ILR for Dependents

[aby00156]

Can anyone please advise on my query.

[CULLINAN]

Hi Moderators,

While filling the SET O form for my wife's ILR, initially it asked me my details and then my wife's details. My wife is the main applicant.

After completing the form, it is asking me to sign the declaration instead of my wife. is this normal or am I doing some mistake here.

Its kind of strange that in the checklist there is only one signed declaration which is need to be signed by me but not my wife. Rest all documents in the checklist refer to my wife.

If your wife is applying ILR on SET(O) as your PBS dependent, then usually the form, in the start, asks “who is she joining” that will be YOU (as she is your dependent so it will be your details).
Although she is the main applicant in regards to her own ILR application but she is applying as a PBS dependent route.

There are three parts of the consent form. Part 1 is to be signed by the applicant that is your wife. Part 2 will be signed by you if she is relying on any joint named documents and part 3 will be signed by you also if she is financially dependent on you.

You would have got a link to download it during the application but sometimes applicants miss that. You can also download it at Step 7, further actions page after you pay and submit your online application.

[aby00156]

One last question:

I saw in one of the post in which @CROO1 stated that

Cohabitation documents are required if you and your spouse are applying at the same time. If not, then it is not required.

Is this applicable in my case aswell. i.e. I have already received my ILR now my wife is applying on her own as PBS dependant. Hence she will not have to show any cohabitation documents.

[CR001]

One last question:

I saw in one of the post in which @CROO1 stated that

Cohabitation documents are required if you and your spouse are applying at the same time. If not, then it is not required.

Is this applicable in my case aswell. i.e. I have already received my ILR now my wife is applying on her own as PBS dependant. Hence she will not have to show any cohabitation documents.

She needs to show evidence of cohabitation for the last 2 years. My comment you quote above was relevant to a tier 2 main visa holder applying on their own with no dependent.

[aby00156]

Hi All,

One final question.

Can I submit online bank statements as proof of Cohabaition?

[CULLINAN]

Hi All,

One final question.

Can I submit online bank statements as proof of Cohabaition?

Yes

[aby00156]

My view is that as she entered the UK almost a year after visa issue date, she can apply next year.

Hi CR001,

I have now got my wife's ILR.

The visa issue date is counted for calculating 5 years and the date of entry was not taken into count as there is no 180 days rule for dependant visas issued before 11th Jan 2018.


Many thanks for everyone's help.