ILR Application with Husband (Biritish Citizen) outside UK

[sherdhillon]

Hi All,

My name is Shamsher and I am a british citizen. My wife came to UK on spouse visa in 2015 and will be applying for ILR in June 2020. The issue is that the company I am currenly working in is intending to send me to Pakistan to set up a back office there which will take almost 6 - 8 months and during this period I will have to stay there. The time of me leaving for Pakistan is still not confirmed. So I wanted to ask if I leave UK for this period, what impact will it have on my wife's ILR application. Is there any requirement that I have to meet to justify my absence?

A prompt reply to the above will be highly appreciable.


Thank you

[zimba]

Under paragraph E-ECP.2.10. Relationship requirements of Immigration Rules Appendix FM: family members it says:

E-ECP.2.10. The applicant and partner must intend to live together permanently in the UK.

So UKVI may ask you to prove that you are indeed intending to live here together permanently

[sherdhillon]

So will a letter from employer suffice in saying that this was just for a short term and the employee will be based in UK permanently?

[zimba]

So will a letter from employer suffice in saying that this was just for a short term and the employee will be based in UK permanently?

Yes, assuming UKVI asks