Hello! Just wanting to say thank you to everyone for the advice. My partner and I got ILR!! We went in this morning and got the reply in 4 hours. We would never have had the courage to apply for ILR for my partner without all your help. I also write as our case might be a good precedent for everyone...

Thank you for this reply! We are leaning towards Tier 5 GAE as countable towards 5 years, but our advisor keeps saying that Tier 5 never counts towards ILR and if we go ahead we will just waste our application fee. I am hoping that someone on the thread might have advised otherwise and actually has ...

It seems that the difficulty is on my type of visa ( T 5 as Government Exchange) which normally does not count towards ILR. But given that the GTV does say that any type of visa that my husband is a dependent on can be counted towards ILR - then I am hoping we are doing the correct route. Please hel...

I am applying for ILR based on GTV after 3 years ( UKRI endorsement). My spouse has a dependent visa based on Tier 5 Government exchange for 2 years and now 3 years dependent on my GTV. Can he apply for ILR with me? I have consulted 2 advisors already and they both give opposite opinions. It would b...