Application: UK Indefinite Leave for someone who stayed in Guernsey

[darkmagician]

Hello,

I am new here and I want to ask a question about ILR, I browsed through the topics but I can't seem to find any thread that is relevant to my circumstances.

I arrived in the UK with a Tier 2 (General) visa last July 2019 and I have decided to transfer to Guernsey for work. I have been here since September 2020 with a long term 5 year working permit.

The thing is, I want to go back to UK for work and probably I'll be offered a Health care visa then.

although, I always have an option of going to Jersey for ILR but if it is possible to do it in the UK, I want to be in the UK.

The first question is, will my stay in UK when I first arrived and my stay in Guernsey would count towards ILR when I go back to UK?

second question is, if ever I will choose to go to Jersey instead for the purpose of getting my ILR - the moment I get it, am I allowed to go back to UK to obtain a job with that ILR and spend another year there and apply for citizenship using the ILR I obtained from Jersey?

Thank you so much

I hope someone can enlighten me, I am really having difficulty in deciding my next move because of this ILR. I have to move away from Guernsey as they will not take into account the 1 year that I have stayed in UK.

[vinny]

Continuous residence requirement for settlement as a Skilled Worker

SW 22.1. The applicant must meet the continuous residence requirement as set out in Appendix Continuous Residence during the period in SW 21.1.

CR 2.4.

Any time the applicant spent lawfully in the Channel Islands or Isle of Man is treated for the purpose of this Appendix as time spent in the UK provided the applicant’s most recent grant of permission was in the UK.

SCHEDULE 4.