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Hi All,

I have few queries about calculating continuos period of 5 years for settlement.

Here are my visa details

Received EC - 27th Dec 2007 (HSMP)
Came to the UK - 30th Apr 2008 (After 4 months)
Extended Tier 1 Visa - Dec 2009
Visa expiry - 27th Dec 2012

Please advise on the following questions.

1. I need to go for another extension before Dec 2012 for the 4 months shortage. is this Correct?
2. Since 2008, I have been out of the country for 180 days already and I may need to go out of the country for few days before applying ILR.

Whole of the 180 days period (so far) is my personal trip but this is part of my annual leave and I have got paid for these holidays.

I am in dilemma to go out of the country before ILR or not.

Please help. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Regarding your absences were these 180 days for Business or Personal?
Paid Leaves or Unpaid leaves? Any absence greater than 90 days? Please provide additional details.

hi jaskiratbaweja,

180 days for personal trip and they were all PAID leave. no single trip was more than 40 days.

vijayballa wrote:hi jaskiratbaweja,

180 days for personal trip and they were all PAID leave. no single trip was more than 40 days.

Ensure that the additional trip you need to make is not more than 10-15 days. I am sure the HO will allow that much flexibility.

With regards to entering 4 months later, I think they only discount upto 3 months, so you might need an extension. Better to get opinion of some seniors as well.

Thanks for your reply.

Any other suggestions from any one?

Hi jaskiratbaweja,
Could you tell me that what you mean HO will allow the flexibility of 10-15 days in absence?
Do you mean if the absences are 194 days with paid leave should be OK?
Mine is 197 days with all of them paid annual leave and I have employer letter as well for this.
What is the chance to get the ILR?


In the following link, content 5.1 mentions that if all paid leave will be disregarded, can anyone advice me.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

mozhi

Personal experience - I had 196 days out of UK, most of them weekend & day trips. That's the total not counting days going in/out of the country. The longest trip was back home for 33 days. Got my ILR approval letter today. If I didn't give them the list of all my travels, they wouldn't even ask for it. Of course, I suppose that depends on the case worker... But still, I don't think they care about short trips.

Hi mayak76,
All of your absences are personal or business leave.
mozhi

mozhi12 wrote:Hi mayak76,
All of your absences are personal or business leave.
mozhi

They were all personal, mainly weekend trips to Europe and a few longer trips back home.