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ILR 10 years long residence info needed
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:52 pm
by Zeezee123
Hi everyone, I have a couple of questions so I will be very grateful if you guys can help me. I came to UK in june 2003 and I am currently on tier1 general which is expiring in apr 2013 and I am short by just under 3 months to complete my 10 years. Can someone please tell me if I need to extend my tier1 visa first and then apply for ILR or I can apply for ILR directly. My second question is about my wife's visa she came in the UK in July 2009 so will I be able to apply for her ILR with me or she will have to wait and apply on a later date. Any help will be very much appreciated. Kind regards, Zee
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:20 pm
by Hadi88
There is no rule on extending it only within last 3 months or within 28 days on the current visa, as many people tend to think. Tier 1 General extension can be anytime, it just may be more sensible not to extend too early.
If you extend earlier than 3 months before your visa expires then your new visa will start on the day of decision, in other words, you'd lose some time on your current visa. If you are planning to apply for an ILR based on the two Tier 1 visas then you'd be short of time and would have to do another extension, which in most cases is unnecessary.
However, if you had other visas before Tier 1 which can be combined with Tier 1, such as HSMP or Work Permit or some (only some!) Tier 2 Intra-Company Transfer visas, then you probably won't need another extension.
If you extend your visa within 3 months before it expires then the UKBA tends to issue a visa, so that you won't be losing any time on your current visa and shouldn't need another extension.
Examples when applicants choose to extend early: those who travel a lot on work and won't be able to extend later; those who are working abroad and it is the only time they can time off or perhaps there are family circumstances which prevent from coming to the UK later; some clients want to apply for a mortgage and banks want a longer visa; some employer want to see a visa for at least f months or at least a year to offer a job.
For ur wife she can be dependent on u,for 5 years