I got my first CoS issued on 07/04/2010 and the CoS start date was that of 24/04/2010. I did enter the country for the first time on Business visa on 28 /02/2010 and left in 4 weeks to come back in May (12/05/2010) on work permit. The start date of business visa was 14/12/2009.
I never tried to apply for ILR at the end of 5 years as was not sure. Now, I will be finishing 10 years in few months. I have two main questions;
Am I really eligible for ILR on 5 year route (I know its a bit late now for that but none the less would like to know)?
If I go for ten year route, which is the earliest date I can apply for ILR considering all different dates above and different visa types?
Apologies for throwing so many dates around but was hoping if I could get some answers from experts here.