Dependent VISA duration

Stage 2
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Hi All

Can we apply dependent VISA simultaneously for a shorter duration and extend later.

Example - Primary applicant applies VISA for 4 years. Dependents apply VISA for 1 year initially and extend for another 3 years.

In 4th year hopefully primary applicant would have ILR and dependents need to further renew their VISA for another 1 year and apply for the ILR.

The whole idea is to reduce the initial payment that needs to be done for NHS charges since we are going their without a job and hopefully we will be settled in 1 year so can extend dependent VISA after 1 year.

Any thought or the best way to do this with less initial cost would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

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Yes, those optimisations are definitely possible and worth considering.

However, please note the other end of those optimisations - every time you apply for a visa, you have to pay visa fees also, which is substantial. Also, the NHS surcharges have been going up - it was £400 per person when I applied in September last year and was going up to £650 per year from Oct 2020. It was cheaper for me to get a longer visa in one go in September than to break it up in two iterations. Plus it saved on the hassle of 2 applications.

That said, if you are short of cash and trying to optimise cashflow, your ideas are in the right direction.