Long Residence Dependants

[mbnarayn]

Dear all,

I applied for ILR on the long residence category on 7th Jun 2012. I am concerned that my wife's visa might run out before I am issued an ILR.

She is currently on my Tier 1 General Dependant Visa which expires on the 12th of November (Issued in Feb this year soon after our wedding in India). As the long residence category does not allow dependants the only option we see available for her is to apply as a dependant on the FLR (M) form as dependant of settled person.

The question I have is what do I do if I dont get my ILR issued in time. Can she apply on form FLR (M) with a copy of the acknowledgement I received for my ILR application?

I am very concerned as the processing times for the Long Residence is about 21 weeks at the moment which would mean the worse in our instance.

Your comments and suggestions much needed and appreciated.

[geriatrix]

Dependant of ILR (long residence) applicant

[mbnarayn]

Dependant of ILR (long residence) applicant

Thanks sushdmehta.

So is this what we should do then?

2. If dependant's leave is due to expire before main migrant expects to receive a decision on his/her settlement application - You may wish to wait until reference number of the settlement application is received, so that the same can be referred to in the FLR(M) application.

In either case, make sure that it is mentioned in a covering letter that the main migrant is applying / has applied for settlement and provide necessary personal details of main migrant - name, dob, nationality, passport no., settlement application reference no. (if dependant applies after ref. no. has been received - to help UKBA tag the dependant's FLR application to the main migrant's settlement application.


Many thanks and regards.