GTV Dependent Visa - extension process

Moving to the UK
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Hello TN community,

I am on a Tier-1 Global Talent Visa and my spouse is on the GTV dependent visa.

During my initial stage-2 application (in 2020) - I had applied for 3 years for both - self and her (as far as I remember, I couldn’t have applied for 3 years for self and 5 years for her?). I am sure everyone who has got an exceptional talent endorsement have had to go through this?

Now next year i.e September 2023, I will be eligible to apply for the ILR. But I will have to apply for a 2-year GT dependent visa extension for her.

Can someone help me on how I should go about it? I mean, can I apply for her extension now or should I do it with specific time remaining? What is the process?

I searched online and the links took me to start a ‘fresh’ stage-2 application - but I wasn’t sure, so thought of asking this helpful community. Surely, an extension is a different process flow?

Can someone who has gone through this process advise me? Your help will be much appreciated.

Cheers
Deepak

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You need yo finish your current visa, and apply for ILR. Once you get your ILR she can apply for years years extension. She can only get a visa based on the validity of your visa. To avoid this for my spouse, even though i was endorsed for exceptional talent, i applied for 5 years, this gives my husband a 5years visa that qualifies him for ILR.

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You can apply for ILR if you were exceptional not promise and at the same time you have to extend the partner visa as GT dependant.

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