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by pyare_16 » Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:32 pm
Hello everyone,
First, thanks for your continued advice and support to all the members regarding Visa queries. Really appreciate the time and effort the moderators and other members contribute to the form.
I need some advice on my wife / daughter (under 18) visa extension. I currently hold Tier 1 General, due for ILR in August. My wife and Kid had Tier 1 Dependent which expired in Jan 2016, they are currently outside UK. My wife and Kid are planning to come back to UK, but i'm confused on the type of Visa i need to apply and which would be easier for their settlement.
Visa history:
Main applicant (myself ) entered UK in Aug 2011
wife and daughter joined me in March 2012 (note, they got their first dependent visa before the rule change on 9th July 2012)
Wife and daughter left uk in March 2014 and dependent visa was not extended due to the plans that i would be returning back to my home country.
We have a change of circumstance and mind now and would like to live in the UK, i see below mentioned options are the possibilities, but please correct me and refer me to any previous thread or HMRC site where i can find some details.
i see my wife and daughter have completed 2 years continuous living in UK from March 2012 to Feb 2014, but they have been away from UK for more than 2 years too. So i think they are not eligible to apply for ILR when i apply and that too from outside the UK?
or
can i extend their dependent visa(is it possible to extend after the visa has expired in Jan 2016?), they would get visa until main applicant visa is valid (which is Apr 2018) and they can apply for ILR once they complete 2 years continuous residence in UK since their initial dependent visa was granted before 9th July 2012?
or
my only possibility is to apply my ILR and apply family member visa through FLR(M) for my wife and daughter? my daughter was born outside UK, will she be eligible to be registered as British citizen after my neutralization ?
I've gone through the forums ad have read documents, but there are too much information which confused me and made me open this thread, really appreciate the time and effort taken to respond to me for the queries. Thanks and warm regards .