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If you apply 4/6 weeks in advance of expiry of your current leave then the extension will be provided form the date your current leave expires and you should not face any problems meeting the 5 year requirement when it comes to ILR (provided "5" year does not change to "6" or "8" years)golu wrote:hi Guys,
I have been thinking about this for some time, we have come across many threads that ask about if Tier 1 can be extended early before current leave to remain expires and we also know many cases where fellow hsmpians have applied early,
that brings us to a situation where we might fall short a month or two for the 5 year period ILR requires..
can i have ur views on this ? Views from everyone is welcome but quite keen to know from people who are already in this situation...My visa expires on june 10th, if i apply for visa now and get is around may 15th, i will still be 25 days short of 5 year
looking forward to an interesting discussion here
Golu
sunflower wrote:From my experience recently, Homeoffice is issuing the visa considering the orginal expiry date + your extention period (3 years in my case).
The UKBA website itself says that they encourage people to apply 1 month before the current leave expires:golu wrote:are you sure guru ??
from my past experiences they always put the decision date as validity date ? however my past experiences include IGS, Student and HSMP so i might be reading from a different page of different book
so lets say i put my file fwd 5 weeks earlier but then make decision after two weeks then that will be my new visa valid from date
When and how to apply
This page explains when and how you should apply under the highly skilled worker category (Tier 1 General) of the points-based system to work in the United Kingdom.
For applications made inside the United Kingdom
If you are already in the United Kingdom, you should apply to stay as soon as possible and before your current leave runs out. We encourage you to apply one month before your leave runs out.
They wold post date it to coincide with the expiry of your current leave.golu wrote:thanks push_hsmp,
But i have came across that citation before, my point to be specific is , if lets say i apply on 23rd of may for my visa expiring on 20th june and if they process my application in 2 weeks ( i knw this aint possible considering present situation but hypothetically speaking ), then wudnt they stamp my visa valid from 7th june ( 23rd may + 2 weeks ), in that case, three years from now i will be 13 days short of my 5 year ILR period..
i guess there shud be some grace period in calculating those 5 years, what say ??