UK Tier 2 visa - passport validity requirements on a reentry [closed]
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If a person (friend of mine) holds a Tier 2 UK visa (actually, a spouse variant of Tier 2) and their passport is expiring within a couple of month - can that person still exit and enter the UK freely before obtaining their replacement passport? The person can't enter the UK visa-free, if that matters. The gov.uk website doesn't give any info on that, or I'm really bad at searching it properly. I assume the expiry date doesn't matter if you've got a valid visa, but I'm not 100 per cent sure...
visas uk passports legal
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closed as off-topic by Henning Makholm, Giorgio, gmauch, Jim MacKenzie, Mark Mayo♦ Oct 24 '18 at 2:03
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- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – Henning Makholm, Giorgio, gmauch, Jim MacKenzie, Mark Mayo
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If a person (friend of mine) holds a Tier 2 UK visa (actually, a spouse variant of Tier 2) and their passport is expiring within a couple of month - can that person still exit and enter the UK freely before obtaining their replacement passport? The person can't enter the UK visa-free, if that matters. The gov.uk website doesn't give any info on that, or I'm really bad at searching it properly. I assume the expiry date doesn't matter if you've got a valid visa, but I'm not 100 per cent sure...
visas uk passports legal
edited Apr 6 '16 at 12:33
mts
23k11109208
asked Apr 6 '16 at 11:52
Michael DudalevMichael Dudalev
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closed as off-topic by Henning Makholm, Giorgio, gmauch, Jim MacKenzie, Mark Mayo♦ Oct 24 '18 at 2:03
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – Henning Makholm, Giorgio, gmauch, Jim MacKenzie, Mark Mayo
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If a person (friend of mine) holds a Tier 2 UK visa (actually, a spouse variant of Tier 2) and their passport is expiring within a couple of month - can that person still exit and enter the UK freely before obtaining their replacement passport? The person can't enter the UK visa-free, if that matters. The gov.uk website doesn't give any info on that, or I'm really bad at searching it properly. I assume the expiry date doesn't matter if you've got a valid visa, but I'm not 100 per cent sure...
visas uk passports legal
edited Apr 6 '16 at 12:33
mts
23k11109208
asked Apr 6 '16 at 11:52
Michael DudalevMichael Dudalev
2816
If a person (friend of mine) holds a Tier 2 UK visa (actually, a spouse variant of Tier 2) and their passport is expiring within a couple of month - can that person still exit and enter the UK freely before obtaining their replacement passport? The person can't enter the UK visa-free, if that matters. The gov.uk website doesn't give any info on that, or I'm really bad at searching it properly. I assume the expiry date doesn't matter if you've got a valid visa, but I'm not 100 per cent sure...
visas uk passports legal
visas uk passports legal
edited Apr 6 '16 at 12:33
mts
23k11109208
asked Apr 6 '16 at 11:52
Michael DudalevMichael Dudalev
2816
edited Apr 6 '16 at 12:33
mts
23k11109208
asked Apr 6 '16 at 11:52
Michael DudalevMichael Dudalev
2816
edited Apr 6 '16 at 12:33
mts
23k11109208
edited Apr 6 '16 at 12:33
mts
23k11109208
edited Apr 6 '16 at 12:33
mts
23k11109208
23k11109208
asked Apr 6 '16 at 11:52
Michael DudalevMichael Dudalev
2816
asked Apr 6 '16 at 11:52
Michael DudalevMichael Dudalev
2816
asked Apr 6 '16 at 11:52
Michael DudalevMichael Dudalev
2816
2816
closed as off-topic by Henning Makholm, Giorgio, gmauch, Jim MacKenzie, Mark Mayo♦ Oct 24 '18 at 2:03
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – Henning Makholm, Giorgio, gmauch, Jim MacKenzie, Mark Mayo
closed as off-topic by Henning Makholm, Giorgio, gmauch, Jim MacKenzie, Mark Mayo♦ Oct 24 '18 at 2:03
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – Henning Makholm, Giorgio, gmauch, Jim MacKenzie, Mark Mayo
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The UK requires you to have a current and valid passport at the moment you apply for a Tier 2 visa. Current and valid seems to mean that the passport should be valid for the entire duration of your stay, although this kinda conflicts with the whole concept that passports do in fact expire. However, this is nothing to be worried about. As long as the passport doesn't expire it is considered a valid travel document. Indeed, this similar enquiry to the UK Home Office got the following reply:
As you are already aware, your passport must be valid when you apply for
your visa and when you seek entry into the United Kingdom. However, you
may wish to contact your airliner to see if there is any restrictions on
validity of your passport at the time of travel.
Please be advised that when entering or re-entering the UK, a foreign
national will be required to show a valid visa allowing them entry to the
UK, for those categories where this is required, along with evidence that
they are entering or re-entering for the same purpose.
So make sure you re-enter the UK on a valid passport and with a valid visa.
What you can (or should) do to be on the safe side is get a new passport, or at least apply for a new passport ASAP. Once you have a new passport, you can consider transferring your existing visa on it. Transferring the visa to the new passport isn't necessary according to the UK governmental website. All you have to do is to make sure they carry both passports with them upon entry in the UK.
You don’t have to transfer your visa - you can carry both your old and new passports when travelling to or from the UK instead.
You can, if you wish to do so, convert your visa into a Biometric Residence Permit if you are currently in the UK. Else, you can apply for a visa transfer online. For completeness sake note that visa transfers have a cost of several hundrend GBP.
answered Apr 6 '16 at 12:04
JoErNanO♦JoErNanO
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Thanks! Basically, that what I assumed, but you supplied all the valuable references, especially the one you've got the first quote from. If any, the new passport application is already underway.
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 12:52
@MichaelDudalev, did you think about accepting this answer? Please read stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:09
@GayotFow I'll definitely accept it soon, but since immigration practices are not hard science I'm just waiting for any potential gotchas not covered by this answer (and I really-really hope there are none).
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 13:14
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@MichaelDudalev, next time consider using Expats for T2 questions. expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions. The knowledge base on this site has depth in visas that run for 6 months or less
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:18
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The UK requires you to have a current and valid passport at the moment you apply for a Tier 2 visa. Current and valid seems to mean that the passport should be valid for the entire duration of your stay, although this kinda conflicts with the whole concept that passports do in fact expire. However, this is nothing to be worried about. As long as the passport doesn't expire it is considered a valid travel document. Indeed, this similar enquiry to the UK Home Office got the following reply:
As you are already aware, your passport must be valid when you apply for
your visa and when you seek entry into the United Kingdom. However, you
may wish to contact your airliner to see if there is any restrictions on
validity of your passport at the time of travel.
Please be advised that when entering or re-entering the UK, a foreign
national will be required to show a valid visa allowing them entry to the
UK, for those categories where this is required, along with evidence that
they are entering or re-entering for the same purpose.
So make sure you re-enter the UK on a valid passport and with a valid visa.
What you can (or should) do to be on the safe side is get a new passport, or at least apply for a new passport ASAP. Once you have a new passport, you can consider transferring your existing visa on it. Transferring the visa to the new passport isn't necessary according to the UK governmental website. All you have to do is to make sure they carry both passports with them upon entry in the UK.
You don’t have to transfer your visa - you can carry both your old and new passports when travelling to or from the UK instead.
You can, if you wish to do so, convert your visa into a Biometric Residence Permit if you are currently in the UK. Else, you can apply for a visa transfer online. For completeness sake note that visa transfers have a cost of several hundrend GBP.
answered Apr 6 '16 at 12:04
JoErNanO♦JoErNanO
44.3k13137225
Thanks! Basically, that what I assumed, but you supplied all the valuable references, especially the one you've got the first quote from. If any, the new passport application is already underway.
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 12:52
@MichaelDudalev, did you think about accepting this answer? Please read stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:09
@GayotFow I'll definitely accept it soon, but since immigration practices are not hard science I'm just waiting for any potential gotchas not covered by this answer (and I really-really hope there are none).
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 13:14
1
@MichaelDudalev, next time consider using Expats for T2 questions. expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions. The knowledge base on this site has depth in visas that run for 6 months or less
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:18
add a comment |
The UK requires you to have a current and valid passport at the moment you apply for a Tier 2 visa. Current and valid seems to mean that the passport should be valid for the entire duration of your stay, although this kinda conflicts with the whole concept that passports do in fact expire. However, this is nothing to be worried about. As long as the passport doesn't expire it is considered a valid travel document. Indeed, this similar enquiry to the UK Home Office got the following reply:
As you are already aware, your passport must be valid when you apply for
your visa and when you seek entry into the United Kingdom. However, you
may wish to contact your airliner to see if there is any restrictions on
validity of your passport at the time of travel.
Please be advised that when entering or re-entering the UK, a foreign
national will be required to show a valid visa allowing them entry to the
UK, for those categories where this is required, along with evidence that
they are entering or re-entering for the same purpose.
So make sure you re-enter the UK on a valid passport and with a valid visa.
What you can (or should) do to be on the safe side is get a new passport, or at least apply for a new passport ASAP. Once you have a new passport, you can consider transferring your existing visa on it. Transferring the visa to the new passport isn't necessary according to the UK governmental website. All you have to do is to make sure they carry both passports with them upon entry in the UK.
You don’t have to transfer your visa - you can carry both your old and new passports when travelling to or from the UK instead.
You can, if you wish to do so, convert your visa into a Biometric Residence Permit if you are currently in the UK. Else, you can apply for a visa transfer online. For completeness sake note that visa transfers have a cost of several hundrend GBP.
answered Apr 6 '16 at 12:04
JoErNanO♦JoErNanO
44.3k13137225
Thanks! Basically, that what I assumed, but you supplied all the valuable references, especially the one you've got the first quote from. If any, the new passport application is already underway.
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 12:52
@MichaelDudalev, did you think about accepting this answer? Please read stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:09
@GayotFow I'll definitely accept it soon, but since immigration practices are not hard science I'm just waiting for any potential gotchas not covered by this answer (and I really-really hope there are none).
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 13:14
1
@MichaelDudalev, next time consider using Expats for T2 questions. expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions. The knowledge base on this site has depth in visas that run for 6 months or less
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:18
add a comment |
The UK requires you to have a current and valid passport at the moment you apply for a Tier 2 visa. Current and valid seems to mean that the passport should be valid for the entire duration of your stay, although this kinda conflicts with the whole concept that passports do in fact expire. However, this is nothing to be worried about. As long as the passport doesn't expire it is considered a valid travel document. Indeed, this similar enquiry to the UK Home Office got the following reply:
As you are already aware, your passport must be valid when you apply for
your visa and when you seek entry into the United Kingdom. However, you
may wish to contact your airliner to see if there is any restrictions on
validity of your passport at the time of travel.
Please be advised that when entering or re-entering the UK, a foreign
national will be required to show a valid visa allowing them entry to the
UK, for those categories where this is required, along with evidence that
they are entering or re-entering for the same purpose.
So make sure you re-enter the UK on a valid passport and with a valid visa.
What you can (or should) do to be on the safe side is get a new passport, or at least apply for a new passport ASAP. Once you have a new passport, you can consider transferring your existing visa on it. Transferring the visa to the new passport isn't necessary according to the UK governmental website. All you have to do is to make sure they carry both passports with them upon entry in the UK.
You don’t have to transfer your visa - you can carry both your old and new passports when travelling to or from the UK instead.
You can, if you wish to do so, convert your visa into a Biometric Residence Permit if you are currently in the UK. Else, you can apply for a visa transfer online. For completeness sake note that visa transfers have a cost of several hundrend GBP.
answered Apr 6 '16 at 12:04
JoErNanO♦JoErNanO
44.3k13137225
The UK requires you to have a current and valid passport at the moment you apply for a Tier 2 visa. Current and valid seems to mean that the passport should be valid for the entire duration of your stay, although this kinda conflicts with the whole concept that passports do in fact expire. However, this is nothing to be worried about. As long as the passport doesn't expire it is considered a valid travel document. Indeed, this similar enquiry to the UK Home Office got the following reply:
As you are already aware, your passport must be valid when you apply for
your visa and when you seek entry into the United Kingdom. However, you
may wish to contact your airliner to see if there is any restrictions on
validity of your passport at the time of travel.
Please be advised that when entering or re-entering the UK, a foreign
national will be required to show a valid visa allowing them entry to the
UK, for those categories where this is required, along with evidence that
they are entering or re-entering for the same purpose.
So make sure you re-enter the UK on a valid passport and with a valid visa.
What you can (or should) do to be on the safe side is get a new passport, or at least apply for a new passport ASAP. Once you have a new passport, you can consider transferring your existing visa on it. Transferring the visa to the new passport isn't necessary according to the UK governmental website. All you have to do is to make sure they carry both passports with them upon entry in the UK.
You don’t have to transfer your visa - you can carry both your old and new passports when travelling to or from the UK instead.
You can, if you wish to do so, convert your visa into a Biometric Residence Permit if you are currently in the UK. Else, you can apply for a visa transfer online. For completeness sake note that visa transfers have a cost of several hundrend GBP.
answered Apr 6 '16 at 12:04
JoErNanO♦JoErNanO
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edited Apr 6 '16 at 12:26
answered Apr 6 '16 at 12:04
JoErNanO♦JoErNanO
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answered Apr 6 '16 at 12:04
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answered Apr 6 '16 at 12:04
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Thanks! Basically, that what I assumed, but you supplied all the valuable references, especially the one you've got the first quote from. If any, the new passport application is already underway.
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 12:52
@MichaelDudalev, did you think about accepting this answer? Please read stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:09
@GayotFow I'll definitely accept it soon, but since immigration practices are not hard science I'm just waiting for any potential gotchas not covered by this answer (and I really-really hope there are none).
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 13:14
1
@MichaelDudalev, next time consider using Expats for T2 questions. expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions. The knowledge base on this site has depth in visas that run for 6 months or less
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:18
add a comment |
Thanks! Basically, that what I assumed, but you supplied all the valuable references, especially the one you've got the first quote from. If any, the new passport application is already underway.
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 12:52
@MichaelDudalev, did you think about accepting this answer? Please read stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:09
@GayotFow I'll definitely accept it soon, but since immigration practices are not hard science I'm just waiting for any potential gotchas not covered by this answer (and I really-really hope there are none).
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 13:14
1
@MichaelDudalev, next time consider using Expats for T2 questions. expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions. The knowledge base on this site has depth in visas that run for 6 months or less
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:18
Thanks! Basically, that what I assumed, but you supplied all the valuable references, especially the one you've got the first quote from. If any, the new passport application is already underway.
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 12:52
Thanks! Basically, that what I assumed, but you supplied all the valuable references, especially the one you've got the first quote from. If any, the new passport application is already underway.
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 12:52
@MichaelDudalev, did you think about accepting this answer? Please read stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:09
@MichaelDudalev, did you think about accepting this answer? Please read stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:09
@GayotFow I'll definitely accept it soon, but since immigration practices are not hard science I'm just waiting for any potential gotchas not covered by this answer (and I really-really hope there are none).
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 13:14
@GayotFow I'll definitely accept it soon, but since immigration practices are not hard science I'm just waiting for any potential gotchas not covered by this answer (and I really-really hope there are none).
– Michael Dudalev
Apr 6 '16 at 13:14
1
1
@MichaelDudalev, next time consider using Expats for T2 questions. expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions. The knowledge base on this site has depth in visas that run for 6 months or less
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:18
@MichaelDudalev, next time consider using Expats for T2 questions. expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions. The knowledge base on this site has depth in visas that run for 6 months or less
– Gayot Fow
Apr 6 '16 at 13:18
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