hello again...it is me....again

One more question i have is that we got the visa issued on the 28th of december. Now my wife wanted to stay in thailand until she had finished teaching the thai school year. which hapopened to be last week and i am flying over in two weeks to have weeks there with her and then we are planning to fly back together. I have just read though that she has to fly within 3 months of the issue date. Is this true or am i just finding things to worry about. if it is true is there any way i can make it so that she can fly back with me without having to pay another £2000 for a visa.

thank you and sorry for being so uneducated on these matters

She can travel at anytime within the visa's validity, but she will not now qualify for indefinite leave when her visa expires in Dec. 08, and she will have to make an additional application to the Home Office instead.

Scouse.

As Scouser says, she can enter the UK at any time before the visa expires. However, to qualify for ILR she needs to have been in the UK for 2 years and she needs to have a valid visa. So, again as Scouse says, she will need to apply, and pay, for FLR when her visa expires to cover the gap.

When applying for a UK visa one can request that the start date be postponed for up to 3 months to avoid this situation.

without having to pay another £2000 for a visa.

How much? A settlement visa costs £260! Ok, there's the VAC handling charge and the cost of the TB certificate, but where did you get a figure of £2000 from?

Even after the exorbitant increases in visa fees taking effect in April, it wont cost anywhere near that much!