Please Help - How To Apply For Ilr Visa If Married To A Brit

Dear Friends,
I require a help. I am on a student visa (Sponsored by the UK university for my educational fees) from past 10 months in UK and am married to a British from past 7 years (staying together outside UK throughout these 7 years). However we both were married outside UK and had been staying outside UK for these 7 years. I want to know whether I can apply for ILR visa or any other "suitable visa" (converting my student visa to ILR/FLR (M) visa). I have recently passed my Life in UK test. And will it be a problem/objection if I am switching from student visa to ILR visa when I am getting scholarship from UK univ. itself. My husband (who is a British citizen) joined and came with me to UK in August, 2009. However my spouse was on state benefit for last 6 months, and recently started job. Whether I can apply for the visa from UK itself. We had submitted our marriage certificate to Job Centre/ City Council, when we came to UK. And I had put my husband (who is a British citizen) as a dependant while I had applied my student visa.
Thanks & Regards,
Pranush

Hi Moderator,
Can you please help me.

Thanks,
Pranush

You'll need two year FLR visa first, there's no way of going straight to ILR unless you got ILE from outside UK after four years marriage. Too late for that now.

Hi Moderator,

Thank you very much for the information. Just some more advice :

Can I switch from student visa to FLRM Visa (just after 10 months in UK) and do I need to have CoA (xerox copy of the marriage certificate was submitted to job centre and local city council). Is it (Submitted the xerox copy to Job Centre and city council) not sufficient for CoA.
How many payslip of the sponsor (in this case my spouse) would be required as an attachment. Is it sufficient to show two payslip.
I have my student status letter from my univ. - Is it sufficient ? Since it is very difficult to get the attendance record letter when I am doing PhD (No classes are held).

Thanks & Regards,
Pranush