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Originally posted by TP
Cheers mate. Ange was recently told by a NI person that we had to do it from the date that the VISA was issued, not the date we first entered the country. It was issued in Feb but I didn't enter the country until the end of March. Thanks for that.
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Maybe it's changed in the last year, but I'd triple check. I turned up two weeks before the ISSUE date on my Ancestry Visa, but this was about 6 weeks before my first ARRIVAL date. They told me to bugger off and come back two weeks before my arrival date.
Dunno about coming and going etc, but I reckon it's four year from your arrival date. The issue date is mostly just there because you need to validate your visa (ie arrive in the UK) no more than 6 months after it was issued.