Does Tier1 General and Tier 2 General Times Counts for ILR

[khan_80]

Dear All
If some one Spend 4 years on Tier1 General and then switch to Tier 2 General as Tier 1 General Exension Closed already. Can these both times will counts towards ILR.
Also what will be the case for this Dependents. Can they also appliy ILR same on 4 years Tier1 General Dependant and then 1 year on tier 2 General Dependant.

Please share your knowledge and reference links from home office if possible.

Thanks

[cs95tdg]

Yes. See 245HF under https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _final.pdf

[khan_80]

Yes. See 245HF under https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _final.pdf

Thanks cs95tdg. According to this rules we can count time spent on Tier1 General plus Tier2. Does same will apply for Dependant as well. i means after the main applicant switch to Tier 2 and dependant visa also extend based on Tier 2, so then same time they can all apply for ILR. I means to say that dependant Clock is going to Reset with this or not.

Thanks

[cs95tdg]

Yes, if you read the details under 245HF it confirms that both Tier1 General & Tier2 General leave can be considered towards your 5 year residence period for ILR. As far as I'm aware your dependent will also be able to apply... But please read the information under Q12/13 of the FAQ sticky to verify as there are differences based on whether their initial stay was granted pre 09-July-2012 or post 08-July-2012. http://www.immigrationboards.com/indefi ... 79378.html