ILR 2 years continuous route for dependants

[Rohinkumar]

Hi,

My wife first came to UK as a Tier 4 Student dependant in Feb 2012 and till August 2019 she was a Tier 2 dependant, then from Nov 2019 - till now she is ILR dependant. But between Dec 2016-Feb 2019 she was in India for personal reasons missing the 5 years continuous route for ILR. In Gov.uk website, there is a mention about ILR 2 years continuous route for family visas applied before July 2012, but there is no further details that i could find.

Also, our daughter was born in December 2012 in India and back in Feb 2013 and was in Tier 2 dependant and ILR dependant visa since then.

Kindly advise me on further visa application, whether i should be applying them ILR on 2 years continuous route or further ILR Dependants extension.

Thank you

[CR001]

She needs 5 years on her current visa route to qualify for ILR, same for your daughter.

There is no shorter route available.

[Rohinkumar]

Thank you

[zimba]

Just to add to the advice given to you above, note that the 5 years residence requirement does not apply to children. Children settle when both parents settle