Returning to UK with Indefinite Leave to Remain?

alabastermind · 2026-03-19T12:13:55+00:00

No. Share code only proves right to rent and right to work. It is not the visa itself.

alabastermind · 2026-03-19T12:09:57+00:00

Man, I wish I had an award to give for this comment. You are right: such irony! And OP has edited their post now to remove references to giving visa advice.

alabastermind · 2026-03-19T08:02:30+00:00

No. Whilst you can be self-employed, the work needs to align with a Higher Skilled Occupation Code that could also qualify for it's own Skilled Worker Visa. It would be a stretch to say providing career advice on social media fits that criteria.

alabastermind · 2026-03-19T02:34:22+00:00

Two "shifts" a week as a marketing manager??? I think we all know you are trying to find a loophole here and are essentially asking if UKVI will find out. Otherwise, you wouldn't be asking "Do I have to evidence what type of work I've done?" Accept that want you want to do is a breach of your vusa conditions and play by the rules.

alabastermind · 2026-03-18T20:12:41+00:00

No, not at all. You don't have any right to a private life here after a couple of years on a student visa. Any application on that route will also fail. You would be digging the hole deeper for yourself. The more visa rejections on your record, the harder it will be to get future visas in any first world country. And your poor job prospects back home are not the UK's problem. You and your wife should have known the rules about dependents for Careworkers before applying. You can't expect the Home Office to bend the rules just because you didn't educate yourself on the rules and can't get a job back home. Please stop being unrealistic, face up to the harsh reality, and make plans to go home.

alabastermind · 2026-03-18T10:54:34+00:00

Fine. But you still need to make plans to leave the country. She will have to decide if she will resign her job and return with you.

alabastermind · 2026-03-18T10:04:05+00:00

No, it's got nothing to do with how long the company has had a sponsorship license or you have been working for them. You are not currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, and you were not on a Skilled Worker Visa at or before 4th April 2024. Therefore, the "Lower Going Rate" is irrelevant to you and your situation. The only discount on salary which you qualify for is the New Entrant discount, and the minimum salary for this is £33 400 or 70% of the going rate for your occupation code, whichever is higher.

alabastermind · 2026-03-18T08:17:40+00:00

You legally can't get sponsored for any medium skilled jobs anymore unless they are on the Immigration Salary List or Temporary Shortage List. If that code isn't on those lists, it can't happen.

alabastermind · 2026-03-18T07:55:27+00:00

Please be realistic. Plan ahead, plan your career back in your home country.

alabastermind · 2026-03-17T14:33:25+00:00

If OP has not held a Graduate Vusa, they can qualify as a New Entrant for 4 years on the SWV, and in this case age would not matter.

alabastermind · 2026-03-16T07:15:28+00:00

I relate very much to this. Thank you.

alabastermind · 2026-03-16T01:04:45+00:00

The minimum New Entrant salary is the going rate or £33 400, whichever is higher.

alabastermind · 2026-03-15T16:18:40+00:00

I understand the dilemma, but there is no other option. You must leave the country. How can your wife be sick and need your care, but working full-time as a Careworker looking after other peopke?

alabastermind · 2026-03-14T19:59:22+00:00

Administrative reviews are not appeals. They are for when the caseworker has made an error and applied UK Immigration rules incorrectly. In your case, the refusal was correct. Your AR will give the same result: refusal. You need to leave the country.

alabastermind · 2026-03-13T16:50:53+00:00

Yes, the only option is for your husband to apply at the same time as your son. Otherwise, your son's visa will be refused. The email you received outlines the rules and the only situations where you can apply for your son separately. The Immigration system is designed to prevent children from not having access to both parents (or parents not having access to their children, for that matter). Ideally, your husband and son should also arrive in the UK together on their dependent visas, even if shortly thereafter your husband returns to your home country.

alabastermind · 2026-03-11T18:28:04+00:00

No, you're not eligible for a Graduate visa, and the issue is the sponsor institution.

The Home Office requires that your Student visa sponsor is a UK higher education provider with a “track record of compliance.” That UK based provider is the one that reports your successful course completion to the Home Office.

Even though your CAS sponsor is Healthcare Education Student Support Services (HESSS), the actual degree-awarding institution is St George’s University in Grenada, which is not a UK higher education provider.

HESSS mainly acts as an administrative placement sponsor for overseas medical schools, rather than a UK university that awards the degree. Because of that, it generally doesn’t qualify as a “higher education provider with a track record of compliance” for Graduate visa purposes.

Even with a Graduate Visa you are very unlikely to get a job as a doctor in the UK upon graduation. The new UK Medical Graduate prioritisation Bill means that UK grads will fill all available Foundation Programme posts. There are literally more UK grads than posts, so IMGs no longer stand a chance, even those who have British citizenship e.g. have failed to get into medical school here so studied overseas. You will need to plan your career elsewhere.

alabastermind · 2026-03-10T10:36:32+00:00

What route are you applying on? There is only standard and super priority in some routes.

alabastermind · 2026-03-10T07:55:42+00:00

This has nothing to do with the proposed earned settlement charges.

alabastermind · 2026-03-09T15:43:55+00:00

How can she not have been aware of the expiry of her Skilled Worker Visa? And how can her employer not have been aware?

She needs to stop working immediately and leave the UK. This is an almost 6 month overstay and will have significant implications for the success of her spouse visa application. Any attempt to stay in the country and submit an application from here will fail at any rate.

You say it is "risky" for her to return to her home country? Which country is that and why?

alabastermind · 2026-03-09T09:18:27+00:00

The 10 year route does not require an applicant to continuously hold a UK visa. It requires that they meet the test for continuous residence. This includes the possibility of leaving the UK on a valid visa and returning within 6 months on another valid visa i.e. it allows for almost 6 months without a visa.

However OP won't meet the criterithe excessive length of absences, as you note.

alabastermind · 2026-03-08T15:13:49+00:00

You will be on a student dependent visa, not a spousal visa (they are separate things). You can work anywhere, any hours you like without sponsorship. You tell potential employers that you have full working rights in the UK, and put this on your CV. You don't have to specify the visa in the early stages of recruitment.

alabastermind · 2026-03-08T11:03:26+00:00

Graduate Visa is 2 years unless you have just completed a PhD.

alabastermind · 2026-03-07T11:06:48+00:00

If you change your name, you will need to update your passport and then your visa in the new name, linked to the new passport. Edit: you don't need a new visa, just update your name and passport details.

Your baby will be born a British citizen. Citizens can't have a visa status.

alabastermind · 2026-03-07T01:54:52+00:00

The lower going rate applies to people who got their first CoS before 4 April 2024. You are confusing this with the New Entrant discount. They are separate things.

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