7 years in the country and now I can't stay much longer because company decides to make me redundant and market is too fucked to get a new job with sponsorship.

Only few months ago, my wife and I were planning to settle in this lovely country and now I've to leave.

It's also not that easy to go back and restart my life after leaving my country for 7 years.

So, I'm royally fucked and still have 8 hours of office to go through before I go to pub and get shitfaced.

[–] fross 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought you were eligible for settled status after 5 years of living in the UK for 6 months or more each year? Assuming you don't get citizenship through your wife. (Edit: I see you've explained this in another comment further down, that sucks)

Sorry to hear about your redundancy, that does suck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

5 year applies if you're on settlement visa, like General Visa of past and Skilled Worker Visa currently.

But I was brought in on ICT visa, which was non-settlement visa and time spent is not counted as settled.

But I think this will make Torries happy at least as they will have one less immigrant :)

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