u/shugaroffline

Hello all.

If an ILR was refused and a 2.5 year extension was offered instead, what happens with the fees?

Do I need to pay all over again for the fees of the extension which is a further £1,407 plus IHS fee of £2,587? Or will I pay the difference of the ILR fee (£3,226)?

Hello community, first time making a post on reddit, be easy on me please. My husband is a good guy, never been in any trouble with people/law. Without making this post too long, he was convicted for dangerous driving (we had a bad lawyer, didn't have an interpreter for sentence report plus more). He was given 12 month sentence, suspended for 18, 20 hours rehabilitation, 250 hours of unpaid work (UPW), 18 month driving ban. To consider: he was a first time offender, no drugs/alcohol, not evading police or using device. It was a bad decision, in a stressful time, stupid mistake. He was severely injured and is lucky to be alive today, no one else was physically harmed, but he hit into the back of a vehicle which was damaged.

CURRENT SITUATION: His visa runs out in a month, and I need to apply for his ILR, I cannot delay further and has been in the UK for 5.5 years now. He was convicted 3 months ago.

1. What should i expect. Could it be a rejection, deportation?

2. I will be providing 7 good character references, his personal statement, a statement from me, proof of progress that he has taken unpaid work seriously and by the time of applying, would have completed 80% of his UPW within 4 months. Proof that he is seeing a therapist, medical docs (showing severity of his medical condition after crash).

3. Do I need legal advice? I have done all applications myself with no trouble usually but extremely worried about this one.

Any advice or suggestions of additional evidence would be appreciated.