Excess days for merchant seamen

Good day All,

I will appreciate your inputs towards my situation.

My wife works for the NHS as a staff nurse and I am a merchant seaman employed by a company in Norway.

My work requires me to stay offshore 6 months/year. I am in the process of making an application to join my wife in the UK as her dependent.


My questions are;

1. Are there allowable excess days outside the 180 day period granted due to nature of work for those employed by a non-British company?

2. When does the clock reset for me if I exceed the 180 day period/12 month while offshore. Do I have to wait till the ILR application before finding out that my clock has been reset or during my visa extension?


Thank you all for your inputs in advance.

Have a nice day

Good day everyone.

Please can someone help me out