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Thanks for your quick reply.
CULLINAN wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:25 pmYes you are eligible from 29th Sep 2021 minus 28 days.
Your absence from UK should not be more than 180 days on rolling basis i.e. any 12 months, after any leave that was granted after 11th Jan 2018. In your case March 2018 onwards.
You will have to calculate accordingly.
Are you planning to give birth abroad? I am planning to give birth here in UK
Your husband does not live in UK? We are living here in UK
maricentr wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:35 pmCULLINAN wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:25 pmYes you are eligible from 29th Sep 2021 minus 28 days.
Your absence from UK should not be more than 180 days on rolling basis i.e. any 12 months, after any leave that was granted after 11th Jan 2018. In your case March 2018 onwards.
You will have to calculate accordingly. The absences I've listed were the days we spent outside UK (e.g on 31 May 2018 we left UK and came back on 28 Aug 2018 = 89 days absent) and so on. I am counting 298 days absences (give or take) since March 2018 onwards.
Are you planning to give birth abroad? I am planning to give birth here in UK
Your husband does not live in UK? We are living here in UK
You should not have extended your PBS extension. Rather you should have gone for a spouse visa. You will take 5 years on spouse visa to settle but there is no absence limits on family route (if I am correct).
CULLINAN wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:22 pmYou should not have extended your PBS extension. Rather you should have gone for a spouse visa. You will take 5 years on spouse visa to settle but there is no absence limits on family route (if I am correct).
If my calculation is correct, see attached:
Thank you for your quick and valuable responses.CULLINAN wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:48 pmYes you could have shifted to family route and could have applied a spouse visa. If you had done that, your ILR clock would have reset to zero previously and your time would have started to tick for ILR on that route. Obviously if you met all the requirements of FLR(M).
Now, you still can shift to FLR(M) but you will have to spend 5 years on this category before you can apply ILR on SET(M). There is no absence limit on family route as far as I know.
or
you can continue on PBS route till you complete 5 continuous years of residence. Each time you break the absence limit, it will reset the time.
Thanks for your reply.CULLINAN wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:11 amYour son born abroad will be tagging along with you. He will apply for ILR when you will. The residence does not apply to him though but he can only apply when the less privileged parent (in immigration sense) i.e you apply for ILR.
If you plan to switch to FLR(M), you will switch your son also.
In your case, your son has to have ILR before he can be registered as a British Citizen.
Also read:
https://www.freemovement.org.uk/the-180 ... tner-visa/
https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigrati ... on/refundsRefunds
You’ll get a full immigration health surcharge (IHS) refund if:
you paid twice
your visa application is refused
you withdraw your visa application
Thank you very much for the illustration and your responses. Your inputs are of tremendous help to me. I will study this thoroughly and weigh on the pros and cons between PBS and partner visa, whichever would be the best route to take. Thanks again.
Good luck.. hope you can make an informed decision.
Hello again!CULLINAN wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 2:50 amIf you switch, you would need to pay IHS again at the new rate calculated at the date of application. However, I believe you should get a refund if you pay twice as the guidance says:
https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigrati ... on/refundsRefunds
You’ll get a full immigration health surcharge (IHS) refund if:
you paid twice
your visa application is refused
you withdraw your visa application
The rolling basis absence works in a way that you can not have any absence outside UK for more than 180 days in ANY 12 month period i.e rolling basis on any leave that was granted after 11th Jan 2018.
For example:
1/1/2019 - 31/12/2019 (not more than 180 days outside)
2/1/2019 - 1/1/2020 (same as above)
3/1/2019 - 2//1/2020 (same as above)
and so on....
You will have to do the calculations yourself.
To be honest, given your situation the easiest for you to settle is via the PBS route given you keep a check on your absences and maintain a 5 year continuous residence.
If you cant, then obviously you will have to settle through FLR(M) which gives you benefit of no absence limits but you have to incorporate your additional costs, paper work, meeting the visa specific requirements etc and a reset of ILR clock.
But 180days TOTAL absences only until the targeted ILR application date? Not 180 days every end of the 12month rolling basis?maricentr wrote: ↑Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:59 pmHello again!CULLINAN wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 2:50 amIf you switch, you would need to pay IHS again at the new rate calculated at the date of application. However, I believe you should get a refund if you pay twice as the guidance says:
https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigrati ... on/refundsRefunds
You’ll get a full immigration health surcharge (IHS) refund if:
you paid twice
your visa application is refused
you withdraw your visa application
The rolling basis absence works in a way that you can not have any absence outside UK for more than 180 days in ANY 12 month period i.e rolling basis on any leave that was granted after 11th Jan 2018.
For example:
1/1/2019 - 31/12/2019 (not more than 180 days outside)
2/1/2019 - 1/1/2020 (same as above)
3/1/2019 - 2//1/2020 (same as above)
and so on....
You will have to do the calculations yourself.
To be honest, given your situation the easiest for you to settle is via the PBS route given you keep a check on your absences and maintain a 5 year continuous residence.
If you cant, then obviously you will have to settle through FLR(M) which gives you benefit of no absence limits but you have to incorporate your additional costs, paper work, meeting the visa specific requirements etc and a reset of ILR clock.
I am trying to do the calculations of the 180days.
The rolling basis absence works in a way that you can not have any absence outside UK for more than 180 days in ANY 12 month period i.e rolling basis on any leave that was granted after 11th Jan 2018.
If my PBS visa extension was granted 23 March 2018 - this will be the start of counting the 12 month period as follows?
24/03/2018 - 23/03/2019
24/03/2019 - 23/03/2020
24/03/2020 - 23/03/2021
The previous absences before 23 March 2018 is irrelevant, is that correct?
If my PBS visa extension was granted 23 March 2018 - this will be the start of counting the 12 month period as follows?
24/03/2018 - 23/03/2019
24/03/2019 - 23/03/2020
24/03/2020 - 23/03/2021
This is (a) as stated above. You can not even exceed 180 days on rolling basis i.e. (b) as stated above also
The previous absences before 23 March 2018 is irrelevant, is that correct?
Correct