EJ PERTERS wrote:Hello, Greetings to you all who have made this forum so informative.
I believe my application should be straight forward but which to get an advice as in intend to apply next week.
(1) Firstly,
I first arrived in the Uk as a visitor , 1st of April 2005 stayed in UK for 3 weeks then returned back to my own country and returned back in to the UK June 15th 2005 ( spending about 75days out) on a student visa and has never left the country since then till date.
Questions 1... Does my entry as a visitor count in my 10 years or I have to wait till June 15th to make my ILR application.
(2) Secondly,
I am currently on a point base dependant visa with 10years stay made up of shown below
1. Visiting visa-----------------April 2005
2. Study Visa-------------------June 2005 - Jan 2012
3. PSW-------------------------- Feb 2012 - Feb 2014
4. Student dependant-------- April 2014 till Dec 2018
Question 2. Since April 2015 will make it 10years in the country , am I entitled to apply for ILR and if so what form am I to use.
Kindly advice as I look forward to making an application ASAP.
Many Thanks
Hi EJ,
Answers
1) As far as I'm aware, visitor visa doesn't count towards anything - be that tourist or student visitor.
But please do check as rules keep changing always!
So if I were you, I'd wait till June to the safe side. You don't want it rejected and risk huge fees!
2) If applying on the 10 year rule it is the Set LR form you need, I believe.
And good luck!