sir,

I came to the uk in April 2006 assenior carer's work permit through one of the agency but the agency sent me to another nursing home, I received another senior carer work permit in the month of august for 5 years.I have completedONP in the same home and moved to another one as a nurse in June and now I am working in nhs as a nurse,I lost my 1st and 2nd work permit I have got the 3rd and the present one, amI eligible to apply for aPR in April.

Thank you

Mrs. Mani , London


You cannot apply in April as you didn't work with your employer at that time. You can apply for PR on the basis of the work permit which was issued to you in August 2006 as you started working legally in UK since that date.

You have said that you lost your 2nd work permit. A copy of the work permit can be obtained from the UKBA under the data protection act and this normally takes 1 month time. Accordingly apply for your file from UKBA under the data protection Act. Normally at the PEO reception they wish to have sight of your work permit in order to process the application on the same day.

So from the information provided by you can apply for PR in August 2011 if you satisfy all other requirements of the immigration rule.

Mr Paul John