Short by 2.5 months for IlR-pl help

[Rinku1977]

Hi, I entered UK on 15th Feb 2008 (visa stamped on 3rd Feb 2008 ) with my family on tier 2inter co.(work permit ) valid till 03/2/10. I renewed the same in Dec 09 under the same category ( tier 2 PBS-transititional arrangement) and visa became valid till 14 Jan 2013. Since i can apply for ILR a month in advance before expiry of 5 years so my case was straight forward for IlR. But I switched to tier 1 category on 27th nov 2010 and visa became valid till 27/11/12. Now I am short by 2-3 months in order to get my ILR. Please advise if I still have any chances for ILR without extension of my tier 1.

[Angelica]

Why cant you break it properly? for example;
1) entered uk on student visa from abc to xyz

2) on pqr date, make application for tier 19 etc


It will be easily digested if you do that.

[chosenaik]

As you will be short of the 4 yr 11 month duration,you will need a Tier 1 extension to cover the period. The UKBA view point is that it is the applicant's responsibility not to apply for visa changes too early.