It has been a fair few months since I posted on this board and I want to reiterate my thanks to those who responded - it has been invaluable advice. I am absolutely delighted to confirm that my girlfriend was granted the BRP in September despite her breach of ILR guidelines (absences of >2 years) wh...

As I understand it (and I am neither a lawyer nor a Home Office caseworker), the way it works is that if the person (your girlfriend) can prove that she has strong links to the UK, the ILR does not automatically lapse. Therefore the suggestion for the SAR, for you and your girlfriend to see what pr...

Many thanks for the thoughtful response secret simon - it is greatly appreciated. I hadn't considered an SAR with the UKV&I - my only concern there is that her hearing is in ten days' time and the HO indicate you should get the results back within a month which doesn't look like it fits with cur...

Hi everyone, I am writing on behalf of my girlfriend who is an Indonesian national who had ILR status granted as a dependent from the ages of 5 to 10 years old (2001-2005) when her Dad was working in the UK. For clarity, I am a British national and have lived here all my life but we are not married ...