Thanks for the replies guys. The 10 year long residence can be made up of legal stay under any status, including student status, so the problem is the gap I mentioned in my first post. So basically I left before one visa finished and came in again with another visa, and there was a one month gap ...

First off, very useful forum, so thanks everyone. I've been in the UK since 1997, and I'm planning on applying for ILR under long residence. The problem is that I have a one month gap between the end of one visa and the beginning of another. This is because when I went to the home office to extend ...