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I had applied for a 5 Years Tier 2 General visa and was granted the visa valid from '8 March 2016' to '27 Feb 2021' which is 8 days less than the full five year duration.

I entered UK on '12 March 2016'.

Please advise if I will be eligible for ILR and if yes, what date can I apply on?

Also, what are the documents I need to collate?
I have read that one needs to get a letter from the employer if he/she goes out of the UK on Annual Leave (as I will be travelling to India once an year using my Annual Leaves).
Is there any particular template/format for that letter?

What are the other conditions I need to be careful about to become eligible for ILR?

Please advise.

anub2016 wrote:I had applied for a 5 Years Tier 2 General visa and was granted the visa valid from '8 March 2016' to '27 Feb 2021' which is 8 days less than the full five year duration.

I entered UK on '12 March 2016'.

Please advise if I will be eligible for ILR and if yes, what date can I apply on?

Also, what are the documents I need to collate?
I have read that one needs to get a letter from the employer if he/she goes out of the UK on Annual Leave (as I will be travelling to India once an year using my Annual Leaves).
Is there any particular template/format for that letter?

What are the other conditions I need to be careful about to become eligible for ILR?

Please advise.

I think you should relax a bit, you need to wait a long 5 years for your ILR and keep an eye on what the government rules apply at that time. No one can suggest anything what would be the case in five years time now.

One thing I can suggest is yes, if you are going away from UK keep record of those both business and holiday trips.

Thank You for your response.

I understand that the rules keep changing But just for the peace of mind, can someone please clarify based on the current rules, if I am eligible for ILR without extension with this shortfall of 8 days in the full 5 year period, and if yes, what date can I apply on?

From 8 Feb 2021.

Its too early...even if someone says yes it doesnt help you because things might change. Eveyrtime documents requirements changes so by the time you are going to apply maybe things would have changed