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No, but you need to spend at least 23 months in the UK before you can apply for ILR so if you delay your travel by too long it means you'll have to apply for an additional visa (FLR) before you can apply for ILR. (ILR will be replaced soon though I presume there will be similar rules for it's replacement.)yoda121 wrote:Once a spouse visa is granted, is there any time limits as when you have to use the Visa?
Thanks
There is not a lot of information published about the changes right now. They will be taking place in July 2011 so you may not hear much about them for a while. There will be another step called "probationary citizenship" which will take place instead of ILR, then the step after that will be permanent residency equivalent.DesignChick wrote:djb123
Did a little research on UKBA and see that the changes to the ILR form are for the SET(O). As I will be entering the UK on a spouse visa, I will fill in the SET(M) when I am applying for my ILR.
So I don't think I will be affected by the changes or any one else who has entered on a spouse visa.
Please correct me if I am wrong (moderator or djb123)
You may be. See Transitional arrangements for earned citizenship.DesignChick wrote:So I don't think I will be affected by the changes or any one else who has entered on a spouse visa.
It's July 2011 that the new changes come in so you have plenty of time to pass the Life in the UK test.DesignChick wrote:Wow, thanks. I won't be in the UK until the end of June (Gods willing), I would have to move like the wind to do my Life in the UK test and apply for ILR before July. So I guess I fall under the changes.
Will I still be able to ask for the KOL endorsement based on being married and living out of the UK with my British husband for 7 years?
You have to show that you have spent most of the 24 months in the UK, but you are entitled to go abroad on short trips, but if you spend to much time outside UK , you may have to apply for FLR to make up the time before you can apply for ILR.yoda121 wrote:The visa is a 27month visa.batleykhan wrote:You have to arrive in UK within 3 months of visa being issued in order to complete your two year probationary period for when you apply for ILR
If the visa is used for 24 months, does that mean you can't leave the UK before applying for IDLR?