Settling in the UK

[salman k]

i my wife is a British national and was born in uk, we have been married for 8 years and have 2 children aged 6 and 5, both were born in pakistan and have british passports, we had gotten married in uk while i was on student visa( hve done my undergraduate and masters degree from UK)and than moved bak to pakistan where we hve recided for all this time, children going to school here as well.

With the bad law and order situation in Pakistan, my wife wants to move back to the UK, i hold a valid visit visa 4 the UK and have 9 months remaining on it. the question being that can we move back to the UK and apply for my settlement visa from within UK, i understand that for husband and wife having lived together fro over 4 years, one can get an Indefinite visa rather than @ year visit visa. The requirement of life in the UK test has also been fulfilled by myself as i cleared it last year as well.

The main question being that can i apply and change my visit visa to resident one while being in UK, as with young children they cannot stay without the father if i apply from Pakistan, also my wife wants to go ASAP.
Please reply whoever can as we need to decide at the earliest, any help would be highly appreciated.

[Lucapooka]

Please stop hijacking threads with your previously asked question.

[geriatrix]

And, please don't make multiple posts on the same topic.