Applying for Ilr and FLR(M) Visa on same day

[bonelaarun]

Hi All,

I will be eligible to apply for my ILR this July 2015 as i am completing 5 years on Tier 1 General Visa.

My wife who is currently on Tier -1 general Dependent visa came to this country in May 2014 which means she does not meet 2 years criteria for ILR dependency.

I am planning to apply through Premium service for ILR application and also want to book another appointment on same day for FLR(M) application for my wife.

Could anyone please let me know , if above is the correct way of applying dependent visa for my wife.

FYI: when i called Homeoffice, they asked me to extend her Tier-1 dependent visa first then apply again for FLR (M) on later date. But when I asked them when i am no longer on Tier-1 General Visa how can i apply for extension of her visa as Tier-1 general dependant they don't the answer.

Please advise.

[n8net]

same situation. But, I applied for both of us on the same day VIA post (to minimise cost) and we both got our visas within 8 weeks.

I was worried that with my wife's FLR(M) I did not even send my passport and I did not hv ILR at that time as well (as I myself was sending ILR application to a diff address). But sent a cover letter explaining to HO and asking them to "verify internally" and I was surprised that actually did that and without we hving to send any more docs later, we both got our respective ILR and FLR(M).

so if that has worked via post, surely it should work for same day service ?

hope this helps.

cheers

[bonelaarun]

Hi

Thanks for your reply.

Is it possible for you to let me know, if you have supplied different documents for both applications like two sets of pay-slips, bank statements etc.

Regards,

[n8net]

yes.. for mine I sent original paylsips, and for my wife sent payslips printed to company letter head and same for bank statements.

cheers

[Chase53]

Hi All,

I will be eligible to apply for my ILR this July 2015 as i am completing 5 years on Tier 1 General Visa.

My wife who is currently on Tier -1 general Dependent visa came to this country in May 2014 which means she does not meet 2 years criteria for ILR dependency.

I am planning to apply through Premium service for ILR application and also want to book another appointment on same day for FLR(M) application for my wife.

Could anyone please let me know , if above is the correct way of applying dependent visa for my wife.

FYI: when i called Homeoffice, they asked me to extend her Tier-1 dependent visa first then apply again for FLR (M) on later date. But when I asked them when i am no longer on Tier-1 General Visa how can i apply for extension of her visa as Tier-1 general dependant they don't the answer.

Please advise.

She can extend her visa as a PBS dependent(even though you apply for ILR) which will be granted for a maximum of 3 years and again she needs to extend it for 1 more year to get ILR. If she switches to FLR(M), her clock will be reset to 0 and has to wait for 5 years to get ILR.

Hope that helps.

[bonelaarun]

Hi

Thanks for your reply.

I am happy for her to wait for another 5 years by being on FLR(M) as going through PBS dependant extension twice will be costly for me.

Regards,