Q&A: Visa answers needed – From South Africa, here on Visitors Visa, passed Army Selection, what now? In UK?
Question by per4more: Visa answers needed – From South Africa, here on Visitors Visa, passed Army Selection, what now? In UK?
My visa runs out in a few weeks, but I have recently been passed through selection, and been given an intake date which is only March next year.
I am currently on a Holiday Visa, on a South African passport.
I currently can’t work, haven’t been allowed to for the past 6 months during training for selection.
What do I do to extend my Visa, also providing the ability to work till my Army intake date.
I am in the UK and can’t get hold of anyone via phone to help me, and they only have offices in certain parts of the country, I am currently in Swindon.
Best answer:
Answer by roger e
You cannot get a work visa and you cannot extend your visitors visa so your best option is to return to South Africa and return in late February.
If you do not return to South Africa then you cannot join the Army as you will have overstayed your visa and therefore broken the UK laws and therefore ineligible to enlist
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You cannot change the status of your visa in the UK, you will have to return to South Africa and apply for a new visa. To get the work visa you will have to have a Master’s degree or a sponsorship, which you would get through the help of the Army.