Dependent ILR Scenario

[Adnan2003]

Hi ,
can you please advise e regarding this scenario
I had PBS tier 2 and my wife came to UK as PBS dependent in Aug 2010.
I had been granted ILR on long residency of 10 yr this April 2014 and i had my wife switched to dependent settled person on FLRM.
My query is, " Could it be possible for y wife to get ILR on SET M to use her 2 yr qualifying period fro PBS dependent or not? Or there is any way that she can get ILR now in relation to above scenario?
Kind regards and thanks

[Amber]

Was she granted leave for 2 or 2.5 years? When did she apply for FLR(M)?

[Adnan2003]

thank for reply,
she is granted leave for 2.5 years on FLRM applied on 09.7.2014.
valid till 9.01.2017
She was PBs dependent before this from Aug 2010.
Regards
Adnan

[Amber]

She's on a new 5 year route to settlement I'm afraid. When did she apply for FLR(M)?

[Adnan2003]

Was she granted leave for 2 or 2.5 years? When did she apply for FLR(M)?

she applied for FLRM on 9/07/2014. as far as i know people who have been granted their first dependent visa before 9th July 2012 (under PBS dependent) and changed their status on FLRM after 6th April 2014, needs 2 year for ILR under transition rule, but i have been told that some case has managed to get their ILR even after this. I am pretty sure that she does not need 5 years. it is 2 years but i was thinking whether she can use her 2 year time from her PBS dependet time to for ILR now or not.
thanks

[Amber]

No, the rule changed on 6 April 2014. She'll have to extend after 2.5 years and then settle in 5 years I'm afraid.

[Adnan2003]

No, the rule changed on 6 April 2014. She'll have to extend after 2.5 years and then settle in 5 years I'm afraid.

yeah i understand that rule has changed, the people who has granted their dependent visa first time after 9th july 2012 has to wait for 5 years for settlement and those who have been granted thier first dependent visa before before 9th july 2012 has to wait for 2 years. Before 6th april 2014 people who have already got dependent visa either of PBS were able to amulgamate their 2 year qualifying time after main applicant long residency ILR by going to FLRM and SETM by paying 2 fees together which is not possible now apparently and thye have to wait for 2 years that was actually my query
thanks for your answers anyway.

[Amber]

Your spouse must wait 5 years, whether you like it or not I'm afraid. You do not understand the rules, it's immaterial when the PBS dep was granted leave as a PBS dep. All PBS deps who switch to FLR(M) after 6 April 2014, are on a new 5 year route to settlement under Appendix FM.

Leave for 2.5 years means it was given under Appendix FM, not part 8 of the rules.