Continous stay and changed status

Bigyou wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:44 am

Thank you everyone for all you do here with quality information.

I have recently received my visa but this time via the family 10 years route. So in essence I switched from Entrepreneurs. I would like to know if I can apply for ILR since I now have a 2.5 years visa. Does the time when the visa expired count as part of my continous stay despite switching from one route to another.

A quick recap:
I came into the UK in 2010. My last visa which was Entrepreneurs route expired in 2017. I was refuseed entreprenuer extention visa in 2019.

Then an administrative error made them give me wrong information about a visa they never issued. I had to reapply in June 2020 but due to covid the delay spanned and I just got my visa this June.

Please advise if my 10 years legal stay is still valid and not broken with the refusal.

Thank you.

Happydays11 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:02 pm

if you apply SAR you can see what they wrote to your previous applications. they normally write in-time application Yes/No or out-of-time-application Yes/No.

this will give you better idea.