qualifying period
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:25 pm
Does this mean the last 1 year after ILR is not to be considered as a part of the qualifying period ? since it saysIf you have spent time in the UK while you were exempt from immigration control, you cannot include this time as part of the residential qualifying period. If you were in the UK as a diplomat or as a member of visiting armed forces, or if you were in any place of detention, you are considered to have been exempt from immigration control during that time. This time is treated as absence from the UK when we assess your application.
this is confusing ? wrong wording ?been resident in the UK for at least five years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and