ILR under 10 yrs rule or Tier 1 Extension

[mrgsingh]

I am currently on Tier 1 visa until the end of Oct12. I am also eligible to apply for ILR in Aug under 10 yrs Long Residency visa. My question is If I apply for ILR under 10 yrs Long Residency visa and God Firbids...something happens wrong and gets visa rejected, Would I be able to apply for my Tier 1 extension as the HO decision for ILR may take upto 26 weeks? It means I may get my ILR decision by Dec12/Jan13 when my Tier1 visa will have been expired.

Has anybody gone though this situation before.

Thank you

[wpilr_nov12]

How about getting an extension first, and once you have acquired that, apply for ILR on 10yr basis. That way you avoid the difficult situation you are worrying about.

[mrgsingh]

How about getting an extension first, and once you have acquired that, apply for ILR on 10yr basis. That way you avoid the difficult situation you are worrying about.

I understand however I will have to wait until Oct to be eligible to apply for Tier 1 extension. Will have to spend extra money on this visa as well as dependant visa for my wife and childrens (appox £3k to £4k). once i get my passport back, will have to apply for ILR under long residency and spend funds again. Same again for wife. It will just talk a lot of money and time.

I have been on Student visa for 3 yrs, Post Study visa 2 yrs, Dependant Visa 2 yrs and Tier 1 Visa 3 yrs. I have only 6 days gap in my student visa extension. I sent my passport via University for a visa extension which was granted 20 days later. Now I note on my SAR that the HO received my passport 6 days after my visa expiry. I don’t have any acknowledgement letter to conf it was sent earlier.

I also have another issue regarding visa stamp. It appears that the my passport wasn’t stamped while coming back to the UK once. Apart from that I don’t have any issues.

I believe that I will get it however you know I not so confident as can';t say anything about HO until you get it.

Any thoughts...what would you suggest?