Hi All,
My current Tier 1 Visa expires in April 2015. I have lived in UK from August 2010 till June 2014. However from June 2014 till now (Jan 2015) I had to leave UK to support my parents. The reason for this long absence was that my mother was ill and I had to return to support her. I have the medical reports to substantiate this claim. I am planning to return to UK in Feb and apply for my 2nd Tier 1 visa extension in March. As per my understanding as long as I meet the points (95 points) criteria I should be able to get the extension.
Can anyone confirm this please ?
Also i would complete my 5 years in August 2015 but since I was out of country for continuous 7 months i would need to wait till October 2015 to apply for ILR so that i can split my number of absence between year 2015 and 2014. This way my total number of absence in each year would be less than 180 days .
Can you please advise if I would still be eligible for ILR > I have seen on the forum people mentioning that you cannot be outside UK continuously for more than 180 days even if you split that absence across 2 years. I could not find this anywhere on the UKBA.
I would appreciate if the moderators could confirm as this will help me decide whether to apply for my visa extension.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
SNS
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