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Hi guys, please I would like to know if I apply for ILR after 5 years with 1 year spouse visa and 4 years FLP visa.

I had a UK student visa for 3 and half years from 2006-2010.

I had a work permit for 1.5years from November 2010 to September 2011.

I had another student visa for 1 year from September 2011 to November 2012

I had a spouse visa from November 2012 March 2014. After I broke up with my ex wife and applied for FLP.

I had a Family Life as a parent visa from March 2014 to present on a 10 year route which comes up for extending in November 2016.

However, now I earn enough to be able to switch to the 5 year route; but I want to know if I can do this or if I could apply for ILR as I have legally completed 10 years in the UK.

Also, if I am not yet eligible to apply for the ILR via staying here legally for 10 years, can I apply when I have completed 5 years in the country starting from when my spouse visa was granted in November 2012 to November 2016 which would be a mix of Spouse and FLP visa.

Thank you.

You should be able to apply under the 10 year Long Residence route.

Thanks for your quick reply.

Can I apply through the 10 years long route even though I have had 2 student visas, one work permit, one spouse and FLP visa? I came into England in Feb 2006.

If you're right then I'll be booking for my Life in the uk test this week.

Thanks again

As long as you haven't had any gaps.

Ah right! I asked an immigration solicitor who said I wasn't eligible so he's wrong.

I have only been out from the uk on holidays for a period of 1 month. Will this affect my application?

I'm looking to apply in the next 3months and would have been here for well over 10years then.

I have also applied to extend my visas early and though overstayed but only during when the application was being processed, example. Visa expires 16 November, I apply 2 Novembee which means no visa for that period until granted by home office.

It confuses me a lot.

Thank you Casa

Please, can I also ask! On the Section 3 of the ILR form "Which Category?"

Section A
Tier 1 (General) migrant (excluding applicants applying under the terms of the HSMP Forum Judicial Review Policy Document)
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant accelerated Tier 1 (Investor) migrant
Tier 1 (Investor) migrant accelerated
Section B
If applying under section B, please note that you are not required to complete section 9.
Tier 1 (General) Migrant applying under the terms of the HSMP Forum Judicial Review Policy Document
Work permit holder (only tick if you are a pre-Points Based System work permit holder) Work permit holder dependant
Employment not requiring a work permit
Businessperson
Innovator
Investor
Highly skilled migrant
Highly skilled migrant under the terms of HSMP ILR judicial review policy document Self-employed lawyer
Writer, composer or artist
Tier 2 migrant
Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent)
UK ancestry
Bereaved partner
Tier 1 dependant
Tier 2 dependant
Other purposes or reasons not covered by other applications forms

Where do you think I fall and what option or options should I tick?

Use the SET(LR) form.

Read the guide before filling in the form.

Thank You