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by arsenal49 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:06 pm
your first and foremost help resource should be ukba website. go there, use calculator to see if SHE will have enough points for post study scheme. My guess is she probably wont.(Decide, if she is gonna apply on her own or as a dependent, its your decision)
So, two options now left. Either tier 1 general OR extension of student visa. Tier 1 is out of quesion because she can not possibly show that she earned atleast 20,000 pounds in lat 12 months. So, you are only left with choice of applying for extension of student visa. This, also, will be very difficult to obtain as she took the break from her studies without letting HO know about it and obviously she is now unable to finish the course on time.
My advice is, apply for extension of student visa, she probably will get refused BUT what you can do is buy her some time to finish her thesis. Apply on the day before your current visa is going to expire. HO will probably take 4-6 weeks to process her application/ biometric data etc. If she get refused, then they will give her around 28 days to leave the country or appeal.
So, hopefully you will have around 2 months even after your visa expired and now able to finish thesis.
This is ofcourse risky situation and might affect her future applications so make sure you do your research if this is indeed right way to do it.
Regards