Part 6A 245HF (C)(X) 2 explanation

[ravi_ei]

Hi All,

Can anyone explain what does following point in Part 6A 245HF (C)(X) 2 means for ILR under Tier 2 Migrant:

(c) The applicant must have spent a continuous period of 5 years lawfully in the UK, of which the most recent period must have been spent with leave as a Tier 2 Migrant, in any combination of the following categories:
(i) as a Member of the Operational Ground Staff of an Overseas-owned Airline,
(ii) as a Minister of Religion, Missionary or Member of a Religious Order,
(iii) as a Qualifying Work Permit Holder,
(iv) as a Representative of an Overseas Business,
(v) as a Representative of an Overseas Newspaper, News Agency or Broadcasting Organisation,
(vi) as a Tier 1 Migrant, other than a Tier 1 (Post Study Work) Migrant,
(vii) as a Highly Skilled Migrant,
(viii) as an innovator,
(ix) as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrant or a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) Migrant, or
(x) as a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Migrant, provided the continuous period of 5 years spent lawfully in the UK includes a period of leave as:
(1) a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Migrant granted under the Rules in place before 6 April 2010, or
(2) a Qualifying Work Permit Holder, provided that the work permit was granted because the applicant was the subject of an Intra-Company Transfer.

[Frontier Mole]

It is the old work permit system equivalent of the tier 2 ICT visa.
Rarely seen and highly unlikely to have been granted for any significant length of time.

Because of there short time span anyone who had one would have been moved to tier 2. ict or general years ago. It is in the rules as a cover all just in case there is an exceptional case that would encompass that work permit leave with other qualifying leave to meet the ILR timescale.

[ravi_ei]

Thanks Frontier Mole. Really appreciate it.