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by mitchtr
Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:01 pm
Forum: Indefinite Leave to Remain
Topic: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?
Replies: 9
Views: 602
Barbados

Re: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?

Note that I did not have to attain ILR as I was already exempt from immigration control by virtue of my exempt visa.
by mitchtr
Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:59 am
Forum: Indefinite Leave to Remain
Topic: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?
Replies: 9
Views: 602
Barbados

Re: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?

I was afforded the ability to live and work in the U.K. via Section 8(2) U.K. Immigration Act: 2)The Secretary of State may by order exempt any person or class of persons, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as may be imposed by or under the order, from all or any of the provisions ...
by mitchtr
Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:48 pm
Forum: Indefinite Leave to Remain
Topic: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?
Replies: 9
Views: 602
Barbados

Re: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?

I fail to see how the below two requirements excludes my wife as she does have a combination of (i) and (ii). My exempt vignette which I received for entry as an international civil servant gave us indefinite leave to enter and for my wife as a partner. The spousal visa afforded limited leave to rem...
by mitchtr
Fri Dec 27, 2019 6:18 pm
Forum: Indefinite Leave to Remain
Topic: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?
Replies: 9
Views: 602
Barbados

Re: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?

Thank you for the prompt response. I’ve perused Immigtation Rules Appendix FM but can’t seem to locate any references to our situation. Could you please let me know in which specic Section etc. I can find this information?
by mitchtr
Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:22 pm
Forum: Indefinite Leave to Remain
Topic: 5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?
Replies: 9
Views: 602
Barbados

5 Year Residency but ineligible for ILR?

My wife has been in the U.K. now for 5 years working and paying taxes. When she first arrived she was on my visa - an exempt vignette - which allowed her to work etc. When I became a British citizen my wife had not yet met the 5 year residency requirement and so had to switch to a spousal visa. Appa...
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