"Multiple entry" visa granted for only 2 months

[catsunami]

Hi everyone,

My cousins applied for a visa to come visit (they have no plans to stay here). The younger one required a permission letter from her parents to travel with her sister. So the letter was created and notarized.

Today the passports with the issued visas arrived, and while her passport is valid until 2023, the visa was only given until June 1, 2014, which is about 2 months away - not really enough time to purchase plane tickets at a decent price.

I figured this was because the permission letter said until June 1, but the idea was to get a letter when they actually travel, rather than write one for 10 years (which sounds kind of crazy anyways, who would give that kind of permission for their child?). Is there any way to get them to reconsider the expiry date? The other cousin got her visa until the expiry of her passport (which is in 2017).

The other approach is obviously to go through the whole process again, though very expensive with all these courier costs and visa fees, and whatnot, and try to get a longer one with a different permission letter...

Thanks!

 

[scylla]

It makes sense that the visa was issued for the duration of the permission letter. If a visa with a longer duration is wanted, then a new permission letter will have to be obtained with a longer permission date.

You can try asking the VO to reconsider and reissue a longer visa once you have a new permission letter. No idea if this will work or not.

 

[catsunami]

I realize it makes sense theoretically. But the plan was to just get a permission letter when they actually want to travel :/ I mean, I wouldn't have a problem with it if it just had been indicated somewhere that this permission letter dictates the visa duration. As far as I saw, it was just the passport expiry date that could limit the visa.

 

[Jalex23]

I realize it makes sense theoretically. But the plan was to just get a permission letter when they actually want to travel :/ I mean, I wouldn't have a problem with it if it just had been indicated somewhere that this permission letter dictates the visa duration. As far as I saw, it was just the passport expiry date that could limit the visa.

You didn't read throughly the TRV rules and criteria. It clearly specifies that the TRV can be issued from as much as 1 month up to the passport expiry date. Therefore you should have thought that any document limiting your stay could take preference over the passport expiry date (which is the upper limit).