They did not grant automatic extensions per se, they extended a grace period until August 2020 and said you do not need to contact them to leave the UK in that period. By the end of August, they introduced the exceptional assurance and the rest is history :!: Once the temporary policy came to an en...
Any migrant in the UK whose visa expired between 24 January 2020 and 31 July 2020 was able to request an extension if they were unable to return to their home country due to a COVID-19 lockdown. So if that was your case, you should be ok -------------------------------- Thanks for replying Zimba. T...
Hi All My current PSW visa expires on 13/04/2024, and I am eligible to apply for ILR 10 on 01/08/2024. I have around four months left before I can apply for ILR, and my solicitor suggested that I apply for the Private Life visa before my current visa expires and then vary it into ILR once it reache...
Any migrant in the UK whose visa expired between 24 January 2020 and 31 July 2020 was able to request an extension if they were unable to return to their home country due to a COVID-19 lockdown. So if that was your case, you should be ok -------------------------------- Thanks for replying Zimba. T...
Honestly, most people are concerned whether the EA will break the continuous residence under the new rules, which you did not make it crystal clear. For example, I had no gaps between all my previous visas, all the visa applications were made in time (before the expiry date), except the EA period, ...
It is my understanding of the recent changes, although I concede I may be mistaken. Given that the updated Paragraph 39E is slated to come into effect on the 4th of April, 10 days prior to the enactment of the new Appendix on Long Residence, it is anticipated that the UKVI will use this interval to...
Just to add that any migrant in the UK whose visa expired between 24 January 2020 and 31 July 2020 was able to request an extension if they were unable to return to their home country due to a COVID-19 lockdown. This was not the same as the EA introduced later on when things eased out -------------...
Hi All My current PSW visa expires on 13/04/2024, and I am eligible to apply for ILR 10 on 01/08/2024. I have around four months left before I can apply for ILR, and my solicitor suggested that I apply for the Private Life visa before my current visa expires and then vary it into ILR once it reache...
Can anyone give some insights of the posted question? Any comments would be much appreciated. I'm bit confused of the definition of the time between 24th Jan 2020 to 21 August 2020. I thought it was considered as Exceptional Assurance, but when I looked back to the letter I received from home office...
I am getting confused, as looking at Appendix Continuous Residence, Item CR 4.1(d)(i) and CR 4.3: CR 4.1. An applicant’s continuous residence period will be broken if any of the following apply: (d) the applicant does not, or did not have permission, unless: (i) the applicant made a successful appl...
Hi everyone, Firstly, thank you in advance for any feedback on my situation. Here's the timeline: I arrived in the UK on 21st September 2016 with a T4 visa, later switching to a T2 work visa before the T4 visa expired. Unfortunately, the company went bankrupt, and my visa was curtailed until 23rd Ma...
Apologies Zimba, I had another look at it yes it clarifies but for my situation as per CR001 response I have to the biometrics within 45 days as I have 80 shortfall so don't think so it will help in my case. If I file an application on my last date of expiry and do bio metrics on 45th day sill I ha...
I think we need to give the bio metrics within 28days after the application and I have 80 days short for eligibility so don’t think so it will work out for me ? You have 45 days to do biometrics. My personal experience is, you have more than 45 days to do biometrics if you desperately need that ext...
If you want to leave the UK and return with a visa, you should make sure to leave the UK BEFORE your visa expiry and return within 180 days to preserve the continuous residence for ILR under the long residence. This has nothing to do with Section 3C. See: Online applications, UKVCAS appointments &a...
If you want to leave the UK and return with a visa, you should make sure to leave the UK BEFORE your visa expiry and return within 180 days to preserve the continuous residence for ILR under the long residence. This has nothing to do with Section 3C. See: Online applications, UKVCAS appointments &a...
The long residence rules changes are not quite clear on the exceptional assurance periods. Such periods are not excluded specifically at all under the rules. See Discussion . So you may or may not need to worry about the EA period being lawful or not If you apply for a spouse visa using standard se...
Heard a lot of good things about this platform. So I am here to try my luck, thanks everyone in advance.Any comments will be appreciated. It's a bit complicate but I will try to keep the story short. 1, I entered the UK on 21 September, 2016, with a T4 Student visa; 2, I got a T2 visa in earlier 201...
