raju4u wrote:Thanks man till now i was thinking that i am only talking to walls. Everyone reads and pass. so shall i just write in a letter that i was out of the country to visit my family and that is it? As in guidance they say only work related absences are allowed . thanks again
well, generally yes, visiting family is OK especially if there is a compelling reason
but to go into more detail, you need to be careful as to what your employment or self-employment status was in the UK during that time. it is impossible to tell you exactly what to do in your circumstances not knowing fully what they are
examples
if you were in employment and left the country on unpaid leave to go see family becase someone was elderly or in hospital etc etc and the returned to same employment = ok
if you were self-employed and same as above, also ok
if you were an unemployed job-seeker and left the country for a long time = not so good, but could be OK is reasons were compelling, absences within 180 days a year
in practice nowadays if absences are within 180 days a year and they are for some good reason, they do not look into this further
most importantly you cannot have gone abroad for the purpose of taking up a new job abroad. but even so, short employment abroad that was purely incidental to being there for other reasons (say, caring for a sick relative) has passed for many people
and lastly, I am not a man but you are welcome )
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