I'm working on my application now & stuck on this question. How do I answer it?
Extending or switching to a partner route.
Is this the first time you have applied for a partner route, or an extension, with your current partner (including as a fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner)? Yes/No
As I'm filling out for my second 2.5 years in the UK on my spouse visa, I presume I answer Yes? I'm presuming by "extension" they're meaning I want to continue living in the UK.
If I say Yes do I choose:
First extension as a partner (following an initial period of entry as a partner, or as a fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner of a settled person) ----This is a correct statement if they mean I will have done my first 2.5 yrs as a spouse.
OR
First application as a partner from within the UK (for example, you are currently in the UK on another type of visa or permission to stay) ---This is kind of also a correct statement as I am doing it from within the UK although not on another type of visa. But doesn't being approved for the first 2.5 yrs mean I have permission to stay?