5 years WP to apply ILR in 5 years?

[ronnng]

My partner is currently holding a 5 years WP which started on Nov 2002 and expired on nov 2007, due to the change of law recently, he can only apply for ILR 28 days before his WP expired.. tell me if i'm wrong, i read it somewhere that if apply for ILR, the applicant must have more than 28 days valid visa/WP on the passport? is that rite? if yes, does it means he has to extent his WP before he can apply for ILR?? any insight is appreciated.. thanks

[supertiger]

No. It means he cannot apply before 28 days visa expires. In other words he has to live in uk for 4 years 11 month minimum now (3 years 11month according to the old rule) to appy ILR. HO doesn;t accpet application submitted before that. He can certainly send application on the last day of visa expires if he wishes. Hope it clarifies yr query.