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Lucy81
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IRL, Tourist visa and student visa

Post by Lucy81 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:53 pm

Hello everyone! I came to the UK in January 2004. I got a 6 months visa at the airport on arrival, I changed my visa to student visa from inside the UK before my tourist visa had expired (it was possible to do that at the time) and I have been renewing my visa as a student ever since. I believe next year I will be entitled to apply for ILR. What I would like to know is whether the tourist visa counts towards the 10 year or whether I need to wait until my student visa period started, which would be in July?

Thanks for your help!

Lucy
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Post by bruteforce » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:02 pm

Any kind of lawful residence counts towards long residency as long as there has been no gap.
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