[QUOTE=Ann07;103776]Originally Posted by darren-b
No, it's 28 days before the end of the 2 years qualifying period. Though you also must apply before your visa expires.
There is a suggestion that the BIA will put your application on hold if your visa expires prior to 28 days before the end of the 2 years qualifying period.
Thanks for thatI got married here so i'll start counting now wahhhhhhh never been out of the country yet.
you've not followed the procedures thou, its on the website and written in the visa app forms "You must not send us your application more than 28 days before the end of your two-year qualifying period.". Mrs Daddy, you've sent your app at least a month sooner than you should have
but if you did that last yr, you could well have got a refusal, but with the recent change to the spouse visa from 24 to 27 months, they will either not start to process your app til at least jan, or maybe they already have, and at worse, face a small risk a refusal. read the rules
of course people are refused, one of the reasons people are refused is because they apply too early or too late, the reason you don't hear much about being refused for being too early is because most people come here within 28 days of the start date of their visa, so they should face this problem.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=9&gl=uk
thread on being refused ILR for applying too early..
thou you should be ok, if its many weeks or months when you came to the uk after the start date of your visa, your refusal rate increases if you do not apply for FLR or they do not give you the concession of holding your app til you've been in the uk 2yrs - upto 28 days.. but these problems should be a thing of the past soon
