Hi,
First of all I would like to thank everyone on this website as it has helped me so much with my application and life altogether.
I've just recently received my first half of spouse visa (30 months). The summary of my life timeline is as below:
15/09/2008-30/09/2013 : student visa for a five year course (medicine)
27/08/2013-04/12/2015 : tier 4 general student leave to remain (student visa but working as a foundation doctor for 2 years). Got married in May 2014.
03/08/2015-03/03/2018 : spouse leave to remain (first half)
My questions are:
1. Looking at the timeline above which is the best category for me to apply for ILR- under 10 year route (which I will need 7 months more to complete 10 years-but then I don't know how to complete this) . Or apply for a second half of spouse visa in March 2018, then apply for ILR in 2020 (which seems a waste of money seeing I only have 7 months to complete 10 years especially now it's getting more expensive with the NHS surcharges)
2. I stopped working 3rd august 2015- currently taking a year off. I plan on going back to my home country for 2 months to spend some time with my family as my mother has not been very well. However my husband (a permanent uk resident) won't be coming with me as he has work etc. Will this have any effect on applying for ILR later. I tried looking for a website that says how many days of absences are allowed before applying for ILR but I couldn't find it, specifically absences allowed to apply for ILR via spouse visa and a 10 year route.
3. Also if I apply for ILR via spouse visa what's the financial requirements? If anyone could give website for this it would be great. That way I can plan on when I should go back to work etc.
Id really appreciate if anyone could give me an advice on this.
Many thanks
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