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by Rikjavik » Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:27 am
Amber thanks
I need bit more description on your answer I would really appreciate your help.
So I understand your answer as : I can apply for her tier 1 extension before it expires even after I get the ILR?
Also, is this caution going to be an obstacle in this extension?
I have visited 3 solicitors yesterday (people say they are well known for good work) and surprisingly all of them gave me different advice, although at some point I felt that I have just been wasting time and money (consultation fee x 3 ).
So here is the summary of advice from solicitors
1) Someone said I don't have to disclose this as 28 days are not elapsed from the date of warning, but then he contradicted himself by saying "oh but there is a high risk of refusal" which I already knew :s and applying together would result in both of us getting refusal.
2) I was told that my wife cannot apply for extension of her current Tier 1 dependant visa at all after I get the ILR due to the reason that main applicant will no longer be under PBS system. Also there is a 12 months wait under tier 1 extension if you have a caution. Also, he said my wife can only apply for tier 1 dependant extension if she has not hit the qualifying period (which is 2 years in our case) - very confusing :s
3) They said I should consider applying for my ILR first and then apply for her FLR (M) and this is the only safest option, but they also said it will reset her clock which mean she will have to wait for 5 years because time spent under PBS dependant cannot be amalgamated.
4) at the end, they talked about my baby who is born in UK and they said he cannot apply to register as a British Citizen even after my ILR - I left the room after this answer because at this point I was 100% sure that this is not true.
I am hoping to book another appointment today with someone else, but at the same time I expect some help on this forum.
I would appreciated if I could get some answers in details.
Could you please clarify aforementioned points?