Thanks @CR001 and @manci. Very grateful for looking into this.
I dug a little deeper into my case and found out some nuances. I would appreciate if you could look into it and share your views. Hopefully this would be my last question because I cannot dig any further than this
1. I came here on T2 ICT Long-term Staff category Visa issued after 10 April 2010 but before April 2011 and continued extending the same visa (without switching to any other) until I got my ILR under 10 year long residence to obtain ILR , in 2022.
2. I got my spouse as a PBS DEPENDENT LEAVE TO ENTER in 2016 .
His last visa extension as my dependent was done in 2021 valid till Jan 2024 as ‘DEPENDENT PARTNER LEAVE TO REMAIN’ when I extended mine via ‘Intra-company Transfer and Graduate Trainee’ application and got ‘IC TRANSFER LEAVE TO REMAIN’
3. Now that I have ILR and have applied for British citizenship this year, my questions are as follows:
1. Is my spouse eligible for ILR this time or is he eligible only when he completes 10 year long residence?
2. In case he cannot apply for ILR this time, which application should we go for in order to extend his stay beyond 2024.
• As per latest guidance published in Aug 2023 which covers ICT Graduate Trainee route as well, it seems he can extend as PBS dependent but I cannot find any application links.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... accessible
This says: Lead applicant immigration status
If the lead applicant has obtained settlement or British citizenship through any route covered by this guidance, a dependent can apply for permission to stay, or settlement if they qualify, as a dependent on the economic route, provided they held permission as the lead applicant’s dependent before the lead applicant settled. It is also open for them to apply as the partner or child of a settled person under the family rules.
If yes, please help with application link because I am not able to find one for my scenario, this seems to be the only one.
https://www.gov.uk/senior-specialist-wo ... d-children
• If he is not eligible to extend as PBS dependent and must switch to Spouse visa, then is this the correct application link :
https://www.gov.uk/long-residence/family-members
Please bear with me and thanks once again for your patience.
Best Regards
PRM