My bank account was HSBC in the UK and there is no way to get an original bank statement stamped and signed without visiting the branch. I applied for a visitor visa to come back and sort this out but this was also refused for the reason that they believe I am going to work illegally here. So I opened a new account there and transferred all my money online from my UK bank to the local bank. I had to wait for 3 months as per PSW requirement and to get the bank statement. I also made an appeal against the PSW refusal decision. The process took nearly 4 months. By that time I was already 5 months out of the UK, I withdrew my appeal and submitted a new PSW application. That takes another 1 month and I was only able to return to the UK after that. It took nearly 7 months which is more than 180 days.
I now wish to apply for ILR under the long residence category. The continuous residence in my case seems broken by that 7 months period but it was absolutely beyond my control. Will I have the chance for ILR if I explain the situation? Hope someone can help, thank you...
