Excess Absences due to Covid-19 in ILR Application under Representative for Overseas Buisness

[Realtor888]

Hello everyone - I am applying for my ILR after completing 5 years in the UK in the Representative for Overseas Business route. I have total absences of 250 days (180 days allowed) in Year 4 due to Covid-19 flight cancellations and lockdowns twice when outside the UK on business to head office. Does anyone have experience with recent ILR applications with excess absences due to the pandemic and if UKVI used discretion to approve application?

Many thanks

[AmazonianX]

Hello everyone - I am applying for my ILR after completing 5 years in the UK in the Representative for Overseas Business route. I have total absences of 250 days (180 days allowed) in Year 4 due to Covid-19 flight cancellations and lockdowns twice when outside the UK on business to head office. Does anyone have experience with recent ILR applications with excess absences due to the pandemic and if UKVI used discretion to approve application?

Many thanks

One applicant's outcome can not be used in advising another about their own when it comes to applications that involves discretionary approval.
Ensure you get your documents in order and highly convincing and verifiable ones for the aspect or point requiring discretion.

[zimba]

Discretion may not be applied. UK border was never shut and you could return here. COVID19 discretion only applies when the reasons are justifiable. Travelling being simply not 'convenient' is very likely not going to be accepted