Can ILR be delayed by sponsor

[Adeellab14]

My wife came over to uk on a spouse visa 4 years back, she is due for her ilr in December 2019.
I know it is a weird question but becsuse we have some situations in our relationship, I was wondering if there are any ways I could delay her ILR for few more years.

Thanks

[CR001]

Apply for a visa extension for another 2.5 years, meeting the A2 English requirement and financial requirement. Ihs has doubled though as is £1000 plus the visa fee.

[Frontier Mole]

You can not stop her from applying for ILR and force her to extend on a spouse visa. You have only one choice if you do not want her to have ILR and that is to inform the Home Office your relationship is no longer subsisting. That will not end the matter as she will have a right of appeal if she applied for ILR and it was refused.

[Adeellab14]

Thank you both.

1) If she goes for another 2.5 year of extension , would she still be able to apply for for her ILR anytime within the next 2 and half years? Or if an extension spouse visa is granted she will need to wait until this extension visa ends?

2) Also, she was away from UK for quite a few months over the last four years, do you thin that might affect her ILR even if she applies for it?

Thanks

[CR001]

1. Yes, she can apply at any time.

2. There is NO absence limit for spouse settlement visa holders.