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Hi all,
I am planning to apply for ILR (long residence) this August. I’d appreciate any clarification on two issues:

A. Cancelled application:

• I had a valid Student visa in the UK that was due to expire in Jan 2023.

• In October 2021, I finished my course and submitted an application for Graduate visa

• I then decided to cancel (withdraw) that application (as I entered my passport number wrong).

• After that, I immediately submitted a new application and got approved eventually

• SAR document record I requested shows the cancelled application as "Withdrawn".

B. Changed course:

I also had a change of course in 2017. But my University immigration compliance team emailed me that since the courses were in the same department, with same length and same level, I did not need to apply for new student visa. I can also see one (and only) record on my SAR document saying "Sponsor notification - change of circumstance (Notification recorded)" (outcome: Notification recorded). Nothing related to the visa curtailment.

My question:
Will this withdrawn application and the change of course in my case affect my continuous lawful residence (and ILR application under 10 year long residence)?

Many thank in advance!

There are no issues but I assume you applied again before visa expiry in 2023 after you cancelled your first application

zimba wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 12, 2025 2:43 pm

There are no issues but I assume you applied again before visa expiry in 2023 after you cancelled your first application

Thanks! Zimba. Yes I indeed made both (cancelled and successful) Graduate applications well before the end of student visa. That's comforting!

Can I follow up with another question in a similar situation please: I withdrew my first skilled worker visa, when switching from the Graduate visa. And then I re-applied using the priority service.

What I found in my SAR report (immigration history page) - there is a block called "Case reconsideration - withdraw" after the withdrawn skilled worker application. Again, both applications were made before the existing visa expired. Will this have any impact? Please see the screenshot here: https://ibb.co/dsJTzjzQ

Many thanks!

None of these have any impact

zimba wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:25 pm

None of these have any impact

Thanks Zimba!!! Much appreciated!