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TOP URGENT - ILR Combing Visitor Visa?!

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TOP URGENT - ILR Combing Visitor Visa?!

Post by jamesalpina » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:07 pm

Hello, I am a Ghanaian National and I have been in the UK physically from 1998-2011 continuously. I wish to apply for an ILR however a dilemma lies in the fact that when I first arrived in 1998 it was on a visitors visa. My father was on a diplomatic passport and my mother had multiple entry visa's so it was an oversight on her part for not getting me a student visa.

In august 2002 I obtained a student visa and have been on it up until august 2011. I had to return to Ghana to seek funding for my degree course.

The question is will I be able to combine my years spent in England on a visitor visa with my student visa years in order to constitute the 10 years or not?

Thank you

dk2011
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Re: TOP URGENT - ILR Combing Visitor Visa?!

Post by dk2011 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:36 pm

Call UKBA to confirm on the same . However i have got below link for you which says you can.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... e_continuo

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Re: TOP URGENT - ILR Combing Visitor Visa?!

Post by jamesalpina » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:09 pm

Thank you for your response, has anybody else had any experience with this?

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