have to return. HMG is funny like that. Why not write to HO, explain situation - ask for ...
by tasker
Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:12 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer
Replies: 21
Views: 5786

Re: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer

Wow, that is extremely disappointing. Is 2 or 3 weeks really going to make such a difference? I never thought that would make a difference, gutted.
by tasker
Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:55 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: 6 month UK visitor visa staying longer
Replies: 21
Views: 5786

6 month UK visitor visa staying longer

Hi. My girlfriend is currently staying with me in the UK on a 6 month tourist visa. When we applied for this visa, we stated this trip would last 6 weeks. Now she is here and obviously I want her to stay longer. She is convinced that because she said it would be a 6 week trip, she will have "big ...