10 years long residency - Do I qualify?

[mazhar-uk]

Hello everyone,

Please help me to determine if I qualify under 10 years long residence. I came here as a visitor on 17-02-2001, stayed for about 5 weeks. After about five and a half months (less than 6 months), I cam back as a student and since then living here in UK. My immigration history is given below.


ENTRY CLEARANCES AND FLRs

Type of Entry Clearance:

Visit (Date of issue: 31-01-2001 Until: 31/07/2001)

To arrange my admission and to see my sister and her family:

Date of entry: 17-02-2001 Departure from UK: 29-03-2001

Type of Entry Clearance:

Student (Date of issue: 01-09-2001 Until: 31-07-2002)

Date of entry: 09-09-2001

Further Leave to Remain:

Student (Date of issue: 01-07-2002 Until: 30-11-2002)

Further Leave to Remain:

Student (Date of issue: 13-11-2002 Until: 20-09-2006)

Further Leave to Remain:

Student (Date of issue: 01-11-2006 Until: 31-05-2008)

Further Leave to Remain:

Tier 1 General (Date of issue: 30-04-2008 Until: 28-04-2011)



TIME SPENT OUTSIDE THE UK


Arrivals / Departures # of Days Visa Type

Date of entry: 16-02-2001 Visit
Departure: 29-03-2001 Visit
Date of entry: 09-09-2001 165 Days (5½ months) Student
Departure: 23-03-2002 Student
Date of entry: 14-04-2002 23 Days Student
Departure: 01-12-2002 Student
Date of entry: 05-01-2003 36 Days Student
Departure: 27-07-2005 Student
Date of entry: 31-08-2005 36 Days Student
Departure: 09-12-2006 Student
Date of entry: 29-01-2007 52 Days Student
Departure: 09-08-2008 Tier 1 (General)
Date of entry: 30-08-2008 22 Days Tier 1 (General)
Departure: 19-07-2010 Tier 1 (General)
Date of entry: 23-08-2010 36 Days Tier 1 (General)
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Total Days: 370 Days (12 months and 10 Days)

Your advise will be highly appreciated.

Thanks
Maz

[geriatrix]

You may qualify for settlement under long residence on/after 09-Sep-2011, and when the total absences in the 10 year (lawful stay) period fall below 180 days.

regards

[joh118]

You may qualify for settlement under long residence on/after 09-Sep-2011, and when the total absences in the 10 year (lawful stay) period fall below 180 days.


regards

Correct me if I am wrong but for Long Residence, isn't the period spent outside the UK allowed to be 18 months or under over the 10 year period?

under 2.2.3: Events that Break Continous Residence
the applicant has spent a total of 18 months outside of the UK throughout the entire 10/14 years period.

[geriatrix]

My bad! Time to get sober ....

OP, apologies .. ignore my response above! Given the dates, you compete 10 years lawful stay in UK on 17-Feb-11 and eligible to apply for settlement under the long residence category.


regards

[mazhar-uk]

Thanks for the quick response.

Could you please also advise that what types of visas are eligible? The reason I am asking this question is because I entered as a visitor in February 2001 and left within 5 weeks although my visit visa was valid unit July 2001 (see my immigration history).

In September 2001, I obtained the fresh entry clearance as a student and then arrived on 09th September 2001.

Thanks and regards.

[geriatrix]

Visitor status may be included.


regards