Dependent ILR after main applicant ILR basis of 10 years

[awais394]

Hi,

My situation is as follows:

My wife joined me on Feb 2011 at Tier 1 General Dependent and we got further extension of 2 years in 2013 until April 2015. In Sep 2014 i got ILR on the basis of 10 years long residency basis.

Now my question is as I am coming across different information from different resources that my wife can not apply for ILR even she has spend more than 4 years as my dependent. She needs to switch to Spouse visa and then she can apply for ILR (Can anyone please provide me a link to HO website or refer to any Immigration policy paragraph to confirm this, as I have only came across this information without a authentic reference to a document)

I have consulted few solicitors and they have mentioned that she can apply for ILR.

Please help me in this case as i do not want to pay a large fee to a solicitor and got into a trouble after that, and if i have a reference to a document then i can show them that on what basis they are telling me that she is eligible.

Many Thanks

Awais

[CR001]

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Your partner will need to switch to FLR(M), which will reset her ILR clock to zero and she will have to wait a further 5 years for ILR.

It would have been easier and quicker if you had applied for ILR under Tier 1 as your spouse would have been able to apply at the same time as you.