Business visit in ICT cool off

[pami53]

Hi Zimba,
Could you please help clarify my eligibility for 10-year Long Residence ILR based on the following timeline?


ICT short term
Issued on 15/4/16
30/4/2016 -15/4/2017


Multi Business visa
Issued on 22/04/17 (Customer visit)
UK stay on business visit : 7/5/17 - 6/6/2017


ICT long term
Issued on 28/7/17
30/7/2017 -

Switched to skill visa on 22/7/2022

Currently in the UK with valid leave

I left and re-entered the UK with valid permission, and total days spent outside UK in that time is 230 days, maximum stay outside was 89 days. Based on this, would my continuous residence be preserved for the 10-year ILR route?
If so, can I apply from today which is 10 years 3 month from first entry on ICT short term in April 2016, or would the business visit in the cooling off period would break 10 years continuous residence ?
Thanks so much for your help

[zimba]

Time spent under Business visa (Appendix V) broke your continuous residence as per the long residence rules.

Treatment of time spent in the UK, as a visitor, short-term student, seasonal worker or under the Ukraine Scheme.
Any periods of time with permission in any of the following routes, are not counted in the qualifying period for the purposes of long residence and will break continuous residence for the purposes of the qualifying period for long residence:

•any category of visitor granted under ‘Appendix V: Visitor’ of the Immigration Rules
•short-term student granted under ‘Appendix Short-term Student’ of the Immigration Rules
•seasonal worker granted under ‘Appendix Temporary work – Seasonal Worker’ of the Immigration Rules
•any grant under Appendix Ukraine Scheme

Time spent with entry clearance or permission as a visitor does not count in the qualifying period. This includes time granted under Appendix V: Visitor (the current visitor rules) and any previous visitor rules (such as paragraph 40 of Part 2 of the Immigration Rules).

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