No you can a lot more than 5*180 even but my understanding is that in any 12 Consecutive months over 60 months (5 years) mustn't have absence > 180; so in 5 years; you can have upto n*179 days; where n =,>5. As in your case 9 Months absence mean in any 12 months chunk which may contain whole of tho...

Year4 |15-Oct-2010 to 16-Oct-2009 | 150 Days Year5 |15-Oct-2009 to 16-Oct-2008 | 110 Days--- This may acculumate to >180; I think "in any of the five, two, three or four consecutive 12 month periods" doesn't sound as year 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 but in 5 yeras, or 4 years, or 3 years or 2 year...

Hi aj80, I am in a similar situation, i was away from UK for around 9 months (Jul-2009 to Mar-2010), - waiting feedback from Gurus here.

Lets hope someone with similar case would share their experience !

Thanks shaik.leeds !

Any idea if I need to provide cover letter to explain about the absence ?

Hi Guys, I came to UK in 2006 Aug through company sponsored work permit & switched to Tier 1 in Aug 2008. I then moved to my home country in Jul-2009 & came back to UK again in Mar-2010, so I spent around 9 months outside UK during this period. All this while, I have been with the same compa...