10 years long residence applications

sajnan wrote:hi
i came to uk on 10th dec 2004 on student visa however my visa was issued on 1st november 2004. i know we should not send the ILR application more than 28 days before the qualifying period. my question is whether someone has successfully applied for ILR based on the date when visa was issued?or we should follow the date when the applicant enetered uk.
UKIV GUidance says:

Your 10-year qualifying period starts from either:

when you arrived in the UK with a visa
when you were given permission to stay in the UK

plz share ur experience .

when u first arrive in the uk

msmussaf wrote:Aslamoalikom to all

Dear shahjee here is my history
10 years student
Applied 8 march. Set lr
Approved 2 july

For wife

Wife came as student dependent in aug 2007
Applied 4 april flrm
Approved 17 july 2 years till 16 july 2016

Question
1. When my wife can apply ILR
2. What about financial requirement

If you say any time she can apply for ILR than how can I convince Home office about 287 a-i-d.
Is there any solid documentry evidence?

walaikumasalm,
brother your wife is eligible for settlement .however there is some error by home office and they refuse all tier 4 dependant cases. i hope you are aware of it. I am in the same boat as yours . i recently sent a complaint to home office saying that incorrect information is provided to me by UKVI cusomter services. i have got UKVI letter saying THAT I CAN COMBINE MY LEAVE AS TIER 4 DEPENDANT AND APPLY FOR ilr A I APPLIED MY FLRM BEFORE 6TH APRIL . I have got my peo appointment on 1st nov .iwill take that letter with me . i can forward you that letter if you send me your email my situation is exactly like yours. my suggestions to you write a similar complaint like me so that you have written proof of eligibility otherwise the case worker will not treat yuor case (there are examples like this in past from this forum)

Hello Forum members Home Office released a new version of long residence guidance today, please follow the link below;
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... .0_EXT.pdf

Thx Shahjee for the reply. My husband applied in April so he got his ILR in Sept 2014. When we travelled to Pakistan one year earlier in 2013 , my child was not entitled to British citizensip but now since the visa is changed and he is settled , my ist question is can we apply for our kid's citizensip overseas? irrespective of her immigration status. Secondly, as you said could be problems if I travel as Tier 1 dependant should I switch to new stauts but its going to take long as we are expecting a second baby and his birth should be in uk. We are in a muddle. Need your suggestion plz.

dear friends,
can someone guide me on this matter please???
its very urgent

what to do if i am sort of £250 for the financial requirement for FLR (M)??
i mean my salary comes up to £18350 for the last year

regards

meghankit wrote:dear friends,
can someone guide me on this matter please???
its very urgent

what to do if i am sort of £250 for the financial requirement for FLR (M)??
i mean my salary comes up to £18350 for the last year

regards

Hello meghankit,
i don't think there is anything you can do at the moment if you fall short of £250 from meeting the £18,600
All you can do is to use application form FLR(FP). Most senior members of this forum can advise you more on this.

Hope this helps

chs wrote:With God's grace I've received my ILR today, please see below timelines. I'll also update google drive shortly:

Application Sent: 8th July 2014
Acknowledgement Letter Date: 10th July 2014
Biometric letter received: 17th July 2014
Biometric enrolled: 18th July 2014
Decision Date: 11th October 2014 (this shows they work on weekends as well as 11th was a Saturday)
BRP received: 16th October 2014

Massive thanks to this forum.

I just want to say how important role we all play in this forum by updating our timelines as this immensely helps anyone who has applied to understand how long it may roughly take for their application to get processed.

My best wishes are with all of those who are waiting and bless you all who actively participate in this forum !!

Hi chs,
Congratulations on your successful ILR and thank you for sharing your timeline and experience as this will go along way in helping other members of the forum.
Enjoy your freedom.

Shahkakaram wrote:Hello Guys ,

July applications are speeding up ...one of my friend ( he is not from this froum ) applied on 11TH july 2014 and he has got his ILR today 16ht OCT 2014 ...( almost three months ) ...according to him his case was so simple ...last extension was done on TIER 1 and valid untill 2016 ....

Best of luck those who are waiting ,
Regards ,
S.Akaram

Hello Shahkakaram, Congratulations to your friend who obtained his ILR.

sajnan wrote:hi
i came to uk on 10th dec 2004 on student visa however my visa was issued on 1st november 2004. i know we should not send the ILR application more than 28 days before the qualifying period. my question is whether someone has successfully applied for ILR based on the date when visa was issued?or we should follow the date when the applicant enetered uk.
UKIV GUidance says:

Your 10-year qualifying period starts from either:

when you arrived in the UK with a visa
when you were given permission to stay in the UK

plz share ur experience .

Hi sajnan,
Your time starts counting from the day you arrived in the UK, this topic has been discussed in this forum before.
Hope this helps.

jignesh455 wrote:Application for Set LR

Application received by HO : 22/09/2014

Acknowledgement received: 26/09/2014

Biometric received: 16/10/2014

Biometric enrolled: 16/10/2014

Decision pending: ???

Can someone update the derail on spreadsheet please?

Cheers !!!!

Hi jignesh455,
You are welcome to the forum and thank you for sharing your timeline. Good luck

maddysheffield wrote:Everyone ,,,it seems the applications have been decided in a good pace ...
if you look at last year July applications were decided middle of November and December and 2014 they are decided middle of October which seems to be good news for everyone ... and seems july there were less applications don't get surprised if some Augest applications decided in October end ....lets pray and enjoy the wait

Good luck and congrats to everyone who received their ILR's

maddysheffield, i completely agree with you.I also have a strong feeling that early August applicants might be getting positive response from the HO, fingers crossed.

msmussaf wrote:Aslamoalikom to all

Dear shahjee here is my history
10 years student
Applied 8 march. Set lr
Approved 2 july

For wife

Wife came as student dependent in aug 2007
Applied 4 april flrm
Approved 17 july 2 years till 16 july 2016

Question
1. When my wife can apply ILR
2. What about financial requirement

If you say any time she can apply for ILR than how can I convince Home office about 287 a-i-d.
Is there any solid documentry evidence?

Weldone buddy and a very big congratulations to you. What a relief eh!

Hi

I have applied for ilr 10 year long residence timeline as follows

Application posted 27 aug 14
Fee debited 29 aug 14
Ackonwledgement received 2 sep 14
Bio metric received 19 sep 14
Biometric enrolled 19 sep 14
Still waiting....
Has anyone applied recently and has received please post what is the average time these days. thanks ali

Ramos wrote:Hi Shahjee

kindly response to my query. Will be thankful

I applied for Entrepeneure Visa last April 2013
till september 2014 i havent recieved no reply except calling them n they said it is still in process. My ten years will be completed in january. I have varied my application on 10 September 2014 from entrepeneure application to IlR early four months ago. Got aknowledgement on 18 September. Money has been taken out as well.
I had differences with partner so thats why i varied my application. In Decmeber 28 days rule will apply. All i want to know what do you guys think regarding my application and is there any chance my time will be completed before my ilr application is decided. Will the decision be on date of decision or date of application.
Will i get appeal right if rejected for early apply?

Check out the case worker's new guideline regarding early applications,

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... .0_EXT.pdf
Page 15.

"Applications received more than 28 days before the required qualifying period is completed. You must refuse applications received more than 28 days before the applicant completes the required qualifying period for long residence. This is because the applicant has not completed the required period of leave in the UK. You must fully consider the case and mention any other reasons for refusal in addition to the applicant not spending enough time in the UK to complete the qualifying period. For
example, all breaks in continuous residence. Applicants who are refused under the long residence rules due to them submitting their
application too early can re-apply once they have completed their qualifying leave or up to 28 days before this."

Allesheikh wrote:Hi

I have applied for ilr 10 year long residence timeline as follows

Application posted 27 aug 14
Fee debited 29 aug 14
Ackonwledgement received 2 sep 14
Bio metric received 19 sep 14
Biometric enrolled 19 sep 14
Still waiting....
Has anyone applied recently and has received please post what is the average time these days. thanks ali

Hi Allesheikh,
welcome to the forum and thank you for sharing your timeline. You can check google drive for average processing time. Just follow the link below;

OMG,,,, I have just checked the Google drive someone seems to have played with it can't find any information.....can someone check and see what can be done ,,,,, guys be careful if you don't know how to use it plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ask the forum they will help you ,,,,, I hope someone has back up info..

waiting anxiously to see the info

Thanks

maddysheffield wrote:OMG,,,, I have just checked the Google drive someone seems to have played with it can't find any information.....can someone check and see what can be done ,,,,, guys be careful if you don't know how to use it plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ask the forum they will help you ,,,,, I hope someone has back up info..

waiting anxiously to see the info

Thanks

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO who did that man seriously not good plz people don't mess with the drive it's helps everyone hope some one has a backup of the file

K4 wrote:

maddysheffield wrote:OMG,,,, I have just checked the Google drive someone seems to have played with it can't find any information.....can someone check and see what can be done ,,,,, guys be careful if you don't know how to use it plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ask the forum they will help you ,,,,, I hope someone has back up info..

waiting anxiously to see the info

Thanks

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO who did that man seriously not good plz people don't mess with the drive it's helps everyone hope some one has a backup of the file

Moderators please provide read only access to all except few to update the drive ...Hope someone has backup file ,,,all the best ....can the person who erased info just tell what you did so it helps moderators ..plzzzz

Spatacus wrote:

meghankit wrote:dear friends,
can someone guide me on this matter please???
its very urgent

what to do if i am sort of £250 for the financial requirement for FLR (M)??
i mean my salary comes up to £18350 for the last year

regards

Hello meghankit,
i don't think there is anything you can do at the moment if you fall short of £250 from meeting the £18,600
All you can do is to use application form FLR(FP). Most senior members of this forum can advise you more on this.

Hope this helps

Hi meghankit
Spatacus is absolutely right. Or the second option for you is to show required saving in your bank account for the past six month to apply on flr(m). The amount you need to show will be £16650. Hope this make sense to you
Thanks

Allesheikh wrote:Hi

I have applied for ilr 10 year long residence timeline as follows

Application posted 27 aug 14
Fee debited 29 aug 14
Ackonwledgement received 2 sep 14
Bio metric received 19 sep 14
Biometric enrolled 19 sep 14
Still waiting....
Has anyone applied recently and has received please post what is the average time these days. thanks ali

The tracker showed this timeline for you:

Allesheikh 26/08/2014 04/09/2014 16/09/2014 16/09/2014

Pls can someone advise me pls. I have read the guidance that I can vary my application, is this true and uncomplicated?
I am struggling to complete the fees for LR. I applied for FLR O, got declined and appealed, had d hearing but awaiting the decision. I am now 10 yrs. Can I vary the initial appeal n pay the difference in cost? And how do I vary the application?

Hi Ehasan bahi,
Can you confirm the dates with your friend that
what date his Mrs applied for her FLR(M)?
I am dead sure that she applied it beofre the 6th of April 2014,
and than could you also confirm with them that,
Did she received a 2 years visa on that FLR(M) ?
Yet again I am dead sure on that, that she received a 2 years visa.
If both of the above statements are correct than she was still covered under the transitional arrangements, any application after the 6th of April 2014, from a dependent of a settled person through long residency i.e 10 years long stay, have to apply FLR(M) through Appendix(FM) and I don't think that paragraph 287(a) is relevant any more.
If you can kindly confirm these dates for us, that will be great, as there are many members who can take advantage from your friends case, and this information is very relevant, especially to the dependents of settled person through 10 years long residency.
We will be eagerly waiting for your reply. Many thanks.
Kind regards
Shahjee[/color][/quote]

Hello Shahjee bhai,

I am confirming that both application made on 2013. So I was asking whether 287(a ) is still existing in home office policy or not.
Anyway, I will check the policy again or I will send email to Home office for confirmation.

Many thanks for your cordial cooperation.

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Hello Shahjee bhai,

Now I have seen the updated rules (28th July 2014) and found that in immigration rules part 8, still 287a 1 d is existing and states that
"__(d) the applicant was admitted to the UK or given an extension of stay as the spouse or civil partner of a Relevant Points Based System Migrant; and then obtained an extension of stay under paragraphs 281 to 286 of these Rules and has completed a period of 2 years as the spouse or civil partner of the person who is now present and settled here."

Regards,[/quote]

Dear Shahjee bhai,

Have you seen the above mentioned policy at home office website? Do you have any suggestion for me?

Many thanks,

Ahmed