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by vtaneja » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:08 pm
Dear experts,
My wife and I have been in the UK since November 2008 as follows:
a) I was on Tier 1 (General) from 19 August 2008 to 6th December 2013
b) My wife was on Student visa from August 2008 to October 2012
c) In October 2012, she switched to Tier 1 General Dependent visa - this one was valid till 19th August 2013
d) In March 2013, she got an extension on Tier 1 General Dependent valid until March 2016
e) In January 2015 I became a British Citizen
Now, I want to know:
a) What visa should we apply for my wife since she will not be eligible for ILR any time soon. Should this visa be the FLR(M) ?
b) When can we apply for this visa ? I mean, her current visa runs out in March 2016 so we have more than a year left, but are we allowed to apply for her new visa say in June 2015 ? (this is because we might be travelling from October 2015 to March 2016)
Any help / tips will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot