Hope you can help me with this easy question. I am approaching my ILR application under the Global Talent Visa route and I need just a clarification. I have arrived in the UK on June 21 under skilled worked visa. I have been continuously working under this scheme till January 24. Then I have applied for the Global Talent Visa (Exceptional Promise, endorsed by Royal Society so the requested time in the UK to apply is 3 y) and got my new visa valid from April 24. So I had 2 months break, and I was outside the UK on those two months. I still maintained my bills and rent in the UK in that period, and I have started a new job on April 24. My question is: are those two months break affecting my elegibility to apply for the ILR? I am still meet there requirement for the ILR to do not have spent more than 180 days within any 12 months period in the last three years, but I would like to double check before applying because the price is really high and I want to be 100% sure to get the ILR without the risk to lose money. Many thanks in advance for your help! Ivan
Many thanks for your answer. I say 3 years because of what I have found on the gov website as follows:
Global Talent
The time you must have been in the UK depends on how you were endorsed.
You can apply after 3 years if you were endorsed by either:
the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society or UK Research and Innovation
Arts Council England or Tech Nation - this must be as a recognised leader (âexceptional talentâ)
Or if you were endorsed by Arts Council England or Tech Nation as an emerging leader (âexceptional promiseâ), you can apply after 5 years.
If you did not need an endorsement for your visa because you had won an eligible award, you can apply after 3 years.
Form my understanding 3 years should be enough since I was endorsed by the Royal Society, or maybe I misunderstood? Thank you very much for your help Ivan
Ivan