Can I hold two different types of UK visa categories

abirami30582 · Post by **abirami30582** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:16 pm

Dear moderators and Members

I have gone through some of the previous posts in this forum and I feel this should be possibe if both the visa's are granted as Leave to Enter outside UK.

However my Situation is as below

1. I entered UK with a Tier 2 ICT short term Visa.
2. In July 2012 converted to FLR (M) within UK ( My husband holds an ILR) to avoid the 5 year rule for settlement
3. Now that my Short term ICT visa will be coming to an end by Dec , My employer wants me to go back and they plan to process my Tier 2 ICT long term visa.
4. I guess I can continue working for them here without having to leave UK as I hold a FLR M
5. However this would mean i have to work for the same salary on which I entered UK which will be atleast 5000 GBP/year less than what I would get if I come back on Long term ICT Tier 2.
6. For the above reason I am planning to go back and get my Tier 2 Long term ICT processed and come back
7. My worry is that if I do so will my FLR (M) be active still as I dont want to get into the 5 year rule again for ILR

Thanks for your time and help

Regards
Abi

Post by **geriatrix** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:52 pm

A successful Tier 2 entry clearance application will invalidate your FLR(M) leave.

abirami30582 · Post by **abirami30582** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:02 pm

oops..

Dear Moderator

Not the answer I wanted to see

Anyhow Thanks a lot for your clarification .. I think I will sacrifice the additional salary for my ILR status

Regards
Abi

Post by **Greenie** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:10 pm

Is the employer aware that you have already changed your immigration status to that of a spouse of a settled person? Have you tried to negotiate a pay rise on your current status?

abirami30582 · Post by **abirami30582** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:58 pm

Greenie

Yes my employer is aware of my current visa status and yes I have discussed about the pay rise and my manager's initial reaction was that he can't guarantee a revision with FLR(M) visa but he insisted it is possible with a long term tier 2 ICT visa as there are minimum salary criteria thathas to be met with those visas .

That's why I was exploring that option .

However I will now go back and get it checked with the HR and the immigration guys in my company ..

Regards
Abi

Post by **Greenie** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:11 pm

It seems to me to be discriminatory to offer different pay levels according to immigration status.

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Can I hold two different types of UK visa categories

Can I hold two different types of UK visa categories