@alterhase58, thanks! I'm still a bit confused by your wordings (probably me being stupid) so just for clarification, when you say: The "three months" relates to when you first apply for a visa. Do you mean that while applying for the visa, the date that you put for "The date I plan to enter the UK ...
The gov uk website for standard visitor visa says: The earliest you can apply is 3 months before you travel. However it's not clear whether this is also applicable to the long term standard visitor visa, esp. the 5years one. Later in the page under a different title it says: You can choose to apply ...
My child (since birth) and I (through naturalisation) are British Citizens. My parents are Indians living in India. They came to visit us in the UK for 3 months in 2022 on a standard 6 month visitor visa. That's the only international travel they have ever done. They are planning to visit us again ...
