Book air ticket in advance of visa

[rocky123]

My Thai gf and I, plan to visit uk end of March 2024. How soon before, can we book a visa. Once she has the holiday visa, I want to book travel. Many thanks.

[rocky123]

Just saw this on uk visa. It says usually.  I like to book well ahead to catch early cheaper flights. IF I get an appointment in October can I travel in March ? Thanks again.

When to apply

The earliest you can apply is usually:

• 3 months before your planned travel date for visit visas

[MyThai1]

No problem it's a 6 months visa, if you put a travel date of say Xmas that would take you to end of June.

[sandyf]

21 hours ago, MyThai1 said:

No problem it's a 6 months visa, if you put a travel date of say Xmas that would take you to end of June.

That would  normally be ok, but there was recent thread where visa had been issued from date of approval.

A bit of caution required.