Been a long standing member of this amazing forum and I am glad to find it still thriving and helping people with their obstacles.
I had a question related to my wife's ILR application, due in May 2019. I have read the previous topic here, but I just wanted to double check. Basically, she has been away from the country for extensive periods on 2 separate occasions- maternity leave and helping my family during my dad's chemotherapy.
Important points:
- She first arrived in the country on Spouse of settled person visa in Feb 2014
- She had her extension granted (leave to remain) on Nov-2016 which expires on May-2019
- The maternal leave was BEFORE the previous extension. Since the maternal period, we have had the extension granted without any problem (we provided all the relevant documents)
Out Return Days Reason
15/07/2014 29/08/2014 45 days Brother-in-law wedding
14/01/2015 24/01/2015 10 days Sister's engagement
11/07/2015 14/09/2016 431 days (Maternal leave + Processing period for child's British passport of 7 months)
24/01/2017 13/02/2017 20 days Brother's wedding
26/08/2017 18/09/2017 23 days Annual Holiday
27/03/2018 11/04/2018 15 days Pilgrimage
21/05/2018 07/11/2018 170 days Father-in-law's Chemotherapy
10/01/2019 13/02/2019 34 days Sister-in-law's wedding
With the recent changes related to absences by Home office, can I check if you think there will be a problem? I will of course be providing all the relevant documents but am concerned with conflicting information regarding the "Continuous period" or residency.
Thanks in advance.
Hamza