Its bit unfortunate that, the visa office dont care about the medical dates, and the visa expires exactly at the 12th month of the medical done.hinakhan said:Hi friends and respected seniors,
I am M-I applicant. I updated my documents (including paid visa fees) in November 2012. From LVO, I received medical request in Decemeber 2012 and passed through Medical examination in January 2013. I contacted visa office and they informed me that they have received my medicals with a validity of January 2014. And my case is going through routine background checks. Now it has been 8 months since I passed through Med Exam. Do you have an idea how much more time they would take for PPR 1 or 2?
Second, could you please share your experience of visa validity date. Do LVO issue a valid visa until one-year validity of medicals of they give some extra/grace period? I am finding resignation issues with my current job in Pakistan - I may give resignation to my current employer (with a legal binding) either in Sept 13 or after March 14, while my medicals are expiring in January 2014.
I am also finding an issue that LVO is not responding - I contacted them one month ago by email and post...
Please inform me if you have knowledge/experience about it.
Best wishes to all. Good Luck. Hina
You better prepare for everything well in advance, as one of my known had only 14 days left from the visa validity, and they were in deep trouble in managing everything in 14 days, which apparently they did. In their letter it is written boldly that, under any circumstances they will not renew or revise that. So things are bit complicated than usual. It is suggested you prepare everything in advance, and if situation doesn't permit, you fly alone and come back later to accompany family.
Please note, interestingly for many of us (Including me) the visa expires after a month later than the medical expires. (I did medical 24th December, the visa issued 28th July and expires 24th January, which was supposed to be 23rd December anyways). I dont know why is that, or they have any issues to consider, or they are doing the same for everyone, nothing. Still its better to be prepared well before hand, i believe. Cheers