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by Kam1234 » Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:59 pm
Page 29 of 33 Guidance –ILR – calculating continuous period in the UK – v12.0 Published for Home Office staff on 9 April 2015
"If the applicant’s leave expires whilst they are outside the UK and they apply for entry clearance within 28 days, the applicant’s continuous period is not broken. In this circumstance, if they successfully get a new grant of entry clearance, the period spent outside of the UK will count towards the 180 days allowable absence. This includes any time:
after the expiry of their leave
while the entry clearance application is under consideration, and
where they are delayed entering the UK once entry clearance has been granted.
If the applicant’s leave expires whilst they are outside the UK and they apply for new entry clearance more than 28 days after their previous leave expires, the continuous period is broken and leave is not aggregated".
In my case
My first entry clearance ended on 2nd March 2012.
I got the evidence that I applied for the second entry clearance while out side the UK on 26th March 2012 and visa was granted on 3rd April 2014 (as appeared on my second entry clearance stamp).
Please provide your comments, whether I am qualifying for ILR with respect of my first entry clearance or not. My first entry clearance was granted in August 2011.
Thanks