Quote Originally Posted by mastergidd View Post
In my application I applied for 2 year premium visa. Is it true they only allowed to spend a maximum of 6 months in a 12 month period in the UK. So it means to say, I am only allowed twice in the UK for 2 years validity of the visa.??? So it is not true that you can value your money coz the general visit visa for 6 months is almost 4X the visa fee for a 2 year premium visa. Does it make sense?


This is from the UK Border Agency:

Premium Visas

Long term visas�..long term advantages

Following the introduction of biometric data collection as part of the visa application process in India, UKvisas has reintroduced its long term multiple entry Premium Visas which are valid for 2, 5 and 10 years.

We want our most valued customers to keep coming to the UK as the destination of choice and are keen to make it as quick and easy as possible for them to do so. Premium Visas are perfect for regular business visitors or holidaymakers.

Why apply for a Premium Visa?
- Value for money
- they are cheaper than several short-term visas.
- Flexibility
- they offer multiple visits to the UK within the long validity of the visa.
- Convenience
- one visa application and one visit to a Visa Application Centre (s) to provide your biometric data for the entire validity of the visa.
yes you can enter the uk as many times as you like, but you cannot spend more than 6 months in the uk in any one trip, so if you did enter the uk for 6 months, in theory you should then leave the uk for 6 months before coming back again for 6 months, yes that way you probably wouldn't save much if any money, but as mentioned by yourself already you wouldn't need to go thru the visa process twice, only once and you wouldnt have to pay any increased fees,

but you would save money, if you came for 3 months, went back to the phils for 3 months, and kept doing this, but it would cost you alot more in air fares