Quote Originally Posted by darren-b View Post
The only risk with a visitor visa is it may not be granted and you will lose your fee - a refusal will have no impact on any future visa applications. So long as you are prepared for being refused and then having to consider other options then there is no harm in trying if it is your prefered option.
normally it wouldn't but if you've had a couple of refusals in the past, then your past immigration history will be an secondary excuse to refuse you again/another visa