If you are Russian, live in Moscow, and plan to travel to the UK, you can apply for a visa within the three months prior to your trip’s date, because the UK Border Agency can only post-date visas by a maximum of three months from the decision date on its visa application.  However, there are visas that cannot be post-dated.

You can arrive to the UK anytime after your visa’s issue date, never before. Thus, be careful not to confirm any travel plans to the UK until you have your visa approved and handed over.

The processing time for your visa begins to count once the personnel at the UK Border Agency has received the application, and it varies according to the type of visa you are applying for.

The UK Border Agency recommends that you buy a refundable and flexible ticket if you are travelling to the UK and don’t have a visa yet, or that you wait until it is approved and issued to buy a non-refundable and non-flexible ticket.

The Agency will not assume responsibility for any money loss, and it doesn’t speed up any visa-processing times just because you have an established date to travel.

It is important that you check the announcements the UK Border Agency publishes on the local website run by its commercial partner in Moscow, Russia.

Here we present a chart showing the average processing times of UK visa applications received in Moscow, Russia during January 2010, however, these times are not guaranteed.  Why? Because visa applications are evaluated individually, and every person’s circumstances are unique, thus, the processing time may vary accordingly.

Processing times are given in working days, excluding weekends and public holidays, and they are calculated from the day the visa application centre received your biometric data, visa application form, and supporting documents.

For more information or guidance, contact your UK immigration lawyers right away.

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