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Want to apply for Long Term Residence ILR - Is PSW period?
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:21 pm
by randhawa_uk
Hi
I would like to apply for ILR, My stay in the UK will be coming up to 10 years in September next year. During all this time I've always had a legal status. Last year I transfered my student visa to PSW - Post Study Work.
The confusion I have now is: the HO's guidelines for PSW suggest that this duration won't count towards settlement (I suppose if one takes the tier1 route etc.)
On the other side some friends are suggesting that I am eligible for ILR after 10 years as long as my stay was legal and it does not matter what visas I had during these 10 years.
Can anyone with experience please help me out here?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
Re: Want to apply for Long Term Residence ILR - Is PSW perio
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:12 pm
by vinny
randhawa_uk wrote:On the other side some friends are suggesting that I am eligible for ILR after 10 years as long as my stay was legal and it does not matter what visas I had during these 10 years.
Correct.
Re: Want to apply for Long Term Residence ILR - Is PSW perio
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:26 am
by javaid10
You are eligible...
See this
vinny wrote:randhawa_uk wrote:On the other side some friends are suggesting that I am eligible for ILR after 10 years as long as my stay was legal and it does not matter what visas I had during these 10 years.
Correct.
Re: Want to apply for Long Term Residence ILR - Is PSW perio
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:29 am
by blue.olive
you can apply
there is not prlm with that
randhawa_uk wrote:Hi
I would like to apply for ILR, My stay in the UK will be coming up to 10 years in September next year. During all this time I've always had a legal status. Last year I transfered my student visa to PSW - Post Study Work.
The confusion I have now is: the HO's guidelines for PSW suggest that this duration won't count towards settlement (I suppose if one takes the tier1 route etc.)
On the other side some friends are suggesting that I am eligible for ILR after 10 years as long as my stay was legal and it does not matter what visas I had during these 10 years.
Can anyone with experience please help me out here?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
Re: Want to apply for Long Term Residence ILR - Is PSW perio
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:14 pm
by randhawa_uk
javaid10 wrote:You are eligible...
See this
vinny wrote:randhawa_uk wrote:On the other side some friends are suggesting that I am eligible for ILR after 10 years as long as my stay was legal and it does not matter what visas I had during these 10 years.
Correct.
Thank you for clearing this up for me. I highly appreciate the link to an official response from the UK-BA.
Thank you all for replying.
Re: Want to apply for Long Term Residence ILR - Is PSW perio
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:43 pm
by Wanderer
randhawa_uk wrote:javaid10 wrote:You are eligible...
See this
vinny wrote:randhawa_uk wrote:On the other side some friends are suggesting that I am eligible for ILR after 10 years as long as my stay was legal and it does not matter what visas I had during these 10 years.
Correct.
Thank you for clearing this up for me. I highly appreciate the link to an official response from the UK-BA.
Thank you all for replying.
Long wait then!