ILR 10 year route - absence gap
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 4:52 pm
Hello everyone, I am looking to apply for ILR via 10 year legal residence route. All my visas have been continuous, I started living in UK since 2011 on a T4 student visa, then transitioned into T2 general visa with no gaps in my legal status whatsoever.
However, I was absent from UK for a single period over 180 days in 2017. The reason was due to my Ph.D. programme where I left UK and stayed in Canada for 224 days on a Canadian student visa. During which time, I was writing my Ph.D. thesis and came back to UK once the thesis was submitted.
Would anyone be kind enough to give me advice as in am I eligible to apply for ILR via 10 year route? Can this absence period be considered as an exemption?
Many thanks.
However, I was absent from UK for a single period over 180 days in 2017. The reason was due to my Ph.D. programme where I left UK and stayed in Canada for 224 days on a Canadian student visa. During which time, I was writing my Ph.D. thesis and came back to UK once the thesis was submitted.
Would anyone be kind enough to give me advice as in am I eligible to apply for ILR via 10 year route? Can this absence period be considered as an exemption?
Many thanks.