Tier 1 (Ent) Application date or visa date)

[shupretty]

Dear All,

I would like to know one thing, from what date should I count for 5 years in Tier 1 , the application date (I was already in the UK) or visa date ?

Timeline :

Post study work : 30/03/2011
Post study expired : 30/03/2013
Entrepreneur visa ( 50K) Applied : 25/03/2013
Tier 1 visa received : 19/05/2017
Tier 1 visa ext applied : 17/05/2017
still waiting for the extension result

Please let me know
Thanks

[CR001]

Visa issue/start date.

[shupretty]

Thanks