Dependent visa category when main applicant applies for ILR

[balaseenu]

Hello,

I am on skilled worker visa and entered the UK during Jan-2018. I am applying for ILR on 9th Feb with priority service and hoping that I will get decision within a week. My wife joined me here in the UK after 2 months, but she spent more than 180 days outside the UK so I couldn't apply ILR for her along with my application.
Last year I changed my job, my employer provided me COS for 1 year as I completed 4 year by that time.

Work start date in COS: 01-Mar-2022
Work End date in COS: 28-Feb-2023
BRP Valid until(Mine and my wife): 28-Feb-2023

I am confused whether I should select Skilled worker dependent visa or ILR dependent for my wife. It would be really helpful if you could answer my below questions

1) Will ILR clock reset for my wife if I go with ILR dependent visa ?

2) Can I use Skilled worker dependent visa for my wife as my work date in the COS is until 28th Feb 2023 (Received letter from my current employer stating that I will be required for foreseeable future.)?

3) Should I submit dependent visa application after getting decision on my ILR ?

[manci]

Your wife should apply for an extension of her PBS dependant visa after you have obtained ILR. In her visa application she'll have to provide details of your last CoS. She will get a mandatory 3 year extension if the requirements have been satisfied and her ILR clock will not reset.

If for any reason you don't get your ILR decision by 28 Feb she should still submit her extension application before the expiry date of her permission (28 Feb) with a cover letter explaining that decision on your ILR application is pending.

Note that there is no such thing as an ILR dependant visa.

[balaseenu]

@manci, Thank you so much for your quick response!

I started filling my wife's dependent visa application and I have some doubts in answering some of the questions in the application. could you please clarify my below queries,

1) Is this the correct link for PBS dependent visa ? In the incomplete application form its showing as , TYPE OF VISA/APPLICATION: Dependant Partner

https://apply-to-visit-or-stay-in-the-u ... anner=true

2) What is Main applicant's (My) UAN? -- Should I give the current ILR application UAN ?
3) What visa your spouse applied for ? -- I have selected Skilled worker from the list of options (ILR was not available )
4) What time period does Main applicant's Certificate of Sponsorship (COS) cover? -- I selected 3 years or less and another option is more than 3 years. FYI, I got COS from the current employer for 1 year.
5) If I understand your below comments, I should not submit this dependent application until I get ILR decision and exceptional case only if I don't get ILR decision by 28 Feb. Is that correct ? Is that OK if I get biometric appointment after 28th Feb ?

6) Should I pay 3 years of IHS and visa fee ?

[manci]

1
the link to your wife's online application is given on this website
https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/ ... d-children
Apply from inside the UK (extend or switch their visa) >> How to apply >> extend or switch to your Skilled Worker visa as your partner
2 yes
3 and 4
correct
5
Yes, read the website I provided the link for (above). Your wife must apply before her visa expires, otherwise she will be an overstayer and if there is no decision on your ILR application by that time she should write a cover letter explaining that you have already submitted an ILR application. I expect the HO will then hold her application as pending until your application is decided. You'll only get a decision on your application after attending the biometric appointment.
6
yes

[balaseenu]

@manci Thank you once again for clarifying my doubts.

For my wife's (PBS dependent) visa application, by 28th Feb should she be done with Biometrics or just online submission ?

FYI, She has done ID verification using UK immigration ID check app so I am not sure she need to book biometric appointment using sopra steria uk. But I had to book biometric appointment for my ILR application.

[CR001]

For my wife's (PBS dependent) visa application, by 28th Feb should she be done with Biometrics or just online submission ?

Online application and submission. This is the application date, not the biometric appointment date.

FYI, She has done ID verification using UK immigration ID check app so I am not sure she need to book biometric appointment using sopra steria uk. But I had to book biometric appointment for my ILR application.

She will be told what to do. It is not a choice you can make but it is highly likely that she will need to book a biometric appointment this time. Your ILR biometric appointment is irrelevant to her extension biometric appointment.

[balaseenu]

Thank you @CR001 !

I will keep you posted the status of my ILR application and my wife's application.

[balaseenu]

I received decision on my ILR and its successful. I am about to submit my wife's dependent visa application as a skilled worker dependent. Can you please confirm below mentioned visa fee and IHS are correct for the skilled worked dependent visa ?

£479 - Visa fee ( As my job is in Shortage occupation as per the previous COS)
£624 x3 = £1872

[balaseenu]

Hi,

Can someone please clarify my above query (previous post) related to visa fee and IHS for the skilled worked dependent visa ?

Sorry to ask again , as its urgent I didn't have any other option other than posting it here.

It will be really helpful as I am on the final part in submitting the application.

[CR001]

Not sure why you need confirmation. If that is what the system indicates, then that is what you pay.

If you have not paid the correct visa fee, UKVI will ask you to pay the difference.

[balaseenu]

If I am not wrong system is not showing the IHS , it dependents on the data what we enter. Also I am not expert , so I thought of asking in this group to make sure my understanding is correct.

Yes you are correct, if we pay lesser IHS then UKVI will get back to us, but most of the applicant want the process to go as smooth as possible and correct at the first time. That was my intention as well.

In my case I paid the wrong IHS, since I have given visa end date as 31-Dec-2024 it has shown me 2 years of IHS and I couldn't edit. If we share our experience it might be helpful for someone in the future.

[CR001]

In my case I paid the wrong IHS, since I have given visa end date as 31-Dec-2024 it has shown me 2 years of IHS and I couldn't edit. If we share our experience it might be helpful for someone in the future.

You are certainly not the only one to have done this. There are 100s of queries like this all the time. If you had searched the forum, you would have seen the advice given.