GOd Helps wrote:it is your decision but if I were you i would apply for long residency assuming the case is straight forward as you never know the changing laws of home officeand hopefullly it will take not more than 4 months . amjad leeds is the only applicant over 6 months as he had a vey complicated case.
as for flrm HO changed the rules without giving a usual 21 days notice and we are all in confusion now.
I agree with this too.. this way you will have both the options open, in case HO gives you LR on 10 yrs bases in 3 months you win, otherwise you can always apply for ILR on PBS system when you qualify @ 5 yrs, to be honest i believe there are far less documents to submit if you submit on 10 yr basis, however its matter fo wait for 3/4 months time.
under new service standard effective from 1/1/14 HO has improved drastically specially 10 yr LR applications, and wait time has gone down significantly too.