applying ilr from pakistan

hi
i have lived in uk from june 2002 till 31 dec 2012.but did not apply for ilr .now i am in karachi pakistan and want to apply for ilr from pakistan .my question is that can i apply for ilr from pakistan and also can i include my wife,s dependant visa application at same time.also is my life in uk test valid.thanks

It's not possible to make an ILR application outside the UK. Do you still have a valid residence permit for the UK?

no my visa is expired .what visa i can get to apply for ilr in uk and what is the time in which i can apply for ilr plz.thanks

khan042 wrote:hi
i have lived in uk from june 2002 till 31 dec 2012.but did not apply for ilr .now i am in karachi pakistan and want to apply for ilr from pakistan .my question is that can i apply for ilr from pakistan and also can i include my wife,s dependant visa application at same time.also is my life in uk test valid.thanks

If you manage to get visa and reach back to UK within 6 months since you left then you can apply it. You cannot include dependant in long residence application.

Why did you not apply under long residence while you were in the UK ?

you have nearly reached 180 days why did you leave?

Since you have already completed the required 10 years in the UK in the past from June 2002 to 2012 (assuming continuous and you meet the requirements for time spent outside the UK, gaps between applications, etc. during this period), you can come back to the UK anytime you want through any route (for e.g. Tier 4 Student) which allows you to switch in the UK and make an application using form SET(LR) as soon as you reach the UK.

It doesn't matter even if you have been outside the UK for more than 180 days now since Dec 2012 because the 10 year period that they would be taking into consideration for your ILR application is from June 2002 to 2012.

Please see page 11 last paragraph of the long residence guidance below for confirmation:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

Hope this helps.

To my limited information, you can not apply as you have left the UK and there is a break in your residency. If you get a new visa that wont be part of the chain due the break.

But I am not 100 percent sure about this.

All the best and keep us dated if you choose to apply for ILR.

rizwan567 wrote:To my limited information, you can not apply as you have left the UK and there is a break in your residency. If you get a new visa that wont be part of the chain due the break.

But I am not 100 percent sure about this.

All the best and keep us dated if you choose to apply for ILR.

If you have already lived in the UK for 10 years legally and continuously then it does not matter about absences after this time. If you come to the UK with leave to enter you can then make your set(lr) application.

khan042 wrote:i have lived in uk from june 2002 till january 2013 legally.there r no gaps in getting visa.i was legal all the time.i left uk after 10 years and 7 months.my question is can i apply for indefinite leave to enter from pakistan or i have to apply for student visa again to apply for ilr.i do want to go back.

khan042 wrote:i also have passed life in uk test.

is leave to remain means visit visa or something else

You can't (technically) come to the UK on a visit visa if you intend to settle.

i know but kindly tell me which visa i can apply to come to uk

Any visa you are eligible for.

am i eligible to apply for ile?

Read the first post in response to your original question

Read the first post in response to your original question

You should have applied ILR in the first place when you were here in the UK as its the most important thing which any migrant should do asap when they are about to complete their required time period for ILR anyways you didn't apply for ILR for some reason.

There must be some reason as why you didn't apply for ILR?and now you want to come back to the UK just to apply for ILR which doesn't make sense as why you left without applying?

zen135 wrote:you can come back to the UK anytime you want through any route (for e.g. Tier 4 Student) which allows you to switch in the UK and make an application using form SET(LR) as soon as you reach the UK.

Even if he applies for a tier 4 visa then he would be clearly deceiving the entry clearence officer as his intention is absolutely NOT to study in the UK but to ONLY gain entry so that he can apply ILR.

To be honest really don't know what he has been doing in the last 10 years he stayed in the country, if he would have been a Genuine student then obviously it doesn't take you 10 odd years to complete a degree even if you are studying medicine or architecture etc. unless you have been paying money to bogus colleges and kept getting your stay extended just to complete 10 years to be eligible for the ILR which is again a fraud and dishonesty to what he has been showing to the homeoffice every time he applied for the extension.

If you do not have enough funds to study then please do not come to the UK as you will be purely wasting your time, ruining your future and precious time which you could use in some thing worthwhile in your own country in business or education.

for your information i didnot want you to taunt me.i was only student for 5 years and 5 years i was on post study work and hsmp.so mind your language.i have not done any fraud.so dont try to insult anyone in this forum.

i was a genuine student in kingston university and also in a college which is still open where i did my acca.home office can check that any time.

khan042 wrote:i was a genuine student in kingston university and also in a college which is still open where i did my acca.home office can check that any time.

Yeah yeah don't worry we all believe you and keep trying to pull wool on our eyes

Please stop hiding things and come out clean so that someone here could give you some useful advice as still you haven't said as to why you didn't apply ILR when you were here

i had heavy debts when i left uk now i want to go to uk and apply for ilr and pay for my debts.i dont have any ccj yet as i checked it.is student visa the only option for me to gain entry to uk and apply for ilr.