5year ILR without interruption?

jango · Post by **jango** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:05 am

I'm married to an EU citizen who is resident in the UK. I came here with student visa and met my wife 4 years ago. My student visa changed to Spause visa. Question is can i travel to my own country or i have to stay 5 years without interruption to get the ILR? Many thanks

Post by **JAJ** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:15 am

jango wrote:I'm married to an EU citizen who is resident in the UK. I came here with student visa and met my wife 4 years ago. My student visa changed to Spause visa. Question is can i travel to my own country or i have to stay 5 years without interruption to get the ILR? Many thanks

How long are you planning to "travel to your home country" for? Vacation, work, moving back there etc?

meggles · Post by **meggles** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:00 pm

time spent in the UK on a student visa does not Count to the 5 years required for ILR. (a student visa is not considered settlement visa).

when you apply for ILR, you will be asked about any absenses greater then 3 months.

jango · Post by **jango** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:25 pm

How long are you planning to "travel to your home country" for? Vacation, work, moving back there etc

Well its just for vacation for like 4 to 6 month max.

when you apply for ILR, you will be asked about any absenses greater then 3 months

Can anyone second on that? Is it gonna be a problem if you go more than 3 month? Whats the longest you can stay abroad? Many thanks

meggles · Post by **meggles** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:50 pm

on the application it asks you to list all absenses greater than 3 months and the reason for them.

i cannot comment on the possible implications of being out for great than 3 month intervals.

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5year ILR without interruption?

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