ILR Dependent - Eligibility Query

[DKR_007]

Hello,

[b]Moderator edit: Name removed to protect personal privacy.[/b]

I have recently acquired ILR Visa in the UK. However, I would like to know, if that I can apply for ILR Dependent for my Spouse from discussed below?

She entered the UK as PBS Dependent under Tier 2 General category in MAY 2014. She has then switched to Tier 2 General from PBS Dependent in APR 2016, due to change in the employment circumstances.

Now, we want to understand that when she will attains the eligibility with/for making an application to ILR Dependent or ILR Visa,
1. Can we apply for ILR Dependent in the route of Tier 2 General (as this is her current Visa Status) after May 2019?
2. Does she needs to be compulsorily on PBS Dependent for applying the ILR Dependent Visa?
3. Has the PBS Dependent duration (May 2014 - Apr 2016) will gets calculated towards 5 year continuous period (Legal Stay), as when she switched to Tier 2 General that this migration would have reset her stay/duration in the UK, and then making it a fresh restart from May 2016?
4. If she switches again to PBS Dependent (from Tier 2 General) then this will have counter change the eligibility towards ILR Dependent Visa?

Please can you help me with your suggestions on above discussed.

Yours faithfully,
Dileep

[CR001]

1. Yes, if you mean a spouse visa on FLR M. She cannot apply for ILR as such.

2. No.

3. No it won't count towards 5 year residence for ILR. If she witches to ILR dependent (actually known as FLR M), her clock will reset to zero again.

4. She cannot apply for a PBS dependent visa because you are no longer a tier 2 visa holder.

Her clock reset when she changed to tier 2 General. Any other visa category she applies for now will reset her clock again for ILR based on 5 years residence.