Lucapooka wrote:That particular new is six years old!

So has it changed again? Bloody ell!

So if my best friend might be dying, there's no compassionate grounds for that?? Seems a bit harsh! Not really. It's open to wholesale abuse. You could lose yourself for months in Ibiza during one long summer and then say that a friend was a bit sick so you had to care for him. How would it be poss...

Just read this too... UK Ancestry Visa Extension Policy changes which came into effect on 3rd April 2006 stipulate that Ancestral visa holders will only qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain following 5 continuous years on the Ancestry visa. If your current visa will expire after only 4 years, you ...

Couldn't I appeal and then if not successful, apply for an extension or don't they allow that?

Also, how can I provide all the documents (ie passports, birth certificates etc) for an extension if the Home Office already have all these in their possession?

It wasn't 30 days in one stretch, it was 16 days and 14 days, the first time because he'd just been diagnosed and the second time when it came back after he'd been in remission. As it was in Australia you can't really duck back for a couple of days. So if my best friend might be dying, there's no co...

Sorry, sushdmehta, not sure what the question was. I thought the 30 days would be struck off the days away count for compassionate reasons as my cousin/best friend had cancer and I had to go home to see him. Is this not correct? You think as well that I should just give up on the ILR and extend the ...

OK, thanks.
Any opinion on my other questions?
Appreciate your help.

Although I'd prefer the ILR and have already paid the £1000 fee, this looks like it could be a viable fallback option which I didn't think I could do, so thanks for that! If I failed my appeal for ILR do you think it would affect my ancestry extension application? Lastly, what do you think my chance...

Lucapooka wrote:

agg25 wrote: so it would kill me to leave.

Why would you have to leave? Why can't you extend your current leave?

I'm on an ancestry Visa which ends after 5 years so I wouldn't be able to work.

I just got my letter last night saying I'd been rejected for the ILR visa. I submitted a spreadsheet to them earlier saying I'd been out of the UK for 223 days over the 5 years all holidays. (I thought the rule was 270 days but turns out this is for naturalisation!) However, first of all, I assume t...