Originally Posted by
chibiutena
I noticed that the UK visa in my passport says 1/1/13 to 1/7/13 due to the European way of writing dates (inverting month/day). Would the people in the good ol' USA or when I land in Europe/England get confused and say my visa expired? I mean, how do I prove it is July 1 and not January 1?
I previously submitted the passport to my job (at a bank) and they sent me numerous emails about an "expired visa" until I sent them another ID.
What you call "the European way " of writing dates is common in most of the world, apart from the USA. No one in Europe will get confused. they are used to the system of writing date order as dd/mm/yyyy.
As you quoted it, the UK visa is valid from 1 January 2013 to 1 July 2013.
While someone used to the USA way of writing dates (mm/dd/yyyy) may read the visa as being valid from 1 January 2013 to 7 January 2013, they should realise that no visa is likely to be issued for a period covering only 7 days.