Originally Posted by
GumshoeW12
No, but the deadline to apply is Feb 28, and you must make a VS booking by then (if you haven’t already got one).
The clock starts ticking as soon as your application is approved, which VS claims will be within 30 days. So realistically sometime in March at the latest.
So assuming no travel until the autumn (for those younger among us), 6 months of the matched period will already be gone.... Ho Hum, not so great.