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webhunter wrote:in the BIA website I have notice the following point as the eligibility criteria for ILR.
"have been employed, self-employed or a combination of the two throughout the five years"
Does this mean there can't be any breaks in employment in the last 5 years. What if someone was contracting and took a break of 1 month once every 4 months for a couple of years, or breaks of similar nature. I understand that an occassional month or two may be valid, but over a period of 5 year ( assuming someone was contractor) there could be several breaks, totalling up to 6 months or even more . Will such applications be refused??
webhunter wrote:Here's what is on the latest website. What you might be looking at might be old or become old soon.
Here' the latest.
The link is http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/workin ... ettlement/
webhunter wrote:I agree that there can be a gap from the time the hsmp was approved and the time you enter the country.
My question not exactly about the time spent outside UK during the 5 yr period, instead it is the break(s) in employment during the 5 yr period while in UK all the time.
What exactly "being economically active thorought the 5 yr period' mean ?( This is different from not claiming benifits etc as that is a seperate item in the requirements to meet)
What happens to someone say he does'nt have a job for 6 months or for that matter 12 months . Who knows how the job market is going to be in the coming years. And those factors should not make an applicant ineligible for ILR at the end of the 5 years.
srini08 wrote:Hi, I am new to this forum, don't know whether i am at the right place (thread) or not. please need some advice
My husband is a doctor, came to uk to write PLAB test in Sep 1998. on his passport initial stamp was '' C visit - PLAB'' valid for 6month.
within 5months of his initial period he shifted to permit free visa in Feb 1999 and started working.( applied to permit free visa from uk itself, not from his home country)
From then on he is on work permit (in October1994) and later changed to HSMP (April 2005),never had a gap.
My question is can we consider his initial visa period (first 5months in 1998) towards his ILR on 10 year long stay category.
any advice would be appreciated