I was hoping for more solutions, but thank you Amber. So it looks like the settlement clock reset is indeed real then. It's a shame and unfair regulation for switching to FLR(M). Though I didn't realise about the SET(LR) route - at least that could reduce the period to 4 years instead of 5 in my ...

I have been in UK since Sep 2008, first came on student visa, a year after then switched to PSW, and in Dec 2011 then switched to Tier-2 (General), which should mean I have been on the settlement qualifying period only for 2.5 years so far. I had been married to my husband in Dec 2012, but I did not ...

Thanks for the quick reply Greenie! By switching to 'ILR dependent', I meant to become a dependent of my partner in a joint ILR application. So from what you described, it sounds like this is only allowed if I was already a Tier 1 dependent of him then? Also, if that was true, I am confused with the ...

Hi there, I've got some doubts regarding switching from Tier 2 to ILR dependant. Hope you'd be able to help. I'm currently on Tier 2 General granted on Dec 2011 and will expire in 2014, I was on PSW before. My fiancé (currently on Tier 1 General) is going to apply for his ILR next month. I wonder if ...