Nothing was for sure. That's the reason I got the covid-19 in September 2021 in the UK and had been in hospital under special treatment for over 12 days.
No need for your personal thoughts.

The Home Office have a discretion to allow absences from the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic, when travel was severely restricted.
Discretion exists to allow absences up to 900 days in the five year period or 540 days in the three year period (for applicants who are married to British citizens).

Sorry about that
2020 -->the whole year - from 01 Jan to 31 Dec
2021 --> from 01 Jan to 11 June
2023 --> 28 Jan to 21 Feb
2023 --> 15 April to 25 April
2023 --> 15 Oct to 31 Oct
2023-2024 --> 30 Dec 2023 to 10 Jan 2024
2024 --> 16 March to 2 April
2025 --> 13 Jan to 4 Feb

Apologies for my late reply.

I've been absent from the UK the whole 2021, and came back on 11th June 2025. Plus in 2023 - 2024 - 2025 I took a few weeks holiday (94 days).

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Dear all

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