Thank you for your enquiry dated 12th December 2012.
Before we can assist you any further, you will need to provide the following information.
What visa does your wife currently hold to be in the UK?
If your wife is currently in the UK with leave as a PBS dependant, she will be required to switch to the category of partner using the FLR(M) application form.
Under the transitional arrangements, the old rules (those in place prior to 9 July 2012) continue to apply to those dependants who were granted leave to enter or remain in the UK before 9 July 2012. Therefore, if your wife has been granted leave to remain as a PBS dependant before 9 July 2012, she can apply to switch to the category of partner using the FLR(M) application form, meeting only the rules and criteria that was in place prior to 9 July 2012. This would mean that she is not required to meet the financial requirement.
If your wife’s FLR(M) application is successful, she can apply for ILR under the provisions of paragraph 287(a) of the Rules after she has completed the 2 years probationary period. Paragraph 287(a)(i)(d) allows for leave completed as a PBS Dependant to be amalgamated with leave as the partner of a settled person.
More simply, this means that your wife can combine her time spent in the UK as a PBS Dependant with leave to remain granted under FLR(M). As soon as she has completed a continuous period of 2 years under a combination of both categories, she can apply for settlement. She may be eligible to apply for ILR immediately after she is granted FLR(M). She will apply for ILR using application form SET(M).
Detailed guidance and information can be found at the following link to the UKBA website, paying particular attention to Transitional Arrangements;
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.u … /IDIs/idischapter8/
This information is only relevant if your wife currently has leave as a PBS Dependant. If she does not, please reply to this email indicating what her current visa conditions are.
I hope that this is of some assistance to you.
Yours sincerely,
Immigration Group
UK Border Agency
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