Guys - please can someone take a few mins out to go through my case as well ?
Looking at your response I have a query in my mind with regards to the gap I have during my Tier 1 tenure from 01-Jan-2011 to 16-Aug-2011.
Background:
I came on ICT2 (Inter Company Tier 2 Visa) Stamped in Dec 2009 & came to London on 17th Jan 2010.
I was in the UK from 17th Jan 2010 to 31st Dec 2010 with following holidays:
From To
02-Jul-2010 06-Jul-2010 05 Days Paris Holiday
23-Oct-2010 20-Nov-2010 29 Days India Holiday
I applied for Tier 1 visa under General Category on 16th July 2010 (before 19th July 2010) & got a visa valid from 23-Aug-2010 (until 23-Aug-2012 for 2 years).
I traveled back to India for following reasons on 31st Dec 2010 (night):
1. Child Birth (Was due in 1st week of March 2011).
2. Transfer from Indian company to UK company (head office) as a permanent member of staff.
Transfer was initiated after the baby birth & the HR process took unexpectedly very long. I landed back in UK (London) finally on 17-Aug-2011 & started working here.
Got my extension done on 26th July 2012 for another 3 years valid until 23-Aug-2015 (2+3 years rule).
since then my leave have been very less as below:
29-Feb-2012 20-Mar-2012 21 Days India Holiday
20-Oct-2012 28-Oct-2012 8 Days India Holiday
17-Dec-2013 9-Jan-2014 22 Days India Holiday
I wish to apply for ILR on 14th March 2015 under the following breakup of years (with absentee days as indicated below):
1 15-Mar-2015 16-Mar-2014 -
2 15-Mar-2014 16-Mar-2013 30 Days
3 15-Mar-2013 16-Mar-2012 16 Days
4 15-Mar-2012 16-Mar-2011 166 Days
5 15-Mar-2011 16-Mar-2010 110 Days
Please note that my absence during the following period i.e.
4 15-Mar-2012 16-Mar-2011 166 Days
5 15-Mar-2011 16-Mar-2010 110 Days
was when I had Tier 1 Gen Visa & not ICT T2 visa.
Do I still need to produce a letter from my employer to explain my absence ?
Thanks,
Vin