thanks for the reply guys :wink: Just went to gather all my travel history and calculate my absences properly (and got very annoyed with unreadable blurry stamps on passports): total absences (excluding my placement period abroad) - 350 days placement period abroad - 227 days; I did two same-day-tra...

Hello all, I have been studying and working in the UK since 2001 but spent more than 6 months in France between 2006-2007 as part of my placement year. It is still part of my UK degree, officially approved by the same university, and my status was still a student of this degree throughout the whole ...

any advice or suggestions are still welcome :wink: especially the part below regarding 10 year LR: If I do a SAR with HO, will it show all of my visas from before including student visa/visitor visa, as well as all entry/exit of the UK? My main concern with going down 10 year LR is 1) my placement y...

soflsys wrote:
Any help will be very much appreciated ...worst is I have actually been living in the UK since 2011 but I had a 6-months work placement in Paris as part of my degree so I believe I won't be able to go down 10 year LR either...

oops I meant 2001!

thanks jibri...luck is something I do need at the moment :| spoke to an OISC adviser today (was charged £75 for consultation, is this standard?), he was appalled by the way the company handled my redundancy and wasn't sure if there's a case even if I have worked for more than 5 years under T2 and wa...

thanks nks - that was my main concern too but was wondering if there might be a very slight chance of HO considering my case as an exception :( curious what would happen if I had sent off my application and made redundant like this half way through? Would I lose all my fees the same way as a normal ...

Hello all! Have been following this very helpful forum for advices and was hoping to contribute with a successful case - sadly not looking to happen :( . I had been working for the same company under T2 (G) for more than 5 years and was eligible to apply for ILR from 07 May 15. I have everything rea...