Stamping ILR overseas. Is it possible?

[ishameeque]

Hello all,
My friend is an ILR holder currently on holiday in India. His wife, who was on a dependent work permit visa, went on a long holiday to India, well before my friend got his ILR.
Her dependent visa has since been expired. Can she stamp ILR at a British consulate in India?. Because, she was telling that it is not possible to stamp ILR as a dependant overseas. If that is the case, How can she re-enter UK?. Any suggestions?. Thanks in advance.
Ibrahim

[John]

If the husband now has ILR, surely any dependent visa now issued to the wife will also be ILR?

Or rather ILE if issued outside the UK! Indefinite Leave to Enter! That sort of visa does in fact last indefinitely but the end date stated on it confuses many. All in means is that the visa holder must enter the UK for the first time using that ILE visa otherwise it will lapse.

[Kayalami]

Hello all,
My friend is an ILR holder currently on holiday in India. His wife, who was on a dependent work permit visa, went on a long holiday to India, well before my friend got his ILR.
Her dependent visa has since been expired. Can she stamp ILR at a British consulate in India?. Because, she was telling that it is not possible to stamp ILR as a dependant overseas. If that is the case, How can she re-enter UK?. Any suggestions?. Thanks in advance.
Ibrahim

Sorry the spouse is not eligible for consideration of an outright settlement visa i.e. ILE at a British Diplomatic Post or ILR via the Home Office. Her entry into the UK would be as the spouse of a person present and settled in the UK - she needs to get a 2 year spouse visa then 28 days before this expires apply for ILR assuming the said relationship susbsists. By the way I expect the visa officers to investigate in detail the first of six rules for entry in this capacity i.e 'intends to live permanently with the other person as his or her spouse and that the marriage is subsisting"

[ishameeque]

<< By the way I expect the visa officers to investigate in detail the first of six rules for entry in this capacity i.e 'intends to live permanently with the other person as his or her spouse and that the marriage is subsisting" >>

Thanks for the reply. Does the above mean then that it will be sufficient for her to show that they have been married for more than five years now and they were living in the UK under workpermit before the husband got his ilr?.

Also, to apply for the settlement visa, is there a link which you can provide me, to know the rules and the documents that she needs to produce when applying at a British Consulate?.

Thanks
Ibrahim

[ishameeque]

Just to update on this guys, my friends wife was given a settlement visa and has now come to the uk.
Regards
Ibrahim