10 years long residence applications

[Spatacus]

Hi Members.

Just a quick question. I am applying for my ILR on the basis of 10 years. I married last year in Pakistan and my wife came over and her leave expires in December 2015 with my Tier 1 General stay. Can I apply for my visa only or do I have to apply for my wife as well at the same time. What will be her status and what would happen when her Leave expires in December 2015?

I would appreciate your response.

Nabeel

Hi Nabeel,
I have almost same situation as yours. For 10 years ILR you can only apply for yourself as there is no provision to include your dependents in 10 yrs ILR route. Once you get ILR, you need to apply for your wife visa extension through FLR M form. It is because once your status changes from Tier 1 migrant to settle person (ILR) your wife would no longer be a spouse of Tier 1 migrant and she has to get a new visa as a dependent of settled person by using the FLR M form and has to fulfill the requirements for the FLR M like financial 18.6K and English language test.

Hope it helps.

Thank you Arsal. So as soon as I get my ILR how much time I have to apply for my wife's FLR (M)? Alos, if I have my ILR due in August can I wait until February to apply for it or will it have a negative impact. I have to go attend family wedding in December. Hope you have some information on this.

Hello Nabeel,
You are required to switch your wife's visa from dependent of Tier 1, to dependent of ILR within 28 days of you getting your 10 yrs ILR.
As per payment yes of course you have to pay for the application FLR(M) when you apply.

[Spatacus]

Dear Members,

I need advice about immigration case of my wife.

I was granted ILR on 14th April 2014 on 10 year Long Residence Basis. My 2 children (Born in London) have now acquired British Nationality and British Passports in July 2014.

I applied for my Wife's FLR (M) in Croydon PEO yesterday which was approved in 1 hour & visa granted.

My 2 kids and my wife were my dependents (Tier 1 General) since October 2011.

The approval letter we received at PEO croydon mentions that my wife has to wait for 2 years in order to apply for Settlement (ILR). However, I asked the caseworker that she has already been my dependent (wife) for more than two years and she replied that she can apply for ILR any-time suitable for us.

However, I know that rules have changed since 6 April 2014 which means that spouses have to wait for 5 years to get ILR.

I am really confused and dont know who to belive.

Can seniors of this forum help me understand the situation and guide me.

Regards

Hello hadu21,
The case worker has already told you to apply for your wife's ILR anytime you want. Since your wife has been your dependent for more than 2 yrs, she has already fulfilled the 2yrs rule. So if i were you i will just send in the ILR application for your wife. If you prefer to go to PEO thats even better and faster.

[shahfurqan]

hi all,

i received my SAR from ukba on 16/07/14 but the information i wanted was not included as i only request for visa application records and they sent me a bundle of photocopies.on the very next day 17/07/14 i applied for another SAR with £10 cheque and ticked the box All data held by ukba,the question i want to ask is that will they comply with my second request like the first one or will hand the case to a senior case worker and he will start investigation as the second request could be treated as identical to the first one.

pls help,thanks

[spiderman_007]

Hello people,

Its my first post in this forum, Need to clear my position regarding my wife's case.
Actually I am on Tier-4 General Visa Expiring in feb 2015 and my wife is on Dependent Visa Expiring in the same month.
I will apply for ILR on the basis of 10 years Long Residence next month. I am wondering if somebody help me what will be best way to apply for my wife.....she got Her visa stamped on 8/06/2011 and she arrived in uk on 20th/08/2011. and she has been living with me since then.

I have not been working because i m not allowed to work so how can i fullfil the financial requirements for my wife.

Since I'm going to apply for the visa so what will happen if i dont get reply and her visa expires. and when will she be able to apply for ILR.

Many thanks

[Spatacus]

[quote="spiderman_007"]Hello people,

Its my first post in this forum, Need to clear my position regarding my wife's case.
Actually I am on Tier-4 General Visa Expiring in feb 2015 and my wife is on Dependent Visa Expiring in the same month.
I will apply for ILR on the basis of 10 years Long Residence next month. I am wondering if somebody help me what will be best way to apply for my wife.....she got Her visa stamped on 8/06/2011 and she arrived in uk on 20th/08/2011. and she has been living with me since then.

I have not been working because i m not allowed to work so how can i fullfil the financial requirements for my wife.

Since I'm going to apply for the visa so what will happen if i dont get reply and her visa expires. and when will she be able to apply for ILR.

Many thanks [/quote ]

Hi spiderman,
Is your wife working? You the husband is only allowed 20 hours per week. You might want to look at FLR (FP) or FLR ( M ) for your wife. So far it appears there's a financial sections of both forms to be filled. Other members might be able to make inputs as per for the fact that you are not working at the moment.

[satif-uk]

Hi
Could anyone tell me plz which month application now on process for 10 years long residency

[mind202]

Hi
Could anyone tell me plz which month application now on process for 10 years long residency

Hi,
i think its Feb and March they are dealing with...

[hadu21]

We have today received the Biometric Card for my wife (FLR-M). They have granted the visa for exactly Three years. We applied on 17 / 7 / 2014 and new visa is valid until 17 / 7 / 2017.

This is not 2 years or 2.5 years ...

What do you think about this?

Regards

[scorpio81]

Alhumdulillah by the grace of Almighty Allah my SET(LR) has been approved.

Just got the news from my lawyer today. The letter is dated 18th July.

Following is my timeline

Application submitted 10 March 2014
Acknowledgement Rec 17 March 2014
Biometrics Rec 25 March 2014
Biometrics Done 25 March 2014
Approval Letter dated 18 July 2014

All the best for everyone waiting.

[hassan5805]

Alhumdulillah by the grace of Almighty Allah my SET(LR) has been approved.

Just got the news from my lawyer today. The letter is dated 18th July.

Following is my timeline

Application submitted 10 March 2014
Acknowledgement Rec 17 March 2014
Biometrics Rec 25 March 2014
Biometrics Done 25 March 2014
Approval Letter dated 18 July 2014

All the best for everyone waiting.

Congratulations.. Enjoy your freedom buddy.. Really good start of the week.
Did you send prepaid envelope?

Best Regards

[scorpio81]

NO

My lawyer received all my docs today.!

Alhumdulillah by the grace of Almighty Allah my SET(LR) has been approved.

Just got the news from my lawyer today. The letter is dated 18th July.

Following is my timeline

Application submitted 10 March 2014
Acknowledgement Rec 17 March 2014
Biometrics Rec 25 March 2014
Biometrics Done 25 March 2014
Approval Letter dated 18 July 2014

All the best for everyone waiting.

Congratulations.. Enjoy your freedom buddy.. Really good start of the week.
Did you send prepaid envelope?

Best Regards

[allwell46]

Hello All

I had applied for my wife's FLR M on 03 April 2014 while my ILR on 10 years basis were being considered. I have received my ILR recently and just received my wife's FLR M passport, documents and home office letter back.
It does not say anything about approved or reject but I assume it is approved because there is no rejection letter. In the home office letter it says you can apply ILR after 2 years but I believe these are standard letters to every one for just guidance. I have phoned to DX courier to find out if there is any delivery for us and they said no.

What do u thing Is it approved and if so how long is the visa?
We are desperately praying for 2 years visa as my wife was pre july 2012 pbs dependant and we applied before 6 april 2014 before fm appendix kicks in.

Please guide

[scorpio81]

Members i need to apply for my wife's FLR(M). She came to the UK as my dependent in June 2009.

Could you please let me know what documents do i need. Do i need to show 90 days bank statement as well.?

Thanks

Alhumdulillah by the grace of Almighty Allah my SET(LR) has been approved.

Just got the news from my lawyer today. The letter is dated 18th July.

Following is my timeline

Application submitted 10 March 2014
Acknowledgement Rec 17 March 2014
Biometrics Rec 25 March 2014
Biometrics Done 25 March 2014
Approval Letter dated 18 July 2014

All the best for everyone waiting.

[Insomnia]

March Applicants any update??

[Mrs.P]

Congratulations Scorpio81, finally some good news, I hope HO keeps up the good work and the rest of us get our visas before the end of the month.

[march_ilr]

March Applicants any update??

Called HO this afternoon. Same old answer ("pending"). Then i asked, whether the application been assigned to a caseworker. The answer was "NO". I hope all march applicants will receive a decision before EID.

regards;
march-ilr

[Spatacus]

Alhumdulillah by the grace of Almighty Allah my SET(LR) has been approved.

Just got the news from my lawyer today. The letter is dated 18th July.

Following is my timeline

Application submitted 10 March 2014
Acknowledgement Rec 17 March 2014
Biometrics Rec 25 March 2014
Biometrics Done 25 March 2014
Approval Letter dated 18 July 2014

All the best for everyone waiting.

Hello Scorpio81, weldone and congratulations

[Spatacus]

Hello Scorpio81,
I think all the information you need is in the application form and guidance as well . Just settle down and read it carefully, it is not complicated, you can do it. I understand that you are full of excitement about your ILR approval.
Hope this helps.

Members i need to apply for my wife's FLR(M). She came to the UK as my dependent in June 2009.

Could you please let me know what documents do i need. Do i need to show 90 days bank statement as well.?

Thanks

Alhumdulillah by the grace of Almighty Allah my SET(LR) has been approved.

Just got the news from my lawyer today. The letter is dated 18th July.

Following is my timeline

Application submitted 10 March 2014
Acknowledgement Rec 17 March 2014
Biometrics Rec 25 March 2014
Biometrics Done 25 March 2014
Approval Letter dated 18 July 2014

All the best for everyone waiting.

[c4551m]

Called HO today, same reply in progress , HO will contact you in due course, I varied my application on 4th March, so assuming they taking it as March application

[ILR1980]

Called HO today, same reply in progress , HO will contact you in due course, I varied my application on 4th March, so assuming they taking it as March application

I also varied my application in march and still waiting..what number did you call ? did you got fees of your original application back after you varied your application?

[za_shani]

Hi Guys,

I would like to share timeline about my case and I need help on my wife's (FLR M).

Alhumdulillah my approval letter for ILR application was issued on 04th July 2014, it took nearly 4 months to complete the process.

Case submitted on 8th March 2014
Acknowledgement on 19th March 2014
Biometric done on 21st March 2014
Approval and documents received on 4th July 2014.
Didn't receive my card in next 7 - 10 working days. ( I emailed them on 17th July 2014 and card received on 21st July 2014)

I would like to know about FLR M, my wife came to uk on 18th Feb 2011. Do i need to fill the financial requirement or just maintenance.

Could someone please share some information on this issue or guide me what information I need to provide in the form.
Can I go for one day service ? how much the fee will be ?

I will be very thankful to you guys.

Thanks.
I

[Insomnia]

Alhumdulillah by the grace of Almighty Allah my SET(LR) has been approved.

Just got the news from my lawyer today. The letter is dated 18th July.

Following is my timeline

Application submitted 10 March 2014
Acknowledgement Rec 17 March 2014
Biometrics Rec 25 March 2014
Biometrics Done 25 March 2014
Approval Letter dated 18 July 2014

All the best for everyone waiting.

Congratulations Scorpio

Best of Luck for your future Prospects

[Insomnia]

March Applicants any update??

Called HO this afternoon. Same old answer ("pending"). Then i asked, whether the application been assigned to a caseworker. The answer was "NO". I hope all march applicants will receive a decision before EID.

regards;
march-ilr

In Sha Allah

Hopefuly before EID will get good news

[c4551m]

Called HO today, same reply in progress , HO will contact you in due course, I varied my application on 4th March, so assuming they taking it as March application

I also varied my application in march and still waiting..what number did you call ? did you got fees of your original application back after you varied your application?

HI, Got my fee back for flro , but i paid set lr fee difference only , but they refunded my flro fee and requested to pay back again, which i did in March through cheque, but payment was taken out on 21st may. 0300123 2241.

[Insomnia]

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