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by deepakborse » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:12 am
A brain twister for Gurus.
Situation:
1. Varun is on Tier 1 general ( valid upto May 2012)
2. Sandhya is on Tier 1 general Visa (valid upto April 2012)
3. In April 2010, Sandhya went to India started working.
4. In Dec 2011 Sandhya and Varun got married.
5. Both came back to UK on Tier 1 Visa after marriage as it was valid for both.
6. As Sandhya was working in India for significant time, her tier 1 general extension is not possible due to insufficient points as uplift factor is not considered any more. (this is my understanding, please correct me if I am wrong)
7. Another option is to get Sandhya as a dependant on Varun (Varun is working in UK continuously, straight forward tier 1 extension application)
8. However I got to know that Sandhya cannot get dependant visa within UK but will have to travel to home country (India) to get the tier 1 dependant visa.
Questions
1. Is it possible for Sandhya to get tier 1 dependant visa within UK?
2. In case 1 is true, is it possible to apply for varun’s tier 1 extension and Sandhya’s tier 1 dependant at the same time?
3. If 1 and 2 are not possible, is it valid for Sandhya to apply for tier 1 dependant visa from india before the current tier 1 general leave expires?
4. Assuming Varun gets tier 1 extension in Feb 2012, Sandhya gets dependant visa in April 2012. In April 2014, Varun will be eligible to apply for PR, Sandhya wouldn’t have completed 2 years as a dependant with Varun. Will this cause any issues for Sandhya’s PR?
Please suggest. Any help will be highly appreciated. Many thanks.