Brother's ILR on 10 year Basis, 3 years Gap

[sachinjoshilondon201]

Hi All my brother came to UK in 2006 December on student visa and he went back in 2012 and he is back on Teir 2 now Is there any way to cover that gap? so he can qualify for 10 year ILR basis.

Can we show some medical issue? or treatment? to that 3 years gap can be covered?

Please advice with any suggestions. Thanks

[CR001]

Not possible under long residence ILR. There is no way to 'bridge the gap' as a 3 year gap is substantial.

Absences cannot be more than 540 days in the WHOLE 10 years and any absence of 180 days or more breaks the residence continuity.

He will have to wait the required 5 years on Tier 2 (if he is on Tier 2 General).

[Wanderer]

Can we show some medical issue? or treatment? to that 3 years gap can be covered?

You mean lie? Nice.

[secret.simon]

Can we show some medical issue? or treatment? to that 3 years gap can be covered?

You mean lie? Nice.

Firstly, as CR001 has advised, it is not possible to "close" a gap of three years (more than 1000 days).

Secondly, if you meant to lie and fabricate evidence of a medical emergency, as Wanderer and I read your post to mean, your brother would be in a very difficult spot if that was ever found out. I presume that his plan is to get citizenship eventually. But if his citizenship is based on deception, it is one of the few cases where his citizenship can be stripped at any time in his life. He would have the threat of his citizenship being cancelled all his life. I would not go there if I were you.