Hi, I was granted a Spouse visa for the UK at the start of last year. I lived in the UK for 12 months and then moved to the Cayman Islands which is a British Overseas Territory. Am i able to apply for ILR at the beggining of next year based on me living in a British Overseas Territory or do i end up...

Daisy Alongside what Mochyn said, i have also previously had a 2 year working holiday visa then a sponsored work permit then eventually leave to remain on my wife's passport before we were married. The leave to remain before we were married was like 5 years ago but i believe they take it all into ac...

Mochyn I was just trying to figure out if i could arrive two weeks before my wife. When i looked at the definition it did seem imo to give an allowance for that to be acceptable. I spoke with the UK Border Agency this morning and they confirmed that she has to either be in the UK or travel in with m...

Mochyn Thanks for your response however the definition of present and settled on the UK Border Agency website is the following: What does 'present and settled' mean? ‘Settled’ means being allowed to live in the UK lawfully, with no time limit on your stay. 'Present and settled' means that the pe...

Would really appreciate if someone could clarify this for me.

Thanks

The confusing thing is that the border agency details the following ‘Settled’ means being allowed to live in the UK lawfully, with no time limit on your stay. 'Present and settled' means that the person concerned is settled in the UK and, at the time we are considering your application under the...

Wanderer

Thanks for the reply, i am really not trying to buck the system but is there no way around this. My wife and kids will def be moving over, if we have to travel together then i will have to wait a little longer for schools etc to finish.

An update if anyone is interested. I went into VFS in Cape Town on Monday 15th March 2010 to hand in my doucments and have biometrics done. I was notified through the application tracker that the British High Commission received my application on Wednesday 17th March 2010. I was then notified this m...

Hi Thank you for having a look at my request. I do apologise if my questions have already been answered previously. I have taken time to have a look at many of the posts but i guess a combination of confusion and not wanting to toss away R 7303.00 has lead me to post here. Our Situation: I met my wi...