Indefinate leave to remain

Hello everyone, i urgently need your advice please.
I applied for my ILR in 2012 on the 14 years rule. I was granted a 2yrs limited leave to remain due to my DR conviction. I was refused my ILR because the Home office said they don't believe that my conviction has been spent.
Now the 2yrs is about to expire in a few weeks, my question is,

Should i apply for my ILR?

And also on what basis should i apply for my ILR?

What does your leave say?

My leave says limited leave to remain

You'll have to see if there is any transitional protection, if not, then you'll have to extend on FLR(O), assuming you were granted DLR before July 2012.

[b]Extension of stay on the ground of long residence in the United Kingdom[/b] wrote: 276A2. An extension of stay on the ground of long residence in the United Kingdom may be
granted for a period not exceeding 2 years provided that the Secretary of State is satisfied that
the requirement in paragraph 276A1 is met, and a person granted such an extension of stay
following an application made before 9 July 2012 will remain subject to the rules in force on 8
July 2012.

OP may have an arguable case that the highlighted area of 276A2 is applicable to his case, and provided the conviction is now spent within the UKBA guidance of 2 year, I believe, he may be able to apply for ILR.

Giving its purpose and content, i don't believe that provision was design to apply to long residence on a lawful capacity only.

It seems to be, that it was designed to incorporate circumstance similar to OP's.

Perhaps SET (O) may be appropriate.

Yes I was thinking that however, given it was unlawful long residence I was a bit apprehensive but worth a go. Thanks obie for that.

I was thinking, Long Residence was classified into 2 categories in the rules in place on the 9th July 2012.

1. Continuous Residence of 14 Years.

2. Continuous lawful Residence 10 years.

The OP appeared to have obtained an extension under category 1 of long residence before 9th July 2012, therefore it may seems that the Transitional provision was designed to cover him.

If conviction is spent, then he may be able to obtain ILR on SET(O) , other wise he may be able to apply for a further 2years under the rules in place on the 9th July using FLR(O).

Thanks a million guys. I will be applying for ILR and hope for the best.

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Is it wise to just submitt photocopies that cert with wrong spelling