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by chary » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:58 pm
As per their guidelines, your time starts when you start living with the relevant visa which makes you eligible for ILR. So, since the initial approval which makes you a HSMP started in Oct (what ever be the reason for delay after your application), your time starts only from the day you got the relevant visa.
If you had problem in the extension after the initial HSMP approval then the scenario would have been different.
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Please note : I am not an expert, my knowledge is limited to my research of the information available at the UKBA and other relevant sites