Thanks jaskiratbaweja for the info. Today I had been Croydon office for my ILR and the case worker said that she cannot make the decision and referred to senior case worker. I had 2 absence of more than 90 days both work related. Had a letter from employer and also I had applied 7 monts late. I was ...

Hi jaskiratbaweja, I my case is similar to your only thing is my appointment with home office is tomorrow and my Tier 1 visa expries March end. I have tried to find out the answer to what happend if they reject the ILR after my current visa is expired. According to my understanding if the ILR gets r...

Thanks Ash for the detailed explanation. So this means that if ILR gets rejected after current T1 visa expries, only way to apply for T1 Visa extension is with the appeal.

Hi Ashmad, Vinny As your ILR is under processing , if you apply for T1 extension which one will be given priority ? I believe you are doing this to be in safe side just in case if your Ilr gets rejected ( I pray that not to happen). If the Ilr gets rejected and your tier 1 visa is expired at that ti...

Senior Members, Could you please clarify the below question If I apply for ILR under 5 year Tier 1 category and get rejection after my current Tier 1 Visa expires, will I be able to apply for Tier 1 extension? (Say My current Visa is valid till March 30 2012, I apply for ILR on 1st March 2012, UKBA ...

Hi Santosh,

Congratulations.

Could you please let me know if you had an option to extend tier 1 visa when your ILR was rejected(initially) or appeal was the only option?

@visha & sushdmehtal - Could you please let me know if rejecting ILR application had any impact on your Tier 1 Extension ?. I am in the similar boat with an absence of 339 days(all are paid leave & business trip). My current Tier 1 expire on 30th April. I am want to understand if I apply ILR and get...

Hi Bobby,

Could you share the Employer letter that you provide to cover the absence?

Cheers
Ranga[/quote]

Hi ,

I have applied for my Tier 1 Extension on 17th Oct by post. Got the Ack letter but still have not recieved Bio Metric Letter.

Could you let me know if you had called home office and got any response

Cheers,
Ranga

hi! my wife had had her ILR application refused quite recently as she was on her maternity leave and had to visit her father who has terminal illness back home and the reason for the refusal was that she spent more than 90 days outside the UK. Her Tier 2 Migrant visa expires on November 2011. and t...

Hi All, I hold a Tier 1 General visa and due for ILR in Aug 2012. I am in UK 2006 and have been out of the country for 140 days till date. ( All of them are paid leave). I am currently on maternity leave and planning to go to my home town for a period of 60 days. This will make number of days outsid...