ILR, Spouse PBS dependent

HI,
I need some help please.
I am on a 5 year Tier 2 (General) visa from 20/01/2015 to 20/01/2020.
My wife came as PBS Dependent from Pakistan with visa validity from 16/10/2017 to 20/01/2020.

In January 2020 (before expiry of my visa), I am applying for ILR through the priority service. After that I will also apply for my wife for extension (before expiry of her visa).

I have two questions:
- What category would her extension be? Would it be a PBS Dependent or ILR Dependent?
- Is she required to prove knowledge of English Language? (She was NOT required to prove it the first time she applied in October 2017. She does NOT have a UK degree)

Thanks in advance

- What category would her extension be? Would it be a PBS Dependent or ILR Dependent?

PBS dependent. It will be a 3 year extension.

- Is she required to prove knowledge of English Language? (She was NOT required to prove it the first time she applied in October 2017. She does NOT have a UK degree)

No. It will only be required for ilr when she qualifies to apply as well as LIUK.

HI,
I need some help please.
I am on a 5 year Tier 2 (General) visa from 20/01/2015 to 20/01/2020.
My wife came as PBS Dependent from Pakistan with visa validity from 16/10/2017 to 20/01/2020.

In January 2020 (before expiry of my visa), I am applying for ILR through the priority service.

I have a question:
- Should my wife also apply at the same time for her extension as i do for ILR? Or should I apply for her after i get outcome of my ILR? I would like to know which way would it be beneficial to do so?

Thanks in advance

Either but she must apply for an extension before her visa expires.

Please also keep your questions about dependent visa in one topic, this one, topics now merged.

Understood & thank you for your reply & help.

So if she applied with me, would it be through Set (O) Partner section available on my ILR application or would it have to be a separate form for PBS extension?

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Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:19 pm

So if she applied with me, would it be through Set (O) Partner section available on my ILR application or would it have to be a separate form for PBS extension?

No, she doesn't qualify for set o. She apply on the PBS dependent extension form on her own.

Thank you for all your help.

My assumption is that she will need to be filling the PBS dependent extension form (whether she applies with me or after my ILR) & NOT the FLR (M) form. Is that correct?

If she applies at the same time as my ILR application, she would be using my current BRP. Would they not reject her simply because it will be expiring on 20th Jan 2020? Therefore, would it not be beneficial that i get my ILR first & then she can use that as evidence to extend her visa?

On a side note, if i have any questions about my ILR, can i post them here or do i make a new thread?

Thanks in advance.

My assumption is that she will need to be filling the PBS dependent extension form (whether she applies with me or after my ILR) & NOT the FLR (M) form. Is that correct?

Correct.

If she applies at the same time as my ILR application, she would be using my current BRP. Would they not reject her simply because it will be expiring on 20th Jan 2020? Therefore, would it not be beneficial that i get my ILR first & then she can use that as evidence to extend her visa?

Her application will be held until yours is decided. If your ilr fails, her extension will also fail.

On a side note, if i have any questions about my ILR, can i post them here or do i make a new thread?

Please ask your ilr questions in a new topic in the ilr sub forum

Thank you for earlier responses.

While filling her application, she encountered a question about my job if it was in shortage occupation?

My SOC is: 2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified

The Appendix K for 2129 now says: All jobs in this occupation code

My original COS that was assigned to me in 2015 does not mention anything about shortage occupation.

What is it that she has to answer now? She will be submitting form in back end of December.

Thanks in advance

It is NO as your cos was not a shortage one. Only cos issued/assigned on or after 6th October 2019 are shortage.

Is she required to pay her healthcare surcharge as part of her application? If yes, how much would it be?

We also saw this confusing message on the IHS website, What does it mean?

Use this service to:

• pay the healthcare surcharge (unless you are applying for your visa online or at a UK Premium Service Centre)

Yes she has to pay IHS. It will be a 3 year visa extension and IHS is payable for 3 years, i.e. £1200.

It is payable as part of the online application form.

Thank you so much.

I am applying for ILR & she will be extending her visa as PBS dependent for 3 years (thanks to all your help).

1) How much of maintenance funds is required to be showing in her bank account? Would it be only £630 or (£630+£945)

2) If i attach my account alongside hers (she only has close to £800 in her account), would that be okay? Or does it only have to be her personal account?

Many thanks

1. If you hold ILR or applying for ILR, then only £630.

2. You only need ONE bank account in EITHER of your names showing 90 days of holding £630.

Brilliant thanks a lot.

Since her arrival in UK in Nov 2017, we have lived in two addresses.
1st address: Nov 2017 to Feb 2019
2nd address (current address): Feb 2019 onward

If we submit copies of the following documents, would that be okay?

- My passport & BRP (expiring on 20th Jan 2020)
- Her passport & BRP (expiring on 20th Jan 2020)
- 90 days bank statement on her name showing £630 & proof of current address
- Mine & her driving licence as a proof of current address
- Tenancy agreement as a proof of current address
- Water bill as a proof of current address
- Council tax bill as a proof for both addresses
- Any NHS letters as a proof for both addresses

Also does everything above need to be submitted online (as part of application) or sent by post or taken on the day of appointment?

Thanks

Have you already applied for ilr?? You can apply within 28 days before 20 Jan 2020.

Cohabitation docs seem fine provided they cover the last 2 years.

Also does everything above need to be submitted online (as part of application) or sent by post or taken on the day of appointment?

Nothing is posted to HO anymore. Everything is uploaded once you have submitted and paid and been directed to book your appointment.

Hopefully you are doing a separate PBS dependent application and not including her on your Set O form?? She can only apply for an extension at the same time as you apply for ILR or the latest, before her visa expires. Unclear if you have applied for ilr as yet or when you are applying etc

Yes, she is applying through a separate PBS extension form. No I haven't yet applied for ILR (this is what I was going to ask you). The reason being that I have not yet received documents from my employer due to Christmas break.

Can i apply for ILR without all the documents & then upload them once I receive them later (by about 6th January)? Or do I need to be uploading them at the same time as time of application?

I really wanted to apply the day my 28 day period started but couldn't really proceed without them documents & totally unsure what to do

Your supporting documents must be dated on or before the date you submit your online application.

Your dependent cannot apply without you applying or before you.

Thanks.

Looks like I will now have to wait for those documents. My plan is to apply first as soon as they arrive & then my wife applies the very next moment.

Do we then have to book appointment on same day & time?

Also in case of rejection, do we then have to leave before 20th January? Or would we get some extra time after that?

Do we then have to book appointment on same day & time

Her appointment can be after yours, even a couple of weeks after.

Also in case of rejection, do we then have to leave before 20th January? Or would we get some extra time after that?

No extra time. If your ilr fails her extension will fail and if you don't apply for anything else before 20 jan, you must leave by the expiry date of your visas.

Just to confirm, my visa started on 20th Jan 2015 but my job started on 2nd Feb 2015. So the 28 day application period would count from 20th Jan & not 2nd Feb, correct?

Unfortunately, we can't wait 2 weeks for her appointment as she's heavily pregnant & expected end of this month. Not sure when to proceed with her visa.

Also, do you suggest if she should mention her pregnancy in the covering letter including the expected date?

Just to confirm, my visa started on 20th Jan 2015 but my job started on 2nd Feb 2015. So the 28 day application period would count from 20th Jan & not 2nd Feb, correct?

This has already been answered. It starts counting from visa ISSUE date.

Unfortunately, we can't wait 2 weeks for her appointment as she's heavily pregnant & expected end of this month. Not sure when to proceed with her visa.

You just apply online before her visa expires. The appointment can be after her visa expiry date.

Also, do you suggest if she should mention her pregnancy in the covering letter including the expected date?

This is irrelevant to her application.

Hi,

I submitted my ILR application yesterday. I am going to book appointment soon.

My wife who has been separately filling her PBS - Dependant form cannot make any changes to her application. Its coming with the status 'Completed'. This was done on 15/11/2019. She had stopped at the section 5 of the form when "Pay" appeared for Health surcharge.

Has she already submitted her form? (She HAS NOT received any email about submission). Also she hasn't paid any application fee & of course she hasn't yet paid the Health Surcharge. If the form is not yet submitted then why can't she edit her answers?

And if it's already been submitted, what does she do now that I only applied for ILR yesterday?

The form only remains "active" for a certain period. Why did she complete it so early??

She will likely have to start again.

Thanks.

1) So would it be through same login details?
2) What happens to the already submitted form? Can this not be cancelled?
3) If we submit a new application form, would that replace the old form?