Quote Originally Posted by Julie-Tom View Post
Hi Terpe- I have a question please you mentioned that once the visa is released you have 3 months to travel to the UK, the thing is my sons visa has been approved and the validity is oct but we have decided that he finish his studies until March the he will join us in the uk I will go this December to join my husband and will go back and pick my son this march, what do you mean by "visa sync" and "pay extra one" please help. Because, my sons visa will be 5 months since validity before he will travel to the Uk. Please enlighten us I dint know about this rule till now, is this explained in the UKba website? Please help thanks


Julie
Hi Julie,
I think you may have misunderstood.
The information in my post is related to partner visa (settlement route).

Firstly Julie, let me say that a visa holder may travel and enter UK at anytime during the visa validity. There is no mandatory 3 month restriction on entry.

It's just that the initial partner visa is issued with 33 month validity.
Visa FLR(M) renewal application (for second 30 month period) must be made just before 30months living in UK
Eligibility for ILR is 60 months which means ONE FLR(M) application after 30 months then
after the second period of 30 months in UK the ILR application may be made
So if the arrival to UK is delayed by more than 3 months, then it means applying for and paying for an extra FLR(M) visa.

Solely from a cost perspective is better to avoid needing more than one interim FLR.
Just that.

Hope that clarifies