Hi Anu,
I'm looking into this at the moment and I have been out of the country for one reason or another over the past 5 years. As far as I understand it is 180 days over the 5 year period.

Hi Everyone, 18 months ago I rather stupidly and naively sponsored my ex girlfriend to come on a visit visa for marriage which at the time I thought was a great idea as we were in love and I thought she was the one. How things change. We never got married and she left and the end of October 2007, (2...