This is my case.mhkhan wrote:Argus, I think that's right. What situation are you in?argus7 wrote:So it looks like if you were unemployed in the first year and away from the UK less than 180 days and arrived to the UK within 90 days is acceptable as long as the LTR expires exactly after 5 years.
I have a similar case of being unemployed for 5 months in the first half of the qualifying year, but I came to the UK within the first 90 days and returned back to home country after 15 days and came back after 59 days and remained in the country and got a job offer from Dec 2010. So my tax period for first year is only for 3 months till 5th April 2011.
Visa period started 15th July 2010 came to UK 13th August left back on 30th Aug and came to UK in Oct 28th 2010 and here since then, current LTR ends 15 July 2015. Sounds a very simple case v v less absences of less than 180 days in the whole 5 yr period so far.