Tier 1 General dependent - 5 year route

[ozlematak]

Hi,
I am dependent of a Tier 1 General visa holder who is eligible to apply for settlement after 20th July 2014.
My visa history is as below:
· I was first granted Tier1(General) on 12.08.2010 (duration = 2 years, expiring on 12.08.2012)
· I married to my husband on 16.06.2011
· I moved in the UK on 12.07.2011 and started living with my husband
· I applied for extension in London on 08.08.2012 together with my husband as his dependent (Leave to remain as PBS Dependent)
. His visa was extended for 2 years but my application was refused on 04.01.2013 on the basis that: “switching to dependent category is not permitted within the country”
. I left the UK on 19.01.2013 and made an application for Tier 1 dependent visa in Turkey
. I was granted “Tier1 (General) Partner” on 30.01.2013 valid until 14.08.2014 and entered in the UK on 09.02.2013
I have continued living in the UK with my husband.

As I was granted dependent visa after 9 July 2012 (legislation changed), we believe eligibility criteria for me to apply for settlement(ILR) is 5 years.
We are planning to get a premium service appointment for a date after 20.07.2014 before 14.08.2014.
My husband will apply for settlement and I will apply for an extension of stay as PBS dependent with the form on this link https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -dependant
Is it advisable for me to apply the same day as my husband (both in person)? Do we need one appointment or two consecutive ones?

Can I count the period I lived in the UK with my Tier 1 General visa(from 12.07.2011 to 19.01.2013) towards ILR 5 year qualification? Or do I need to wait until July 2018 to apply for ILR?
Thanks
Ozlem

[ssm4u]

Did you get any answer for the same?

[haiksuresh]

Hi,
I am dependent of a Tier 1 General visa holder who is eligible to apply for settlement after 20th July 2014.
My visa history is as below:
· I was first granted Tier1(General) on 12.08.2010 (duration = 2 years, expiring on 12.08.2012)
· I married to my husband on 16.06.2011
· I moved in the UK on 12.07.2011 and started living with my husband
· I applied for extension in London on 08.08.2012 together with my husband as his dependent (Leave to remain as PBS Dependent)
. His visa was extended for 2 years but my application was refused on 04.01.2013 on the basis that: “switching to dependent category is not permitted within the country”
. I left the UK on 19.01.2013 and made an application for Tier 1 dependent visa in Turkey
. I was granted “Tier1 (General) Partner” on 30.01.2013 valid until 14.08.2014 and entered in the UK on 09.02.2013
I have continued living in the UK with my husband.

As I was granted dependent visa after 9 July 2012 (legislation changed), we believe eligibility criteria for me to apply for settlement(ILR) is 5 years.
We are planning to get a premium service appointment for a date after 20.07.2014 before 14.08.2014.
My husband will apply for settlement and I will apply for an extension of stay as PBS dependent with the form on this link https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -dependant
Is it advisable for me to apply the same day as my husband (both in person)? Do we need one appointment or two consecutive ones?

Can I count the period I lived in the UK with my Tier 1 General visa(from 12.07.2011 to 19.01.2013) towards ILR 5 year qualification? Or do I need to wait until July 2018 to apply for ILR?
Thanks
Ozlem

When your dependent visa granted that time do you have valid tier 1 visa ? . I mean do you have continuous visa validity or it was broken ?. If it was broken then you need wait 5 years i.e 2018 .

Regards,
Suresh

[ozlematak]

I applied to switch to dependent visa in the UK (08.08.2012), before tier 1 visa expired.Since switching to dependent category is not permitted in the UK,I got refusal later after 5 months,so I left the UK in 28 days (19.01.2013).Then I got the dependent visa by applying from my home country in 30.01.2013.And returned to the UK on 09.02.2013 .
Does this mean it is broken or not?

[haiksuresh]

I applied to switch to dependent visa in the UK (08.08.2012), before tier 1 visa expired.Since switching to dependent category is not permitted in the UK,I got refusal later after 5 months,so I left the UK in 28 days (19.01.2013).Then I got the dependent visa by applying from my home country in 30.01.2013.And returned to the UK on 09.02.2013 .
Does this mean it is broken or not?

When you apply dependent visa in uk i.e on 8/8/2012 what visa you have and what is the validity of that visa ?

[ozlematak]

When I applied for dependent visa in UK at 8/8/2012 , I had Tier 1 General visa which was expiring on 14/08/2012.

[haiksuresh]

When I applied for dependent visa in UK at 8/8/2012 , I had Tier 1 General visa which was expiring on 14/08/2012.

your qualifying period was resetted, So you need wait another 5 years from 09.02.2013 date to apply for ILR.

Regards,
Suresh

[ozlematak]

Thank you for your reply.
But do you mind telling me the policy(document and section of the document) that helped you to come up with this result?
Thanks
Ozlem