Hey everyone .. so I just got back from the states and no mail as of yet for the correction but still holding out as I know it said 10 business days and the holidays had just passed .. so worst case is I apply for the FLM in April how much are the costs at now to reapply? Just so I have some idea if I’m forced to do thus early ? Btw hope you all had a good holiday season
Fingers crossed you hear back soon.
Current FLR(M) fees are £1,033 for the visa plus £1,000 IHS surcharge. The visa fee may increase in April though, but we likely won't know when or by how much for a couple more months.
You also have the option to pay an extra £800 for 24-hour processing, however since currently your visa expires earlier than it should, it would be better to use the regular, standard processing, which can take up to 8 weeks.
It can takes a few weeks to get a free biometrics appointment, so you might even be able to time it so that you could potentially qualify for ILR before the new visa expires. For example, say you applied just before the visa expired (say, April 23rd), but you didn't schedule your biometrics appointment until, say late May, and then it did take the full 8 weeks to be processed after that, your visa would be issued in late July and would be valid until late January 2023... and if you entered the UK in early February 2018, you could apply for ILR from early January 2023, meaning you might have a small window in January where you could apply without needing to renew the FLR(M) a second time.
However, there's no guarantee that the timeline would end up working out that way, so hopefully you can get the spousal visa corrected to expire in October instead
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