f2k wrote:Not sure if is that simple. I think you have to have a dependent visa of your partner if you wish to be included in their application
Section 319E requirement C
Absolutely correct f2k. He would need to apply for Dependant on tier 1 migrant visa and then put in the joint application for ILR. That clause slipped me.
As they both have been living together for 2 years, he would be fine, with the ILR application. That will be a faster route to ILR, than him waiting and applying for spousal after she has been granted ILR.
In fact i wonder, why OP doesn't want to apply in his own right, as he has been on tier 1 for 5 years already.