ILR Application - Absence

[liheming576]

Hi All,

I would like to enquire you about visa absence for ILR application. My master's student visa expired on February 1, 2020, and I left the UK at 17th December 2019. Then I got a new second master's student visa on August 7, 2020, and returned to the UK in 17th August. That was the Covid period.
In this case, does it count as visa interruption if I apply for PR?

[zimba]

What is your visa route ?

[liheming576]

Now I am GTV(5 years) 1st year. My total number of days did not exceed 548 before 2024.
Thx!

[liheming576]

What is your visa route ?

Now I am GTV(5 years) by art council 1st year.
My total number of days did not exceed 548 before 2024.
Thx!

[zimba]

So what route to ILR you are considering ? Is it the long residence ??

[liheming576]

So what route to ILR you are considering ? Is it the long residence ??

Yes! Thank you for your reply! If I use the GTV route, I will have to wait 4 years in the future. If I use the 10-year route, I could apply in 2027(first entry is 2017), which could be 2 years earlier.

The total number of days before 2024 did not exceed 548. In 2020, I was away from the UK for more than 200 days, and my student visa was interrupted for more than 6 months.

Thx!

[zimba]

But it seems you had a single period of absence for more than 184 days, which breaks your continuous residence.

Read: Lawful and continuous residence changes to Long Residence route from 11 April 2024