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Does the time spent as a dependent on a student visa count for the dependent on the 5 continuous years route for an ILR application?

I am under a Global Talent Visa and am due for my ILR application.

I came to the UK in December 2018 on a Tier-4 student visa along with my wif (Tier-4 dependent). I switched to Skilled worker visa in April 2022 and then to the Global Talent visa in October 2022. While I will be completing 3-years on the GTV and so will be due to apply for ILR, my question is about my wife.

Does my wife become eligible for ILR on the 5-years route, if the first 3 years and 9 months of her stay in the UK was as a Tier-4 student dependent and the remaining time since Oct-2022 as a Global Talent dependant?

Yes. The time spent under any dependant or even family route counts. The GTV rules do NOT care about the immigration route of the dependant as long as they have been your dependant for 5 years

Many thanks for your kind reply @zimba