Following the posts on this forum, I am not so clear this particular rule. If possible, could you please help me with my case?
I am under work permit from Mar 05 so I am eligible to apply for IRL on Feb 09. Have not got the appointment yet but I will keep on checking. From Mar 05 till now, I am working for the same company and I have 5 P60 (05 -> 09) and other required documents.
The only problem that I have is that the number of days outside UK of mine is 231 days. Out of that, only 6 days are business and I can get letter from my employer to prove that but that still leave me with 224 days
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So my questions are:
1. The way I count the days include the day I leave UK and they day I come back to UK. For example if I went to France on 05/05/05 and coming back on 10/05/05, the total of days absent for this period is 6. Is this correct or should I only put it as 4 (excluding the begin and end of the trip)? If I exclude all the days in and out, it still leave me with 192 days
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2. During this period, I went back to my country for a few times (around 30 days in total) for my father funeral and 1 time (30 days) for my marriage. Can these periods be viewed as a compasionate ground and is there any rule on this?
3. Based on my information and your experience, do you think I will get the ILR? If not, is there any advice you can give me?
Thank you all very much,
Johnny Ng