Hi

[ish_78]

Hi,

I am working in UK for past 2 and half years on work permit.
I have heard that if a person is on student visa then his/her dependent can work in UK on dependent visa irrespective of need of work permit or something like that. so My question is :

If I choose to go for dependent visa and then apply for ILR after 1.5 years keeping in mind that I have already spent 2.5 years on work permit. Will it cause any problems on getting the ILR?

Any comments..

Regards

[MWazir]

I dont think you can do that.

For ILR, you can club together visas that lead to settlement and IMHO, a dependent visa of student is not one that leads to settlement.

For example you can spend 2.5 years on a WP and 1.5 on a HSMP and that will lead to ILR because both visa categories lead to settlement at the end of 4 years.

Look at their website for more details:
http://www.workingintheuk.gov.uk/

[try-one]

WP is a category conducng to settlement, student visa is not. You might be able to work as a dependant but that won't count as part of the 4 years for the ILR. You might need to stay 10 years and apply for the ILR then.......
That's my understanding.
So, no, you can not apply for ILR after 1.5 years working as dependant of a student visa holder.

(that would be a nice option though)........I'm in your same situation, got here in nov 2002......and counting every day....

[Kayalami]

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Student Visa (unless held for 10yrs) or student depedant visa is NOT a category leading to settlement and does not qualify for the requrements of ILR
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ish_78 - response by my fellow moderator to your same post in the employment forum. I have deleted this duplicate post - thank you for your understanding.