You can apply for ILR as a Turkish Businessperson dependant 28 days before comleting the qualifying period of 5 years as a dependent partner of a Turkish ECAA Businessperson. An application for ILR as a Turkish ECAA Businessperson is made in accordance with requirements for grant of ILR as set out in Appendix ECAA Settlement of the Immigration Rules.
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Requirements For ILR As A Turkish Businessperson Dependant
As a dependant of a Turkish Businessperson, you should satisfy the following requirements to be eligible for ILR as a Turkish Businessperson dependant:
Valid ILR Application
The applicant applying for ILR as a Turkish Businessperson dependant must submit a valid ILR application from inside the UK in accordance with requirements for a valid application as set out in Appendix ECAA Settlement of the Immigration Rules.
Relationship Requirement
The applicant must:
- be the spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner of a Turkish Businessperson who:
- has indefinite leave to remain as an ECAA business person; or
- is, at the same time being granted indefinite leave to remain as an ECAA business person; or
- has become a British Citizen where prior to that they held indefinite leave to remain as an ECAA business person.
Immigration Status Requirement
The applicant must have, or have last been granted, leave as the spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner of the ECAA business person.
Genuine and Subsisting Relationship Requirement
The applicant must be in a marriage or civil partnership, or unmarried partnership with the Turkish Businessperson which must be genuine and subsisting at the time the application is made.
Intention To Live Together Requirement
The applicant must intend to live permanently with the Turkish ECAA Business person as their spouse or civil partner or unmarried partner.
Qualifying Period Requirement
The applicant must have been living together with the Turkish ECAA Businessperson in the UK in a marriage or civil partnership, or in an unmarried partnership, for continuous period of 5 years. The 5 year period may consist of a combination of leave as either:
- the spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner of an ECAA worker or business person; or
- the spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner of an ECAA worker or business person during a period when the sponsor had leave under another category of these Rules.
During the qualifying period the applicant must:
- have been in a relationship with the same ECAA worker or business person for the entire period; and
- have spent the most recent part of the 5 year period with leave as the spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner of that ECAA business person; and
- have spent the remainder of the 5 year period, where applicable, with leave as the spouse or civil partner or unmarried partner of that person at a time when that person had leave under another category of the rules; and
- not have been absent from the UK for more than 180 days during any 12 month period, subject to the exceptions at ECAA 2.
Suitability Requirements
The applicant's application for ILR as a Turkish Businessperson dependant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal.
Knowledge of English Language and Life In The UK
The applicant must have demonstrated sufficient knowledge of the English language and sufficient knowledge about life in the United Kingdom, in accordance with Appendix KOLL.
How Can We Help?
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on a fixed fee basis in relation to your application. Our fixed fee for your immigration application will cover all the work of our immigration solicitors on your immigration application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your application. The casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors in relation to your immigration application will entail the following:
- Advice on requirements: Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your immigration application to succeed.
- Advice on documents: Our immigration lawyers will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your immigration application;
- Assessment of documents: Our immigration lawyers will assess your documents to ensure that all the documents you provide in support of your application comply with the requirements of the immigration rules.
- Completing application form: Our immigration lawyers will complete the relevant application form for your immigration application.
- Submitting an application through Priority or Super Priority Service: Where possible, our immigration lawyers will submit your online immigration application through priority or super-priority service to get a faster decision on your immigration application.
- Booking an appointment with the application centre: After you submit your immigration application online, our immigration lawyers will book an appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.
- Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the immigration application to explain all the relevant legal requirements and how the applicant has satisfied such requirements with the documents submitted with the application.
- Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrollment date, our immigration lawyers will upload all the supporting documents online to be considered in support of the immigration application.
- Follow-up work: Our immigration lawyers will carry out all the follow-up work until the Home Office UKVI decides on the immigration application.
Our One-Off Services For Immigration Applications
Our immigration solicitors can also provide a wide range of one-off legal services for UK visa and immigration applications. Using our one-off services can help those who do not want to use our full service for immigration applications. You can use one of the following one-off legal services offered for UK visa and immigration applications:
Our Fixed Fees For Dependant Visa Applications
Our fixed fees for dependant visa applications are as given in the fee table below:
| Our Service | Our Fixed Fees Range |
| Full service for dependant visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) | From £800 To £1,500 (no VAT) |
| Full service for switching into a dependant visa from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
| Full service for the extension of dependant visa from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
| Full service for ILR as a dependant from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of casework involved. In addition to our fixed fee, the applicant also has to pay the Home Office UKVI fees for the application.
