The HO and VFS are wasting time and resources to print silly stickers in peoples' passports. I wonder why the HO won't just do away with vignettes. A subreddit to provide advice to people applying for Visas to come and stay or live in the UK. Today we went to the Hyderabad UK visa centre (VFS Global) for getting an extension for the expired vignette for our new born baby. I am British and my Thai wife has a 10 year tourist visa with 4 years left which means she can stay for 90 days each visit and before we would go hme for a month each year. I got my BRP. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. My immigration lawyer has been investigating this on my behalf. Visa sub type: Vignette transfer Collect BRP within 10 working days of entry to the UK, or before the vignette expires, whichever is later. COVID-19 update: A message from OTS Solicitors - We have already brought online, and deployed the advanced infrastructure, processes and safeguards to allow our professionals and support teams to function fully remotely. https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1112226-uk-settlement-visa-overview-updated-july-2019/, You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. It's a needless processing bottleneck, especially with all these people requesting replacement vignettes. The UKVI has updated their advice on how to replace an expired 30 day visa vignette. On 5 October 2020, the UK government changed the immigration route for students. I think we’re in the same boat. I applied for my Tier 2 visa back in March. After a few months of waiting, a whole lot of back and forth with multiple people (on this forum, my solicitor, my MP), I decided to take the chance and fly into London with an expired vignette, hoping they’d be lenient since I have the right to be in the U.K. Based on the recommendation from my solicitor, I did not use the eGates and went to the Border Official to plead my case. If your 30 day visa to travel to the UK for work, study or to join family has expired, or is about to expire, you can request a replacement visa with revised validity dates free of charge until the end of this year. If you have been issued a COS or CAS by the employer or university and you have not yet applied for a visa. This isn’t meant to serve as a recommendation in any way (please don’t use this post in case you end up deported). If your wife enters the UK as a non-visa national visitor, she will be unable to collect her BRP after arrival as the visa vignette will have expired. 3. My case was approved early June when UKVI returned to work. Part of the reason I took a risk is the visa information is on their computers so not sure why a vignette would be a blocker from entry - the chance of them sending you right back seems low. Does that make sense? [From Rameeez] I wanted to update you that I’ve landed in the UK on an expired vignette. Transfer your U.K. Visa. Apply for a new passport . Help is at hand, Infected French woman: Virus found on gym equipment at her quarantine hotel, Tourism minister tells the Chinese: Come to Thailand, STV is not group tours, 'People must brace for new-normal lifestyle for at least two years before Covid-19 is contained', 'It'll be carnage': British companies dread a Brexit border breakdown, Tourism industry insider optimistic on the upcoming high season, When will Non-immigrant- O visa holders be able to return Thailand, Japanese Teen Achieves Dream of Dating Godzilla. This isn’t meant to serve as a recommendation in any way (please don’t use this post in case you end up deported). If your 30 day visa to work, study or join family has expired. The main issue I saw for this was for someone on a Spouse visa because they can't work until they can get their BRP sent back to them. I know it’s not ideal but there is something that can shorten the waiting anything from Home Office. That's apart from the issue of whether the Immigration Officer at UK Border Control will permit her entry as it will be obvious that her … Powered by Invision Community, Subscribe to the daily ThaiVisa newsletter to receive, UK Settlement, replace expired 30 day vignette, Are you in Thailand and feeling low?
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Added link to Examples of UK visa vignettes page to ECB09: entry clearance vignettes: types, safeguarding and validity document. However, although we have lived in Thailand for 20 years together, we may now have to return to live in the UK because of financial issues from the COVID situation. I would be very concerned if we go there and time ran out though.