ILR or visa extension
My family immigrated to the UK on a skilled worker visa (my mom is the main applicant) when i was 16 years old in September 2018. She has since become a British citizen and this will be my fist time attempting to renew my visa since that happy development. I am now 24 years old. I have spent most of the time since we immigrated to the UK in my home country for school and then university and I would spend 3 months in the UK every year for summer holidays. My skilled worker dependent visa expires on Feb 2027. I have consulted several immigration solicitors and 2 of them actually encouraged me to apply for ILR (with their help) even knowing I don't fulfill the continuous residence rule, saying that travel for education is exempt. I consulted them for visa renewal and I was surprised with this information. Naturally, I would love to have ILR. Has anyone had a similar experience and received ILR? I'm asking as not only would the ILR application cost me the usual 3000 pounds, law fees will also be around that, and if it's improbable I get it, I'd rather not spend that money and let it go to waste. I'm really anxious to attempt this without knowing that it has been successful in the past. Thnx