Tier 2 ICT -> Tier 2 Gen -> ILR Query…Please help

[vinayakuk]

Hi,
I have a query about switching from T2 ICT to T2 Gen in UK and then going onto ILR. Please help me out with the same.

Visa Details:

1) Tier 2 ICT (Established staff) - Valid from Nov-2010 to Dec-2012

a. First travel on this visa to UK was on Jan-2011 which ended in Oct-2011 and I went back to India.

b. Got married and my wife got dependent visa and we both travelled back on Apr-2012

c. Project was ~till late 2013 so company applied for 1 year extension in Oct 2012

2) Tier 2 ICT (Long Term staff) - Valid from Dec-2012 to Dec-2013

a. Continued our stay all along this period since we came in Apr 2012 and did not go back to India except for 2 weeks holiday (Apr 2013)

b. Project got extended for some more time so company applied one more extension.

3) Tier 2 ICT (Long Term staff) - Valid from Dec-2012 to Apr-2014

a. Actually the company should have applied for a 1 year or 2 year extension but looks like internal politics; they don’t want people to have old visas. They just have applied for the duration of my stay here.

Questions:

1) When will I be eligible for ILR? Nov 2015 (coz I got visa in Nov 2010) or Jan 2016 (as I travelled to UK on Jan 2011)?

2) Am I eligible for ILR if I manage to get my current employer to extend my visa until I complete 5 years here?

3) Am I eligible to switch to Tier 2 (General) if I have a different employer ready to give me a job and sponsor my COS?

4) If yes for Question No.2, when I switch will I be able to get my wife over as well or should this be done once I get my visa?

5) Will the 5 years clock get reset if I move from Tier 2 ICT to General? i.e. instead for being eligible for ILR end 2015 or early 2016, will it be 5 years from the time I get into T2 General?

[vinayakuk]

Help Please...can you please advise?

[vinayakuk]

Please help guys..!!this is urgent!!! Moderators or the Gurus..please help!!!

[Jeeves]

1) You won't - see 245GF(c & d) on the link below.

2) No, for the same reason.

3) Yes, see 245HD(c)(i) on the link below.

4) N/A

5) Yes, I think, see 245HF(c)(x).

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/polic ... es/part6a/

[vinayakuk]

1) You won't - see 245GF(c & d) on the link below.

2) No, for the same reason.

3) Yes, see 245HD(c)(i) on the link below.

4) N/A

5) Yes, I think, see 245HF(c)(x).

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/polic ... es/part6a/

Thanks Jeeves for the help on this. Much appreciated and it clears out a lot of confusions for me...