Family or Visitor visa

[wodinsrage]

My wife and I want to invite my mother in law over for up to 6 months, and we were wondering if it is better to apply for a family visa or a tourist visa???

[AmazonianX]

My wife and I want to invite my mother in law over for up to 6 months, and we were wondering if it is better to apply for a family visa or a tourist visa???

It is standard visitor visa

[wodinsrage]

We are trying to decide between a 6 month and 12 month visa. but we have a few questions:
1. If she gets the 12 month visa, does she have to leave after 6 months?
2. It's her first time in the UK, is it risky to go longer rather than shorter?
3. I am a British citizen, but my wife has a FLR and we will be supporting her on her trip
4. My mother in law travelled to Canada on a visa in 2014, will this help with her application?

5. which is the better answer: 6 months or 12 months?

[CR001]

1. Yes, she has to leave as she cannot stay for longer than 6 months in the UK.

2. If she has never travelled to the UK, it is unlikely she will get anything longer than a 6 months visa.

3. Irrelevant. It is more about the applicants ties to home country than support in the UK.

4. Not really.

[AmazonianX]

We are trying to decide between a 6 month and 12 month visa. but we have a few questions:
1. If she gets the 12 month visa, does she have to leave after 6 months? There is no 12 month visitor visa.
2. It's her first time in the UK, is it risky to go longer rather than shorter?
3. I am a British citizen, but my wife has a FLR and we will be supporting her on her trip
4. My mother in law travelled to Canada on a visa in 2014, will this help with her application?

5. which is the better answer: 6 months or 12 months?

[AmazonianX]

We are trying to decide between a 6 month and 12 month visa. but we have a few questions:
1. If she gets the 12 month visa, does she have to leave after 6 months? There is no 12 month visitor visa for what you described.
2. It's her first time in the UK, is it risky to go longer rather than shorter?
3. I am a British citizen, but my wife has a FLR and we will be supporting her on her trip
4. My mother in law travelled to Canada on a visa in 2014, will this help with her application?

5. which is the better answer: 6 months or 12 months? There is no 12 month visitor visa for what you described.