husband coming over

hi everyone,
this is for my friend who on a workpermit and her husband got the workpermit dependant visa from india.

could anyone please tell me up to how long we can stay in india after getting the visa stamped? we been told that one has to entry here before 6 months . is that true? is it applicable to dependant visa holders? he cam here recently for 2 weeks and went back . how long he can stay there? or do we need to validate the visa in every 6 months time? pliz reply

Hello,

A dependant can stay outside of the UK as long as he/she wants to, provided he/she is not ascent from the UK for more then 2 years in 1 go.

A main applicant can enter the UK and live there for 5 years. His/her dependant can join her/him just 1 day before the main applicant applies for ILR, and the dependant should be granted ILR together with that main applicant.

That only applies for ILR.

For naturalization purposes a dependant must have not exceed 450 days outside of the UK for the 6 years preceding naturalization application.

The choice is yours.