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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #90 on: January 31, 2012, 09:37:03 PM »
Just wanted to give an update.  I sent an email to visa_enquiriesny@fco.gov.uk, and got a reply within the hour!  They gave us instructions of where/who to send our passports to so that they could fix the error on our visas.  Thanks for all your help! 


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #91 on: February 13, 2012, 03:03:41 PM »
Hello Everyone,

I just received my stuff back in the mail and am checking my visa for error, it all looks right. Valid from date and Valid until date is exactly 6 months. My birthdate is right and my passport number is right. However,  I'm unsure of what the correct formatting for my name is as I've never seen a UK visa before.  :P

On my visa it's      Name   Surname First Name Middle Name


Is that correct or is it supposed to be First Middle Surname? I just wanted to clarify before I booked any travel.

Edited to add: Also, is my Fiance's name supposed to be on there?

Thanks for your help!
« Last Edit: February 13, 2012, 03:19:54 PM by PlainPearl »


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #92 on: February 13, 2012, 03:26:47 PM »
On my visa it's      Name   Surname First Name Middle Name


Is that correct or is it supposed to be First Middle Surname? I just wanted to clarify before I booked any travel.

Sounds correct to me - just did a Google search for UK visas and the couple that I could find without the names blacked out were Surname, First, Middle.

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Edited to add: Also, is my Fiance's name supposed to be on there?

Don't think so.


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #93 on: February 13, 2012, 03:44:49 PM »
Thanks, ksand24!  :)


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #94 on: February 13, 2012, 08:24:03 PM »
My visa was issued August 2010, and it is a spouse visa, but for what it's worth...

The name format on my visa is:  Surname Forename Middlename
Ex.  If I were Jane Anne Smith, it would appear on the visa as Smith Jane Anne.

My spouse's name does appear on the visa; however, that may be due to it being a spouse visa as opposed to a fiance(e) visa.  Hopefully someone with a fiance(e) visa can hop in to say what their visa says?



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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #95 on: February 13, 2012, 08:42:16 PM »
I did shoot them an email about it, so I'm waiting to hear back before I book my travel arrangements. When I get an answer, I'll be sure to update the thread.

However, this is what mine says...

Place of Issue  New York    Valid from 10/02/2012     Valid Until 10/08/2012

Numb of Entries  Mult                                            Vaf No  XXXXXX

Type   Marriage/CP

Name  Surname First Middle

Passport No XXXXXXXXX     Sex F            Date of Birth Day/Month/Year

                                                          Nationality USA

Observ.  No work or recourse to public fund


Number of Dependents 0


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #96 on: February 13, 2012, 10:28:51 PM »
My spouse's name does appear on the visa; however, that may be due to it being a spouse visa as opposed to a fiance(e) visa.  Hopefully someone with a fiance(e) visa can hop in to say what their visa says?

I believe it's only the spousal visa that has the spouse's name on it. Earlier I found an example of someone's fiance visa on Google and it too just said 'Marriage' on it, with no spouse's name.

PlainPearl - what you've posted above looks about right to me.


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #97 on: February 13, 2012, 10:54:11 PM »
ksand24 - Please don't think I'm doubting you. I'm sure you're right on the money. I just figured that I would wait for them to respond to my email before I bought a ticket. With my luck, I'll buy the ticket and then they'll email me requesting it back and then I'll worry about getting it back in time.  :P


Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #98 on: February 14, 2012, 01:47:58 AM »
ksand24 - Please don't think I'm doubting you. I'm sure you're right on the money. I just figured that I would wait for them to respond to my email before I bought a ticket. With my luck, I'll buy the ticket and then they'll email me requesting it back and then I'll worry about getting it back in time.  :P

There is no error on your visa. You're good to go.


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #99 on: February 14, 2012, 03:12:35 PM »
Thank WebyJ.


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #100 on: February 17, 2012, 03:29:23 PM »
I have a fiance visa got in may 2011 and his name IS on there


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #101 on: March 04, 2013, 07:41:24 AM »
I am so glad I came across this advisory.
I checked my husbands spouse visa the day it arrived, once I'd got over the shock of actually getting it.
All seemed to be in order but I just looked again, having read this thread and the valid from and to dates are as follows.

valid from 22/02/13          valid to  22/11/15

So 2 years and 9 months of validity.

Is this something that I need to have corrected?


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #102 on: March 04, 2013, 08:21:14 AM »
I am so glad I came across this advisory.
I checked my husbands spouse visa the day it arrived, once I'd got over the shock of actually getting it.
All seemed to be in order but I just looked again, having read this thread and the valid from and to dates are as follows.

valid from 22/02/13          valid to  22/11/15

So 2 years and 9 months of validity.

Is this something that I need to have corrected?

Why do you think it needs correcting?

The visa is supposed to be valid for 33 months and it has been issued for 33 months... so there is nothing to correct.


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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #103 on: March 04, 2013, 08:33:55 AM »
Why do you think it needs correcting?

The visa is supposed to be valid for 33 months and it has been issued for 33 months... so there is nothing to correct.

Oooh, I'm so glad to hear that, thank you!

I found this on UKBA
"If you applied to come to the UK or for permission to stay here on or after 9 July 2012 and that permission was granted, you will need to be in the UK for 5 years before you qualify for settlement. You will initially be given leave to enter for 2 and a half years, and then you can apply for another period of 2 and a half years."

33 months is two and three quarter years.  Am I just being too literal or was I looking at the wrong page?
here http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/partners-families/citizens-settled/spouse-cp/settlement/
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Re: ADVISORY: Visa Issuance Errors
« Reply #104 on: March 04, 2013, 08:41:55 AM »
It's to give you time to settle your affairs, buy a plane ticket and move over.
Arrived as student 9/2003; Renewed student visa 9/2006; Applied for HSMP approval 1/2008; HSMP approved 3/2008; Tier 1 General FLR received 4/2008; FLR(M) Unmarried partner approved (in-person) 27/8/2009; ILR granted at in-person PEO appointment 1/8/2011; Applied for citizenship at Edinburgh NCS 31/10/2011; Citizenship approval received 4/2/2012
FINALLY A CITIZEN! 29/2/2012


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