spouse visa

[eytch]

90 days a year

hi rob.... just to be clear... spouse visa has 2 years, does that mean for the first year i am allowed to be out of UK for 90 days, then on the 2nd year i am still allowed for 90 days before it expires? Thanks so much....

[walesrob]

hi rob.... just to be clear... spouse visa has 2 years, does that mean for the first year i am allowed to be out of UK for 90 days, then on the 2nd year i am still allowed for 90 days before it expires? Thanks so much....

Hiya Eytch, yes it is 90 days for each year. I got this information from an Immigration Officer at Cardiff airport. The term "90 days" is a constructive rule, and it does not appear in the body of UK immigration law (well I cannot find it anyway!). The IND website can probably help, heres what I found:

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/doc.../idischapter8/

Rob

[joebloggs]

yes i think its 90 days to,
http://www.permits2work.co.uk/permit...vetoremain.asp

but beware of "During the three-year period you must not have been outside the UK for more than 270 days (approximately 9 months)"
thats if you intend to apply for naturalization after being in the uk with a 2 yr spouse visa and after 1yr of ILR.