:/ change of plans

Hey guys,

I've just got a letter from uni of kent that says if I become a student this year, I'd be considered an overseas student but if I defer for next year, I'll be considered a home student. So I'm going to defer because that's a lot cheaper!

However just some visas issues here: Because DH will definitely be going to get his masters there, we wanted to stay in halls but because I'm not a student they told me that only his name can go on the lease and they're fine with me living there too. That somehow seems like it will be bad to submit for my ILR next June. He'll be living off our savings while I look for work but I'm just really worried about everything.  Are there any flaws in our plans or anything that will possibly get my ILR refused? I can't do this visa thing again, it's been so hard and expensive. I don't even fully know the new rules really.

Any help would be greatly appreciated 

Hey guys,

I've just got a letter from uni of kent that says if I become a student this year, I'd be considered an overseas student but if I defer for next year, I'll be considered a home student. So I'm going to defer because that's a lot cheaper!

However just some visas issues here: Because DH will definitely be going to get his masters there, we wanted to stay in halls but because I'm not a student they told me that only his name can go on the lease and they're fine with me living there too. That somehow seems like it will be bad to submit for my ILR next June. He'll be living off our savings while I look for work but I'm just really worried about everything.  Are there any flaws in our plans or anything that will possibly get my ILR refused? I can't do this visa thing again, it's been so hard and expensive. I don't even fully know the new rules really.

Any help would be greatly appreciated 

Relax As long as you will still get bank statements or some other mail addressed to you/ both of you, I am sure you will be fine to prove that you live together. When I applied for ILR they took just our life insurance and sky bills as proof of our residing together, so it wouldn't of even mattered if my name was on the lease or not.

Because you are already in the UK, the new rules will not apply to you (ie- you will be applying on the rules that were in place when you entered the UK).

Yep, I was never on the lease. (And we never even had jointly addressed mail.) You should be fine!

Thanks you two! I can breathe again. I just need to make sure I find work before we run out of money *gulp*.

No worries! I even forgot which floor we lived on during the citizenship interview--didn't seem to matter. I think they are more human than not over there--even if the policies feel so terrible!

GG, wondering how you are getting on with all these changes?

Hope some goodness is going your way.