Thanks for clarifying, arbooker. I have a total of 203 absences abroad (discounting travel days) or 243 (includes travel days) for the last 5 years. All for holiday purposes. 47 days unpaid (includes weekends and public holidays), the rest are paid leave. Most holidays were short weekend trips and ...

Congrats Arbrooker, one question please...was any of your abscences more than 90 days at a time? No, and from other posts on the forum it seems clear that this is a higher level of severity. Unless you have a strong claim to discounting a long absence on compassionate grounds, anything over 90 days...

1. You mentioned "the Home Office has recently clarified the rules to the effect that it's okay to exceed", did the case office inform you verbally ? The guideline (http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/modernised/cross-cut/ilr-calculating-continuous/ilr-cal...

I am happy to report that my family and I got our ILR on 30 August from the Cardiff office. Thanks again to the many people who have posted to this forum; the practical advice that I received here was better than what I got from my university and their recommended solicitor. Other posters have comme...

I'm planning to apply on Tuesday in the Cardiff office. My head of department (who signed my employer letter) and I were not in town at the same time in August, so I had to have the letter signed while I was away. Unfortunately, his secretary made a mistake and printed an old draft that did not incl...

gidoc wrote: You are 52 days in excess of the 180 day rule. Your employer should basically sign at the end of your spreadsheet, to make it official.

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Hello, Having devoured all of the posts that I could find on the 180 day rule (much of which was was very valuable, thanks to all those who posted!), I am looking for a bit of advice specific to my situation. I work as a university lecturer, currently on a work permit, and will apply for ILR with my...