There is no longer a 2 year route to ILR if she applies on FLR(M), it is a 5 year residence route to ILR in the FLR(M) visa category. Applying to switch visa will reset her clock to zero. On what basis is her partner applying for ILR, 5 years tier 1 or 10 years long residence? I was looking at the ...

Thank you so such fast reply, her spouse would be applying under 5 years ILR in Tier category

A friend of mine is a dependant of Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant. Her visa expires in 2018, her husband is about to apply for ILR. From what I understand under the new changes in November 2016, in order for her to be eligible for ILR she had to spend at least 183 days a year for the previous 5 years ...

Finally our approval letters arrived! Eligibility criteria: Tier 1(G) + ILR Language criteria met: national of English speaking country Nationality: USA Method of application: NCS - Kensington Date of application: 20/05/2016 Payment method: Credit card Date of receipt by UKBA: Date of ...

I have actually checked this specifically with the Home Office before and they said that it was not possible

Pure speculation, but this could be similar to the bad luck my wife had with her name when we visited the USA. By Spanish tradition she has four names and a couple of them are pretty common. For a year and a half we were always kept by immigration when we visited for an extra 2 hours while they ...

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1(G) + ILR Language criteria met: national of English speaking country Nationality: USA Method of application: NCS - Kensington Date of application: 20/05/2016 Payment method: Credit card Date of receipt by UKBA: Date of acknowledgement: 09/06/2016 Date money gone off ...

I have been waiting since May 2016, i was on Tier 1 (General), never a parking ticket in my life (not only in this country). I do not understand what can be causing the delay, and I think it is completely unfair that they would be reviewing other cases before closing off the cases that are just ...