ILR as PBS Dependant - Minimum Stay in the UK
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:17 pm
Hello
I got my Tier 2 (General) visa issued from Nov 10, 2012. But my wife was added as a PBS Dependant on this Visa from Jan 14, 2013 as she already had her own Tier 1 General visa issued before that.
Basically, my wife was on an independent PSW Tier 1 visa from Nov 2010 till Oct 2012 and then she had an independent Tier 2 General Visa which was issued on 16th Oct 2012. So although she is eligible for ILR based on her combined leave as PBS Tier 2 General and PBS Tier 2 Dependant and also lived continuously with me for 7 years in the UK she became a Tier 2 PBS Dependant from 14th Jan 2013 only.
I could not find a clear guideline from Home Office in this regard and planning to apply for ILR next week. Should I will go ahead with the application and if I can include my wife as a PBS dependant.
Set O guideline for PBS Dependant says '5 years together stay' nowhere mentioned the stay has to be as Tier 2 PBS dependant
Any advice will be immensely helpful
I got my Tier 2 (General) visa issued from Nov 10, 2012. But my wife was added as a PBS Dependant on this Visa from Jan 14, 2013 as she already had her own Tier 1 General visa issued before that.
Basically, my wife was on an independent PSW Tier 1 visa from Nov 2010 till Oct 2012 and then she had an independent Tier 2 General Visa which was issued on 16th Oct 2012. So although she is eligible for ILR based on her combined leave as PBS Tier 2 General and PBS Tier 2 Dependant and also lived continuously with me for 7 years in the UK she became a Tier 2 PBS Dependant from 14th Jan 2013 only.
I could not find a clear guideline from Home Office in this regard and planning to apply for ILR next week. Should I will go ahead with the application and if I can include my wife as a PBS dependant.
Set O guideline for PBS Dependant says '5 years together stay' nowhere mentioned the stay has to be as Tier 2 PBS dependant
Any advice will be immensely helpful