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5 Year short fall for ILR

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umer80
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5 Year short fall for ILR

Post by umer80 » Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:13 pm

Hi,
I seem to be in a fix here and I am hoping that someone can help me out here.

My Tier 1 (General) visa started on 15-Jan-2011 but I arrived in UK on 14-May-2011 (after about 4 months)
I applied for my extension and new visa now expires on 7-Feb-2016 which means that I will be 3 months and 7 days short on my continuous 5 years. Also, with the new rule I can't apply for another extension after Apr-2015.
This means that I will not be able to complete my 5 years of continuous stay with the current extension and I think that I can't apply for the second extension.
Is there any way out of it?

thanks,
Umer
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Go12
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Re: 5 Year short fall for ILR

Post by Go12 » Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:13 pm

Hi,
Why don't u apply for a 2nd extension be4 April 5th 2015?
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umer80
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Re: 5 Year short fall for ILR

Post by umer80 » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:12 pm

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Is it possible? I thought I could only apply for the extension only once there are 28 days left in the expiry of existing visa.
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Go12
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Re: 5 Year short fall for ILR

Post by Go12 » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:57 pm

No that is only for ilr,u can definitely go for 2nd extension be4 April 5th,everything will be fine IA
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nks
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Re: 5 Year short fall for ILR

Post by nks » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:30 am

Careful, even for ILR, it's 28 days before your qualifying period which is 5 years..
And not 28 days before current visa expiry as that may be taking you in up to 7-8 years in UK
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umer80
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Re: 5 Year short fall for ILR

Post by umer80 » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:18 pm

Thanks both.

NKS:
nks wrote:Careful, even for ILR, it's 28 days before your qualifying period which is 5 years..
And not 28 days before current visa expiry as that may be taking you in up to 7-8 years in UK
I didn't quite understand this can you please explain this.
Thanks,
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sharmao
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Re: 5 Year short fall for ILR

Post by sharmao » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:13 pm

umer80 wrote:Thanks both.

NKS:
nks wrote:Careful, even for ILR, it's 28 days before your qualifying period which is 5 years..
And not 28 days before current visa expiry as that may be taking you in up to 7-8 years in UK
I didn't quite understand this can you please explain this.
Thanks,
What NKS was trying to say is that you can apply for your ILR upto 28 days before you complete your qualifying period i.e. 5 years.

In case you extend your visa before Apr 2015 and get it extended for 3 years you do not need to wait until 28 days till the visa expires. You can apply once you complete 5 years.
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umer80
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Re: 5 Year short fall for ILR

Post by umer80 » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:19 pm

Thanks perfect. Thank you all for your help.
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