ILR eligibility of a spouse who is not on a dependedent visa

yargos111 · Post by **yargos111** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:12 pm

Hello,
I first came to UK in Jan. 2006 on WP along with my wife who was on WP-dependent visa. Last year my wife changed visa status to Tier-1 HSMP.

I am eligible to apply for ILR in Dec. 2010 but can I also apply for my wife's ILR along with my application.

Please let me know.

Kind Regards,
Yargos

geriatrix · Post by **geriatrix** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:24 pm

yargos111 wrote:I am eligible to apply for ILR in Dec. 2010 but can I also apply for my wife's ILR along with my application.

No.

If you are still on WP (or Tier 2), then your wife will be eligible for settlement at the same time as you only if she changes her immigration status to your dependent (i.e.- dependent of WP migrant) before you apply for settlement. But this change in status can only be done from home country.

regards

yargos111 · Post by **yargos111** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:21 pm

Hi,
I have recently got Tier2-General to complete my 5 yrs stay in UK (I had a gap of around 40 days from the time I got WP and landed in UK).

Does it mean my wife can still apply for ILR if she changes status from T1 to T2-dependent? If not, whar are the options for me to ensure she get ILR.

Thanks in advance.

geriatrix · Post by **geriatrix** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:52 pm

yargos111 wrote:Does it mean my wife can still apply for ILR if she changes status from T1 to T2-dependent?

Should be okay. (319E)

regards

yargos111 · Post by **yargos111** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:56 pm

Thanks sushdmehta

devang99 · Post by **devang99** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:04 am

yargos111 wrote:Thanks sushdmehta

I got same case like you , My wife went to India to make her dependent on me .. and then we applied together for ILR visa .. Now we all got ILR visa ..

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ILR eligibility of a spouse who is not on a dependedent visa

ILR eligibility of a spouse who is not on a dependedent visa