Nope afraid they weren't working either, not at all. And I actually didn't come here with the intention of studying. I was working for the first two years and decided I wanted to get a degree. Surely they can't penalise me for wanting a higher salary so I can pay more taxes. passport_seeker, instea...
Well I am afraid I disagree with you here, yes an ancestry visa is initially meant for employment. However I have a couple of good friends of mine who have done the exact same thing as me and gone to uni. They got ILR no probs. Whether this means that the case workers are incompetent or the rules c...
Well I am afraid I disagree with you here, yes an ancestry visa is initially meant for employment. However I have a couple of good friends of mine who have done the exact same thing as me and gone to uni. They got ILR no probs. Whether this means that the case workers are incompetent or the rules c...
It says 5 years in continuous residence Oh boy, you just don't understand. That is one of the conditions. The other condition is to work, not study. Employment is clearly mentionned in the conditions. There isn't anything about coming in with the intention to study. Now that we have the whole story...
Periods abroad of more than 3 months are always going to be a problem. Moreover, it stands to reason that you are meant to spend 5 continuous years in the UK and your stays abroad break that continuity. Here is the relevant section of the Immigration Directorate Instructions for caseworkers: 3. CAL...
Well it sort of came up. As I have just graduated and I was at University maybe it was somewhat overlooked. I intend to find employment and gave them a whole pile of correspondence between myself and prospective employers. As property is in the dumps at the moment, it isn't exactly easy getting a j...
Well it sort of came up. As I have just graduated and I was at University maybe it was somewhat overlooked. I intend to find employment and gave them a whole pile of correspondence between myself and prospective employers. As property is in the dumps at the moment, it isn't exactly easy getting a jo...
I arrived in 2003. In 2004 I went backpacking for over three months. In 2006 I had work experience abroad which lasted over three months. That work experience abroad in 2006, was it in any way related to your job in the UK, or even better, were you sent or asked to go by your UK employer? In 2009, ...
Dear All, I have been reading your discussions and have two questions: a) In you case when they said the you dont qualify for ILR did they extend you FLR? b) DO you have to give a test when completing 5 years in the UK and going for ILR? regards They gave me a visa for five further years under Temp...
passport_seeker, can you give us the dates when you have those 3+ month breaks? In the next five years, you can apply at any time that your stays abroad become ok. The aim is to find if you can apply in 1 or 2 years. I arrived in 2003. In 2004 I went backpacking for over three months. In 2006 I had...
The case worker told me that the limit I was allowed out the country was 225 days. They said I had exceeded that which is in line with the amount of days I was out of the country. They ended up giving me a five year visa which is Temp leave to remain. However that puts me right back where I was when...
My grandfather was born in the UK in 1923. My father was born in a BRITISH military hospital in Berlin. I was born in Zimbabwe. It had been assumed that my dad was British by birth and therefore I would be british by descent. However over the years he has been told that this information was incorrec...
I have just read some of Benz52's posts regarding paid leave from the country.
Would my situation be any different say for example if I was paid for my work experience? Which reduce my days to approx 220 days outside the country in a 5 year period?
I am an Australian citizen who came to the UK under an ancestry visa. During my five years I have been absent from the UK for 281 days. In addition to this I have spent more than three months out of the country in any one year, twice. Once due to backpacking the other down to work experience. I was ...
