John wrote:IF that is the case there is a problem
And the problem is?
John
Oh I did not explan that clearly, right
You see between the visa expiry date and the visa issue date there is a gap of 12 days and if I apply for extension a month earlier before expiry, that would be about 42 days in advance. Finally if the visa is approved (now the visa is approved from the date of approval and not from the date of expiry) in 15 days as it is the case now, that would be very close to 28 days grace period to have 5years eligibilty for ILR.
If you see what I am worried about???
Then may be I need to do another extension (£1000s....visa fees and the torture of uncertainity, change of rules...blah blah blah...)
It is not just me, there had been thousands of applicants between Feb 2008 and Sept 2008 who were approved with Teir 1 initially would have this problem of different visa issue date and visa expiry date.