Which visa date should I enter in an online form when the “visa issue date” field does not accept a future date?

If selecting the one-way visa exemption triggers the error, try choosing an earlier temporary arrival date first, select that entry type, and then change the arrival date to the actual one. For example, select 27 September first, then after the system sets the visa dates automatically, change arrival to 28 September.

For a one-way visa exemption, first manually set the visa issue-date field to today’s date, then select that entry type. This order can prevent the error saying that the issue date is later than the arrival date.

Although labelled “visa issue date,” the form does not allow a future date. For a visa that has not started yet, travelers enter its validity start date, as the label appears to be inaccurate.

One reported workaround is entering the date the visa remains valid until — the visa expiry date — instead of the actual issuance date.

Do not try to enter a future issuance date, since the form rejects it. Reports point to a technical problem with the field’s label or validation logic rather than a requirement for the actual visa issuance date.