ILR (long residence) questions

[tonyflyingt]

Hi all,
I am planning to apply for ILR (long residence) this August. I’d appreciate any clarification on two issues:

A. Cancelled application:

• I had a valid Student visa in the UK that was due to expire in Jan 2023.

• In October 2021, I finished my course and submitted an application for Graduate visa

• I then decided to cancel (withdraw) that application (as I entered my passport number wrong).

• After that, I immediately submitted a new application and got approved eventually

• SAR document record I requested shows the cancelled application as "Withdrawn".

B. Changed course:

I also had a change of course in 2017. But my University immigration compliance team emailed me that since the courses were in the same department, with same length and same level, I did not need to apply for new student visa. I can also see one (and only) record on my SAR document saying "Sponsor notification - change of circumstance (Notification recorded)" (outcome: Notification recorded). Nothing related to the visa curtailment.

My question:
Will this withdrawn application and the change of course in my case affect my continuous lawful residence (and ILR application under 10 year long residence)?

Many thank in advance!

[zimba]

There are no issues but I assume you applied again before visa expiry in 2023 after you cancelled your first application

[tonyflyingt]

There are no issues but I assume you applied again before visa expiry in 2023 after you cancelled your first application

Thanks! Zimba. Yes I indeed made both (cancelled and successful) Graduate applications well before the end of student visa. That's comforting!

Can I follow up with another question in a similar situation please: I withdrew my first skilled worker visa, when switching from the Graduate visa. And then I re-applied using the priority service.

What I found in my SAR report (immigration history page) - there is a block called "Case reconsideration - withdraw" after the withdrawn skilled worker application. Again, both applications were made before the existing visa expired. Will this have any impact? Please see the screenshot here: https://ibb.co/dsJTzjzQ

Many thanks!