Got my Tier 1

[hema177]

Hi All,

I got my Tier 1 EC yesterday.

Applied on - 5th Aug
Received on -19th Aug.

I read somewhere that if I travel to UK within 28 days of receiving the EC, I would be eligible to apply for ILR after 2 years, otherwise I will be eligible for ILR only after 5 years.

Can anyone confirm this please?

Thanks everyone for your valuable suggestions and support.

Regards,

[aspirant99]

Hi All,

I got my Tier 1 EC yesterday.

Applied on - 5th Aug
Received on -19th Aug.

I read somewhere that if I travel to UK within 28 days of receiving the EC, I would be eligible to apply for ILR after 2 years, otherwise I will be eligible for ILR only after 5 years.

Can anyone confirm this please?

Thanks everyone for your valuable suggestions and support.

Regards,

Congrats!!

As per the current rules one has to spend 5 years to be eligible for ILR..

IMO, if you travel within 28 days then it might save you from an additional extension after your first extension of 3 years..however, meanwhile you have to comply to the other rules like the number of days out of UK etc to be eligible to apply for an ILR towards the end of your 5 years..But this is my understanding so pleaase wait for responses from others to confirm this..good luck!!

[hema177]

hey thanks for that...

Also, I am planning to go there in Mid Oct... so will the no of days from now 20th Aug till say 20th Oct count towards 'Out of UK' days? I hope I am making sense...

Regards,

H

[destiniation_london]

No, your 'out of uk' days are the number of days spent outside uk from the day you land in UK and when you apply for ILR.

[hsmp1412]

The period of 5 yrs begins from the date that you first enter UK, the later you enter the later will that period start.

[manuelaux]

And if I go 3 weeks per year on vacations outside UK does that mean that these days does not count?

[aruni4470]

And if I go 3 weeks per year on vacations outside UK does that mean that these days does not count?

Annex A – Calculation of the five year period for settlement
In assessing whether or not an applicant has fulfilled the requirement to have spent five years in continuous residence in the UK, short absences abroad, for example for holidays (consistent with annual paid leave) or business trips (consistent with maintaining employment or self-employment in the United Kingdom), may be disregarded, provided the applicant has clearly continued to be based here.
Discretion in cases where continuous residence has been broken
In addition, time spent here may exceptionally be aggregated, and continuity not insisted upon, in cases where:
•
there have been no absences abroad (apart from those described in the paragraph above) and authorised employment or business here has not been broken by any interruptions of more than three months or amounting to more than six months in total;
or
•
there have been longer absences abroad, provided the absences were for compelling grounds either of a compassionate nature or for reasons related to the applicant's employment or business in the United Kingdom. None of the absences abroad should be of more than three months duration, and they must not amount to more than six months in total for the whole five year period..

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

[manuelaux]

Well, i hope my country will join EU in next few years so I hope I has nothing to worrie about

[hema177]

And if I go 3 weeks per year on vacations outside UK does that mean that these days does not count?

Annex A – Calculation of the five year period for settlement
In assessing whether or not an applicant has fulfilled the requirement to have spent five years in continuous residence in the UK, short absences abroad, for example for holidays (consistent with annual paid leave) or business trips (consistent with maintaining employment or self-employment in the United Kingdom), may be disregarded, provided the applicant has clearly continued to be based here.
Discretion in cases where continuous residence has been broken
In addition, time spent here may exceptionally be aggregated, and continuity not insisted upon, in cases where:
•
there have been no absences abroad (apart from those described in the paragraph above) and authorised employment or business here has not been broken by any interruptions of more than three months or amounting to more than six months in total;
or
•
there have been longer absences abroad, provided the absences were for compelling grounds either of a compassionate nature or for reasons related to the applicant's employment or business in the United Kingdom. None of the absences abroad should be of more than three months duration, and they must not amount to more than six months in total for the whole five year period..

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

Hey thanks for this, I was looking for this...

Regards,

H

[geriatrix]

If settlement (as it is granted under current rules) will exist in 2015, that is!


regards