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Dear all.

I'm in Tier one General Visa and just got my extension, thinking about applying for ILR in two year time. I have a question regarding the following paragraph in Guidance – ILR – calculating continuous period in the UK – v7.0:

"The Secretary of State considers the granting of ILR in the UK to be a privilege and the continuous period requirement is the minimum amount of time which a migrant must spend in employment or being economically active in the UK before being eligible to qualify for ILR."

Could anyone please specify the term "in employment or being economically active in the UK"? If employed, does it have to be employed by a UK company? If a person is employed by a foreign company, and his salary is paid in foreign currency, but his work is physically carried out in UK. Is the situation qualified as being economically active?

Thanks a lot.

Pengfei

pwangchn wrote:Dear all.

I'm in Tier one General Visa and just got my extension, thinking about applying for ILR in two year time. I have a question regarding the following paragraph in Guidance – ILR – calculating continuous period in the UK – v7.0:

"The Secretary of State considers the granting of ILR in the UK to be a privilege and the continuous period requirement is the minimum amount of time which a migrant must spend in employment or being economically active in the UK before being eligible to qualify for ILR."

Could anyone please specify the term "in employment or being economically active in the UK"? If employed, does it have to be employed by a UK company? If a person is employed by a foreign company, and his salary is paid in foreign currency, but his work is physically carried out in UK. Is the situation qualified as being economically active?

Thanks a lot.

Pengfei

In employment or being economically active in the UK - you are paying tax to HMRC (through Employer if employed)

If your employer is paying tax to HMRC (UK) then yes.

In employment or being economically active in the UK - you are paying tax to HMRC (through Employer if employed)

If your employer is paying tax to HMRC (UK) then yes.

Thanks a lot for your reply. My employee is an international company. I'm employed by the overseas branch rather than UK, but most of time working in the UK branch. The oversea branch doesn't pay tax to HMRC, but the UK branch does. I really hope it counts this way, does it?

I represented my oversea earning when applying for extension. They didn't call or check any of my evidence and extended my visa. So will they be more strict if I represent similar document to apply for ILR?

More help please.

More help please.

It will be the same as extension application. Don't worry!