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Hello all,

I'm hoping someone will reply and help me out. I am due to apply for ILR on 6-Jun-12.

My history is:
Student visa (entry clearance): 07-Sep-05
Extension of student visa: 26-Feb-07 to 31-Jul-07
HSMP Issued: 04-Jul-07 to 03-Jul-09
Tier 1: 17-Jun-09 to 03-Jul-12

My Issue is: I have stayed in India and taken many holidays in EU the total of which goes beyond 180 (187 to be exact). One visit to India was sick leave where I broke my ankle and couldn’t come back to UK (totalling 38 days). Of these 2 weeks (i.e. 14 days) I was unpaid (as far as I remember) but I was obviously not in a shape to travel back to UK.

What I'm asking is can this medical unpaid leave excluded from the total of 180 days? Or in other words, is there a way around reducing these 14 days from 187 thus claiming that I’ve been outside UK for only 173 days?

Any help or direction would be great...

Regards
Mohit Singh

Hi Mohit

I think if you can prove you were sick then perhaps take that along with you for your ILR.

Also bear in mind that you should be in country 5 years prior to when you plan to apply.

For example if you plan to apply on 7 June 2012 you should have been present in the UK on 6 June 2007.

Hopefully someone more experienced will give their inputs?

Good Luck

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