20 18 how to calculate the validity period of the British visitor visa?

Nowadays, visa processing in Britain is becoming more and more open, which also makes it convenient for many people in China. First of all, how to calculate the validity period of 20 18 British visitor visa? Let's have a look.

In addition to two-year multiple-entry visas, there are also five-year multiple-entry visas and 10-year multiple-entry visas, which greatly shortens the visa processing time, especially for people in the UK and their families in China; Or at home, people with family members in Britain provide more convenience for everyone to travel to Britain or visit relatives and friends.

Under what circumstances do I apply for a standard visitor visa?

Simply put, the standard visitor visa can be understood as a combination of short-term UK travel+visiting relatives+friends+business visa+medical care.

Therefore, as long as you don't come to study or work in the UK, you can apply for a standard visitor visa, which is much more convenient in terms of materials than applying for a visa to visit relatives and friends and a business visa alone.

Limitations of standard VisitorVisa

You can apply for this visa to participate in business-related activities, or just attend a study course of no more than 30 days, such as a short language class or a cooking course.

But you can't work (even if you are paid or a volunteer), you can't get a longer residence time by coming to the UK repeatedly, you can't register for marriage, you can't enjoy public fund subsidies and free medical care, and you can't get government relief.

In addition, it should be noted that whether it is a visa for more than two years or a visa for more than five years 10 years, the time for each entry into the UK cannot exceed six months.

The time to enter the UK cannot exceed 180 days.

Although many people may know that they can't stay in the UK for more than 180 days in a year, many people don't know the definition of 180 days.

"May 2065438 1 got a two-year multiple-entry visa, and then 1 entered the UK (arrived in the UK) in July, and stayed in the UK on February 27, 20 180 (just over the upper limit of 180 days); Then can I come to Britain again in February 20 18? "

As can be seen from the above questions, many people have a very vague definition that "every year" cannot exceed 180 days. Every year here refers to "every 12 months", not the difference between this year (assuming 20 18) and next year (assuming 20 19).

Let's go back to the question raised by this U fan: This U fan spent 12 months in the UK for 180 days. Therefore, he will not be able to re-enter the UK until July 2065438+2008 at the earliest.

How to calculate the start time of "past 12 months"

To put it simply, if it is July 1 from the day when the party concerned "arrived in the UK", then we will look back from July 1 for 12 months to see how many days the party concerned stayed in the UK in the past 12 months, whether it overstayed and whether it stayed in the UK for more than 6,500 days.

This will be the content that the immigration officer will check when the parties enter the UK for customs clearance. The directions that immigration officials will basically check can be divided into the following categories:

1. See if the customer has a bad record of staying in the UK for more than 180 days in the past 12 months.

If there are, immigration officers will usually refuse the entry of the person concerned, because it means that the person concerned may overstay his stay.

2. Check how many days the customer stayed in the UK in the past 12 months, for example, he stayed 100 days. Then, see how many days the customer intends to stay in the UK this time.

If the number of days that this person intends to stay in the UK will make this person stay in the UK for more than 65,438+080 days in 65,438+02 months, then the immigration officer will basically refuse to let this person enter the country.

Give a chestnut:

In 12 months, Xiao spent five months in England. As a result, Xiao entered Britain this time and told the immigration officer that he planned to stay for two months. Obviously, Xiao will stay in the UK for more than 180 days in 12 months, so the immigration officer will probably refuse to let Xiao enter the country.

3. In some cases, the parties do not intend to stay for more than 180 days; However, if the immigration officer thinks that the person concerned is likely to exceed, he can also refuse to allow the person to enter the country.

For example:

During 12 months, Xiao spent three months in England. I plan to stay in the UK for 1 month, and the cumulative stay in the UK will not exceed 180 days. However, according to Xiao's past records, the immigration officer found that Xiao had to stay 1 month when he entered Britain last time, but he finally stayed for 3 months.

Therefore, the immigration officer judged that Xiao Ah might actually be inconsistent with what he said last time, and Xiao Ah might stay here for more than the maximum number of days, so he refused to let Xiao Ah enter the country.

4. Abuse of visiting visas.

For example, in the process of chatting with customers, the immigration officer found that although the customer holds a visiting visa, his main purpose is to study, and he did not tell the truth when handling the visa;

In other words, the immigration officer found that the client had a similar record: he said he was an ordinary tourist, but he actually came to attend a short-term course, so this re-entry may be suspected by the immigration officer. All these circumstances may make the immigration officer refuse to allow the person concerned to enter the country.

At these times, even if the person concerned does not intend to stay for more than 180 days, he may be refused entry.

How to calculate the length of stay in Britain?

It is wrong to think that the starting date of residence in Britain is from the date of visa issuance. To calculate the length of stay in the UK, it must be counted from the date when the party "arrives in the UK" to the date when the party leaves the UK.

For example:

Xiao got a visit visa on May 1 2065438, and then t a arrived in the UK on July 1 20 1 and left the UK on July 3 1 2065438.

Then, the number of days Xiao 'a stayed in the UK: from July 1 to July 3 1, which is 3 1 day.

But, of course, the above example is to calculate the time that Xiao "once" stayed in Britain. If you want to calculate how many days you stayed in 12 months, you have to add up each time you stayed.

Abiding by the rule that entry in the past 12 months should not exceed 180 days will greatly affect the success rate of the next visa application. After figuring out the algorithm, don't easily challenge the IQ of the visa officer ~