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I am just wondering if anyone better knowledgeable then me could please put some light on the following issue,

If a child born in UK has been granted a Tier 1 (G) dependant visa and the parents now eligible for ILR and got it without applying for the child as per the rules they plan to go for MN1 route therefore if they would like to travel for a week where the child has Tier (1G) dependant and parents has ILR will they be stopped on return due to the child status? As per my understanding the minute the main applicant change the status the dependants has to change as well unless in case of child one is going for MN1 type visa.

I would be grateful if someone would share their own experience if they may had in past.

Your understanding of the rules is correct.

In practice, the child might be let into the country but the IO can give you hard time. Better to sort it out before travelling.

@ Jambo,

I have read somewhere, that after the change of status of main applicant, the dependant have 28 days to apply for change of status in accordance with the main applicants status. Is it correct? I am talking with regards to T1G main applicant going for ILR.

Where have you read that?

vinny wrote:Where have you read that?

Thanks Vinny,

Don't remember now...I am sure, somewhere on the board. That's the reason I asked for the clarification.

You probably read that here and if you read that thread you will see that there isn't such rule.

Thanks for the post.

So this means that there is nothing written anywhere in immigration rules or policy guidence about the max time allowed to switch the visa.

This will leads to only one answer, applying ASAP. Is it so? But again there sould be some limit to ASAP (Just my thoughts, not commenting any one's advise)

@Jumbo and Vinny. Then what would you suggest, how early one should apply for change of status?

Does it mean that the child’s status become kind of illegal? Do people sometime include the child only for these reasons to keep the case straight forward?