haggis88

Hey guys,

Just a quickie before we go wading through the .gov.uk site to find a number to call

My GF just got her Canadian passport back from New York with her approved Tier 5 YMV

When you apply, it asks you for an expected date of arrival...at the time we didn't really have one so just put 18th June 2016.

Now that the visa has come through, it says that you have 30 days to activate it from 18th June - 18th July...and that if you come after that, you'll have to re-apply and pay another fee

Since then we've gotten concrete travel plans and will be arriving on June 11th, which is a week before that 30 days begins.

Will this cause any trouble? Will she have to enter as a visitor then and 'flagpole' between the dates?

Kind of a PITA that it asks for an 'estimated' arrival date, then makes something like that concrete...

BritInParis

She would either need to bump her flight by a week or come in as a visitor on 11th June and then leave the the Common Travel Area again before re-entering on or after 18th June. Expect some hassle at the border if you opt for the latter so your girlfriend should bring evidence of her booked travel out of the UK before 18th June.

haggis88

Thanks for the reply BIP

Quite ludicrous that they would ask you to guess, then hold you to that date...

Suppose that's a day trip to Dublin on the cards then!

Or is RoI in this common travel area to which you refer?

BritInParis

Correct. An overnight trip to Paris or Brussels would be better.