Thanks lucapooka! apologies for not mentioning that. Yes I was sponsored. I never had a break in visa and was with the same employer for last 5 yrs.all my visa extensions were done from within UK. But was not on UK payroll during the absence. Any luck of getting through the ilr now? if no please adv...

Dear friends, Can one of the experts advise on the below query please? Background: Entered UK in Jan 2008 on Work permit and got converted to Tier 2 (ICT) on Jan 2010. There was a break of 240 days continuously [23-Nov-2009 to 30-Jul-2010] which split across 2 years will not be more than 180 days as...