ASYLUM DEPENDENT TO TIER 2

[tapera]

I need a bit of advice here...

I was on the old style work permit until I was made redundant in June 2009 due to the vagaries of the credit crunch. My wife joined me in 2007 as a dependent and in April 2009 we had a baby.My visa was up to 2013 and I was due to qualify for my ILR in April 2010 but of course that is academic now. I tried to look for another job but as you know employers in certain fields have been reluctant to employ foreigners due to the recession and the new Points Based System rules. I tried for just over six months to no avail.

As we had lost income we were in dire straits. My wife had an asylum issue due to the cirmstances in which she left our home country and her previous security job in our home country one of the most oppressive dictatorships on earth. In March 2010 she then approached the Home Office which subsequently refused her asylum claim and at the same time curtailed our leave to remain - I am now a dependent on that claim. My passport is with the Home Office but has now expired.

We appealed, the appeal was denied but we have been given permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal, which we are doing.

Jobs in my field are beggining to pick up, I am thinking of applying for some of them.

MY QUESTIONS ARE:

1) WILL THE HOME OFFICE ORDER ME TO LEAVE AS SOON AS I ASK FOR MY PASSPORT?

2) WILL THE HOME OFFICE ALLOW ME TO GET BACK INTO TIER 2 , AS I AM NOT THE ASYLUM CLAIMANT, I AM JUST HERE AS A DEPENDENT TO MY WIFE?

PLEASE HELP

[vinny]

Duplicate.