My 'O' retirement visa is due for extension/renewal in October.

For various personal reasons I need to do this reasonably early and not at the last moment.

Can anyone tell me how early they will accept an application for renewal?

(I have for example been turned away when making a 90 day declaration of residence as it was not within two weeks of the end of the period.)

Thanks and apologies... this info is probably here somewhere but my TOT IP STAR internet connection is so useless it crashes every two minutes and searching is impossible.

Andrew

Normaly you can do it from 30 days before your permitted to stay stamp expires.

If there are reasons you have to do it before 30 days, like having to go abroad and not returning in time for the extention they will accomodate you even earlier.

Note that 90 day reporting can be done up to 1 week before or after the date you are supposed to make the report. Not 2 weeks before.