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by ishfaqsangra » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:25 pm
Immigration rule says:
The applicant must have spent a continuous period of 5 years lawfully in the UK, of which
the most recent period must have been spent with leave as a Tier 2 Migrant, in any
combination of the following categories:
(i) as a Member of the Operational Ground Staff of an Overseas-owned Airline,
(ii) as a Minister of Religion, Missionary or Member of a Religious Order,
(iii) as a Qualifying Work Permit Holder,
(iv) as a Representative of an Overseas Business,
(v) as a Representative of an Overseas Newspaper, News Agency or Broadcasting
Organisation,
(vi) as a Tier 1 Migrant, other than a Tier 1 (Post Study Work) Migrant,
(vii) as a Highly Skilled Migrant,
(viii) as an innovator,
(ix) as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrant or a Tier 2
(Sportsperson) Migrant, or
(x) as a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Migrant, provided the continuous period of 5
years spent lawfully in the UK includes a period of leave as:
(1) a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Migrant granted under the Rules in place before
6 April 2010, or
(2) a Qualifying Work Permit Holder, provided that the work permit was granted
because the applicant was the subject of an Intra-Company Transfer.
(d) The Sponsor that issued the Certificate of Sponsorship that led to the applicant's last
grant of leave must:
(i) still hold, or have applied for a renewal of, a Tier 2 Sponsor licence in the relevant
category; and
(ii) certify in writing that:
(1) he still requires the applicant for the employment in question,
Does that mean someone switched from Tier1 Enter to TIER 2 can apply for ILR: As it clearly indicates the combination of Tier1 except(PSW)
UPDATED IN November 2014