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Hi I am planning to apply for ILR using my 10 yearlong residence and this is my travel history:

•The first visa was: a visit visa (student visitor) to study English language.
Issued 12.02.2012 expired 13.01.2013
I entered the UK on 07.04.2012

• On 06.08.2012 I returned to my country and I applied for a new visa:
Visa tier 4 general student
Issued 07.09.2012 expired 21.08.2013
I entered the UK on 27.09.2012

•On 26.07.2013 I returned to my country, I applied for a new visa: tier 4 general student visa to study for Ph.D.
Issued 09.09.2013 expired 29.01.2018

• On 12.12.2017 I applied for asylum
I was granted humanitarian protection (HP)
Issued 08.08.2018 expires 17.06.2023.

My questions:

1.does the first visa (visit visa student visitor) count towards the 10-year residency?
2.which date should I use to calculate the ten years. The entry date or the first issued visa date?
3.Regarding my travel history, explained above, do I have any gaps that broke my 10-year residency?
4.If I can apply for ILR through the 10-year residency, what is the earliest date I can do so?

Thank you so much for your help in advance

1. All visa count.

2. Date if entry to the UK.

3. Any single absence of 180 days breaks residence and total absence of 540 days makes you ineligible. There is no discretion.

4. No sooner than within 28 days before the 10th anniversary of the date you entered the UK.

Than you so much for your prompt reply,
As you can see from my travel history above, my second visa expired when I was in my country, I was issued another visa 19 days later. Did this break my continuous residency?

alimohamedhamed wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:31 pm

Than you so much for your prompt reply,
As you can see from my travel history above, my second visa expired when I was in my country, I was issued another visa 19 days later. Did this break my continuous residency?

No!

Thanks a lot!

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... 6.0ext.pdf

Most of your questions will get cleared when you read some of the examples in the above regarding continuous residence

poper wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:40 pm

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... 6.0ext.pdf

Most of your questions will get cleared when you read some of the examples in the above regarding continuous residence

Thank you for your reply, I read the paragraph about Treatment of temporary admission or
temporary release. but I couldn't find anything about the visitor visa. in my case, I entered the UK on a visitor visa and then I changed before it expired to a tier 4 student visa so is the period that I spent under a visitor visa will be counted towards the 10 years or not?

Thanks

https://www.gov.uk/long-residence

Overview
You can apply to settle in the UK if you’ve been in the UK legally for 10 continuous years (known as ‘long residence’).

All visas count towards legal residence

Thanks