Hi CR001,
Thanks for the reply.
I am a UK citizen via 5 Year Tier1 General route.
This one is for my wife.
In Octo 2020 I applied SET(M) for my wife believing 2 years from Entry Clearance (2015-2017) and three years on PBS dependent Leave to Remain (2015 - 2020) would make five year to get her ILR. Casework emailed to advised my wife is still falling back a few years under 5 years (60 months route).
1. I would like to understand, is entry clearance not counted towards 5 years ILR route?
2. I have been advised to make fresh application. I believe this would be an extension under PBS dependent Leave to remain? However, I cannot find much info on the home office website. Thankfully, I found below link from this forum but I am not sure if this link for PBS dependent extension is still valid and home office would consider application through this site?
https://visas-immigration.service.gov.u ... nt-partner
(I have part completed the form the Type of visa / application it suggests as: PBS, Start-up, Innovator or Global Talent dependant partner)
3. Instead, If I re-apply through family route extension following below link, my worry is, this would reset number of years to 0 under new family category. Not sure if this is the way forward for PBS dependent leave to remain extensions?
https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse
4. With the link in point 2 (if the link is still active and valid for Home Office applications) I can use same IHS surcharge reference from the year 2017?
Kindly advice way forward please.
Many many Thanks
Avatib