Firstly thanks a ton for creator and helpful members of this site, its extremely helpful and I learned loads of new rules in past couple of hours reading all the posts. To clarify my own situation I have few questions based on following data.
I was granted Tier 2 Genera Visa outside UK on 29/05/2014 (Same date for my partner)
I arrived to UK on 21/06/2014 ( My Partner arrived 9 Aug i.e 1.5 months later)
Switched my Visa on 15/11/2019 (Same date for my partner)
Question
1) What is my eligible date ? I always thought its Day of first entry - 28 days but reading posts from sriaccount confused me.
- 29/05 - 28 days
- 21/06/ - 28 days
3) Do I need any letter from my first employer ? it was just for 6 months.
4) IF the answer to 1st question is Day of first entry then I am thinking of applying it as per my partners eligibility so we can apply on same date -- If I apply 2 months before her, then does she need ILR dependent Visa for 2 months before she applies for her ILR?
5) Can I fill the online application and pay the money before my eligibility date ? Again, I read moderators reply to the user sriaccount that Date of Premium Appointment is considered as Date of Application, but he applied in October which was before the new system.
6) On following link it says https://www.gov.uk/ukvi-premium-service-centres
What does that mean? All premium and normal application centers are common ?Premium service centres are now closed.
You may still be able to pay for a faster decision when you apply for your visa or settlement online.
Cheers
-LR.