Quote Originally Posted by marksroomspain View Post
Thanks Peter once again for your much appreciated input, my wife landed in the UK on 15 December 2012 hence the date 15 June 2015 which is 30 months validity so she would put in for FLR no earlier than 18 May 2015 is that correct?

Also Peter what I meant by within the 2 year limit was that if my wife put in for FLR before the Ielts expiry date (lets say Ielts expires 25 May and she applies for FLR 18 May) would that be ok?
UKBA say that if you send your application form and application fee by post, the date of application is the date of posting. It's decided by the postmark. If the postmark is illegible or missing, the date of postage is taken as being at least 1 day before it is received by UKBA.

If you send your application form and application fee by courier, the date of application is the date when it is delivered to the UKBA payment handling service.

Applying in person at PEO obviously means the application date is the date when you attend and make payment.

I have no experience of likely outcomes if the application is received more than 28 days in advance. Your guess is as good as mine. Probably a day or two is OK. I just don't know 100% sure. I never think it's worth a risk to go against UKBA procedures as no-one knows quite what to do.

Mark, if the FLR(M) application is made on May 15 (Friday) or May 18 (Monday) that would be fine.
If the IELTS certificate is valid at that date of application then it's already compliant and good. So yes, Mark that's perfectly OK.

Good luck to your wife for her upcoming test