10年永居2017年改新政策了么？这样也算gap？？

海外生活 永居入籍
#1

大家帮帮忙，看看10年永居2017年4月版本的guidance，是不是改政策了呀？
我的case是这样的：

2009年8月20号签证到期，2009年8月15号签证过期前递交申请新签证，9月1号签证被拒绝，我于9月20号离境回国。2010年1月签得新签证回英国。

以前我咨询好多律师，都说我这个是在签证被拒后的28天之内离境，离境不足180天回英国就不算gap，可最近我翻看April 2017版本的Long residence guidance，发现好像不行了。

大家帮我看看，我的case是不是就不能申请10年永居了呀？

谢谢各位！！！

这是从guidance上复制的原文：

Events that break continuous residence
Continuous residence is considered to be broken if the applicant has:
• been absent from the UK for a period of more than 6 months at any one time
• spent a total of 18 months outside the UK throughout the whole 10 year period
• left the UK before 24 November 2016 with no valid leave to remain on their departure from the UK, and failed to apply for entry clearance within 28 days of their previous leave expiring (even if they returned to the UK within 6 months)
Time spent outside the UK
Continuous residence is not considered broken if the applicant:
• is absent from the UK for 6 months or less at any one time
• had existing leave to enter or remain when they left and when they returned –this can include leave gained at port when returning to the UK as a non-visa national
• departed the UK before 24 November 2016, but after the expiry of their leave to remain, and applied for fresh entry clearance within 28 days of that previous leave expiring, and returned to the UK within 6 months

#2

这样当然算gap！！
left the UK before 24 November 2016 with no valid leave to remain on their departure from the UK, and failed to apply for entry clearance within 28 days of their previous leave expiring (even if they returned to the UK within 6 months)

#3

那就是说，我10年永居签不了了？
我咨询的几个律师都说没问题，把我彻底搞晕了！ {:5_140:}

#4

这年头是个人都敢叫律师，顶多是个adviser。
你让他们出示律师证，百分之百拿不出来！

#5

不差钱可以试试，被拒绝也没伤害，然后老老实实等到2020年1月再申请吧！

#6

有点贵，不敢试呀 {:5_135:} 哪里有土豪，抓以来做朋友 {:5_141:}

#7

10年永居按照我的理解就是10年内你有正当的签证身份在英国，
离境指的也是在有签证的前提下不超过180天。
像楼主这样因为没有签证而离境，然后再签回来，这样应该算是gap了

#8

其实之前都是可以的，现在咨询还有律师说没问题。就是今年解释的更清晰了，所以有这种情况的朋友注意一下

#9

The period of overstaying is calculated from the latest of the:
• end of the last period of leave to enter or remain granted (including where an in-time application was submitted but the application was considered invalid)
• end of any extension of leave under sections 3C or 3D of the Immigration Act 1971
• the point that a migrant is deemed to have received a written notice of invalidity, in relation to an in-time application for further leave to remain where that application was deemed invalid due to the failure by the applicant to provide biometrics

所以说这个gap是under sections 3C or 3D of the immigration Act 1971,within 28 days. 可以申请10年，需要和签证的caseworker 解释清楚。

#10

感谢详细解答！！
还有个问题：

3C and 3D 保护HO受理签证的时间不算逾期滞留，那我收到HO的拒绝信后的28天也在保护之内么？

不过任何人收到信件后也不能当天马上离境啊
收到信之后的28天之内离境，虽然合法，但是不是又算逾期滞留了？

真是悖论 {:5_147:}

#11

这个签证断档不超过28天的规定好像很久以前就有了。这是一份2013年的文件。第17页讲了gap的定义。我的理解是签证有效期内离境，单次不超过6个月。签证失效后，拿到新签证时间不超过28天，除非有特别情况。不过这个文件很老了。我们自己的解读也不一定准确。还是建议你找有资格的律师咨询一下。

#12

是gap。放以前也是。都是哪些律师啊，怎么这么基本的也不懂呢？ 在英国的每一天都要有合法签证，除非在签证到期后不久（28天内？我不确定。好像现在要改成更短的时间了）就提交了新的申请，而且被批准了。重点是被批准了。如果被拒，从签证到期那天开始都算gap。而且，别的签证类型 disregard 28天内的gap，不怎么太受影响，但是十年不然。因为十年看重的就是“连续合法”。

#13

所以楼主后来有尝试十年永居吗