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Hi,
I came to the UK as a student with my two dependent children (14 and 15 years old at the time of entry) in Jan 2005. I've had several extensions as student then transferred over to post study visa and now I've just received my tier 1 entrepreneur visa which expires in April 2016.

During all this time my children have always lived in the UK as my dependents and are still my dependents on tier 1 entrepreneur visa. They have attended school, college and university here in the UK as they have never been back home since they came here back in 2005 and have been living legally as my dependents. Soon they will be 23 and 24.

Me and my children will complete the 10 year legal stay in Jan 2015. My question is that, are my children eligible to get ILR any earlier than 2015 as I've heard about this rule of 7 years or something for families, as my children have been here for about 8 and a half years now. Any help or advice will be highly appreciated.

Kindest Regards

vaatiaan wrote:Hi,
I came to the UK as a student with my two dependent children (14 and 15 years old at the time of entry) in Jan 2005. I've had several extensions as student then transferred over to post study visa and now I've just received my tier 1 entrepreneur visa which expires in April 2016.

During all this time my children have always lived in the UK as my dependents and are still my dependents on tier 1 entrepreneur visa. They have attended school, college and university here in the UK as they have never been back home since they came here back in 2005 and have been living legally as my dependents. Soon they will be 23 and 24.

Me and my children will complete the 10 year legal stay in Jan 2015. My question is that, are my children eligible to get ILR any earlier than 2015 as I've heard about this rule of 7 years or something for families, as my children have been here for about 8 and a half years now. Any help or advice will be highly appreciated.

Kindest Regards

No, 7 years only applies for children 18 years old or younger. If your child is over 18 and under 25 then the concession is that they should have spent half their life in the uk. What this means is that this policy only applies to children who were younger than 13 years of age when they entered the uk. If the children where 13 years old or above when they entered the uk then they can never qualify for this route.

quantum1 wrote:

vaatiaan wrote:Hi,
I came to the UK as a student with my two dependent children (14 and 15 years old at the time of entry) in Jan 2005. I've had several extensions as student then transferred over to post study visa and now I've just received my tier 1 entrepreneur visa which expires in April 2016.

During all this time my children have always lived in the UK as my dependents and are still my dependents on tier 1 entrepreneur visa. They have attended school, college and university here in the UK as they have never been back home since they came here back in 2005 and have been living legally as my dependents. Soon they will be 23 and 24.

Me and my children will complete the 10 year legal stay in Jan 2015. My question is that, are my children eligible to get ILR any earlier than 2015 as I've heard about this rule of 7 years or something for families, as my children have been here for about 8 and a half years now. Any help or advice will be highly appreciated.

Kindest Regards

No, 7 years only applies for children 18 years old or younger. If your child is over 18 and under 25 then the concession is that they should have spent half their life in the uk. What this means is that this policy only applies to children who were younger than 13 years of age when they entered the uk. If the children where 13 years old or above when they entered the uk then they can never qualify for this route.

Thanks for your reply quantum 1.

So, for under 18, the child needs to be here for seven years before they turn 18.

For under 25, the child needs to be here for half of their life, but a 13 year old will be able to get ILR through the 10 year long residence two years early when he or she turns 23. The 25 years rule for half life doesn't make sense for children who have lived here legally, or is not of any help for those children who have lived here legally.

So the only route left for my children is 10 years, I guess as long as the 10 years rule stays the same for another year and a half.

hi,
I just known that, that a child who lived in the uk for more than 7 years and currently under 13 years old can apply for ILR !!

We are living here since 08/2003 without any absence from uk just 23 days holiday in 10 years.

Any advice or anyone has same situation like that.

many thanks

Hi
Me and my family in same situation. My son and daughter completed 7 years continous here in the UK as my dependent. They are under 18. I came here in 2005 on work permit and after 4 years made redundant so changed to student visa in 2009. In 2011 got post study visa and in 2012 got tier-2 visa which is valied until 2015. I am living with my wife and 2 kids continuous more then seven year in the UK. Please, can any one advise me the best way of ILR for my kids before 10 years. Tier 2 visa is employment related and we always have a fear in mind about redundancy which we experienced in the past in 2009. I will be thankful for any help on this.

vaatiaan wrote:Hi,
I came to the UK as a student with my two dependent children (14 and 15 years old at the time of entry) in Jan 2005. I've had several extensions as student then transferred over to post study visa and now I've just received my tier 1 entrepreneur visa which expires in April 2016.

During all this time my children have always lived in the UK as my dependents and are still my dependents on tier 1 entrepreneur visa. They have attended school, college and university here in the UK as they have never been back home since they came here back in 2005 and have been living legally as my dependents. Soon they will be 23 and 24.

Me and my children will complete the 10 year legal stay in Jan 2015. My question is that, are my children eligible to get ILR any earlier than 2015 as I've heard about this rule of 7 years or something for families, as my children have been here for about 8 and a half years now. Any help or advice will be highly appreciated.
Kindest Regards

You shouldn't worry at all as you said you and your dependents are completing 10 years continus lawfull residence in 2015, then all of you will be eligible for ILR invidually.

I am also in the same situation and my one child is under 10 years and second is 16 year old and both have completed 7 years continuous lawfully. Is there any option for visa extension or ILR in the event of redundancy? I will be very thankful for advise on this as one member in this forum told me that is only possible if child have ILR