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Time in UK eligibility for ILR

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Time in UK eligibility for ILR

Post by penmatsasatish » Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:52 am

Good Day,

I entered UK on March 2018 on dependent visa as my wife is a British citizen and i was holding dependent visa until June 2021 and after that i had switched my visa to Sponsorship till date due to some personal family issues but we are still live together. Next month i would be completing my 5 years tenure in UK and i am planning to apply for ILR.

Can you please confirm if my stay as a dependent visa from 2018 to 2021 June will be considered for ILR with addition to the current tenure of my sponsorship visa ?

Dependent Visa: March 2018 to June 2021 (3 Years) Approx
Sponsorship Visa: June 2021 to till date (2 years) Approx

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Satish

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Re: Time in UK eligibility for ILR

Post by CR001 » Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:26 am

Next month i would be completing my 5 years tenure in UK and i am planning to apply for ILR.
You do not qualify for ILR yet. If you apply, it will be refused.
Can you please confirm if my stay as a dependent visa from 2018 to 2021 June will be considered for ILR with addition to the current tenure of my sponsorship visa ?
No. You cannot combined your spouse visa time with your skilled visa time to make up 5 years for ILR. You will have to wait until you have held a Skilled worker visa for 5 years before you can apply for ILR. When you switched visa category, your 5 year ILR clock reset to zero.
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