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by QuickSam » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:36 am
My understanding is as follows:
The guidance says that the caseworker may consider
The period between visa start date and entry to UK(if this is not more than 3 months) + Total period spent in UK = 5 yrs
**If the travel gap period is more than 3 months, ILR application is not possible (you need to extend again and then apply for ILR) as the initial period won't be counted and you have to complete 5 years based on your stay in UK itself.
You can't claim that the difference is only 2 months and 22 days as the original travel gap would always remain the same (4months) even though you might have a extension delay which would make the time difference for completing 5 years less but would still not affect the original travel gap
Hope that makes sense. My case is just the same, I travelled 4 months late and the visa extension delay reduced the gap to just 2 months but I would still have to extend once before applying for ILR.
In case the seniors think otherwise, please do let us know.