Hi I Am Peruvian Citizen Living In Peru I Have Applied For And Received General Visitors Visa, But I

Hi I Am Peruvian Citizen Living In Peru I Have Applied For And Received General Visitors Visa, But I

Posted on May 23, 2017

Hi I am a Peruvian citizen living in Peru. I have applied for and received a general visitors visa, but I have not yet visited the UK. I plan to visit in June for one or two months. Before leaving Peru, I am applying for a student visa to study in the UK from September and I understand that I will not be able to enter the UK on the student visa until August (one month before). Can I visit the UK in June on my visitors visa and leave in August to travel to Europe and then re-enter the UK after the allowed date on my student visa? Are there any problems with this plan or with having two (valid) visas in my passport?

Hi I am a Peruvian citizen living in Peru. I have applied for and received a general visitors visa, but I have not yet visited the UK. I plan to visit in June for one or two months. Before leaving Peru, I am applying for a student visa to study in the UK from September and I understand that I will not be able to enter the UK on the student visa until August (one month before). Can I visit the UK in June on my visitors visa and leave in August to travel to Europe and then re-enter the UK after the allowed date on my student visa? Are there any problems with this plan or with having two (valid) visas in my passport?

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Thank you for your enquiry.

We understand that you have applied for a single entry visit visa to the UK. Once you enter using this visa once, you cannot leave the UK and re-enter on the same visa – by virtue of it being a single entry visa.

As long as you have a valid student visa issued on your passport before travelling from Peru, you should have no issues in entering the UK on a student visa during the designated time on your visa vignette.

Therefore, you should be able to re-enter the UK as a student after your visit in the UK. You must of course ensure that you have valid visas to travel to other countries in Europe.

Please note you cannot be present in the UK with more than one valid visa.

Someone will be in touch with you shortly to see how we can help you further.

Please note, this answer cannot be taken as a legal advice until we have your full instructions. The answer provided above is for information purposes only, if you would like to proceed to full legal advice and consultation with our Immigration solicitors, please let us know your availability for an appointment by contacting us on 0207 936 9960 or through our contact form.

We look forward to hearing back from you soon.

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OTS Solicitors

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I had the pleasure of working with the lovely Sanae. To give some background of my situation, I was dealing with a student route visa last year (2022) from the US. Delays hit my application due to multiple reasons; some involving my faults, with not sending the passport for the vignette but rather uploading an image of my passport on the application portal. Then UKVI not providing clarity on my situation, it left me with a lot of uncertainty. Escalations after escalations were being raised and eventually, my course deadline day arrived. I was not able to attend my studies for the year, but luckily the uni was kind enough to be understanding and deferred me to this year (2023). This year I needed tranquility with the chaotic process that is immigration, due to the uni taking an extended amount of time with the CAS and also not knowing how my prior application would affect my new one. With all this, Sanae was the right person for the job. She's professional, thorough, very respectful and timely. A lovely person to work and talk with, she never made me feel like uncertain. If Sanae is a reflection of OTS as a firm, I can guarantee you that the entire office is full of capable professionals that are willing to help. I went through a lot of solicitors before I found OTS, but from the moment I contacted them I knew I was going to get the help and service I needed. I can't recommend this firm or Sanae enough to anybody needing help, sometimes it is worth paying a little bit more out of pocket to acquire things, especially immigration related needs. I wish Sanae all the best in her future work, I will surely use her as a first reference if I ever need representation again. Case Workers: Sanae Sahebjalal
I had the pleasure of working with the lovely Sanae. To give some background of my situation, I was dealing with a student route visa last year (2022) from the US. Delays hit my application due to multiple reasons; some involving my faults, with not sending the passport for the vignette but rather uploading an image of my passport on the application portal. Then UKVI not providing clarity on my situation, it left me with a lot of uncertainty. Escalations after escalations were being raised and eventually, my course deadline day arrived. I was not able to attend my studies for the year, but luckily the uni was kind enough to be understanding and deferred me to this year (2023). This year I needed tranquility with the chaotic process that is immigration, due to the uni taking an extended amount of time with the CAS and also not knowing how my prior application would affect my new one. With all this, Sanae was the right person for the job. She's professional, thorough, very respectful and timely. A lovely person to work and talk with, she never made me feel like uncertain. If Sanae is a reflection of OTS as a firm, I can guarantee you that the entire office is full of capable professionals that are willing to help. I went through a lot of solicitors before I found OTS, but from the moment I contacted them I knew I was going to get the help and service I needed. I can't recommend this firm or Sanae enough to anybody needing help, sometimes it is worth paying a little bit more out of pocket to acquire things, especially immigration related needs. I wish Sanae all the best in her future work, I will surely use her as a first reference if I ever need representation again. Case Workers: Sanae Sahebjalal
My case was taken care by Maryem Ahmed. I must appreciate her professional way of handling the case as I had refusal on my visit visa and so she understand background with all current details to write up cover letter. Maryem dedication is also appreciated as she responded all my calls and emails in prompt manner after sign off of contract. Highly recommend to engage with OTS if you have important and critical case to work on. Thanks OTS and Maryem. Case Workers: Maryem Ahmed
We engaged OTS Solicitors for a UK visit visa for my non-British spouse; this was a complex matter due to previous issues which had arisen during Covid in regards to immigration history. Sanae Sahebjalal at OTS was our solicitor and we have been overwhelmingly impressed with her handling of the matter. She was clear, organized and very well informed from beginning consultation to the end. We felt we were in very capable hands during the process; Sanae provided timely information and options to us and importantly was transparent with all her advice. What was clear was that Sanae and OTS have the best interests of their clients as priority and are not only commercially driven like other legal firms can be. We received the UK visit visa today and any previous issues have been rectified and cleared as a result due to how well Sanae and OTS handled our case. We recommend them to anyone seeking the best-in-class legal service for UK immigration and we would not hesitate to engage them again. Thank you! Case Workers: Sanae Sahebjalal

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