I'm a dual US/UK citizen who spent years dealing with UK immigration - I know they're primarily USAmerican focussed but the folks at UK-Yankee (http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?board=17.0) are pretty well-versed in answering these sorts of questions, so I'd definitely recommend asking there as there are a few members who're here on ancestry visas. From what I can recall off the top of my head, what was said upthread about the residency requirement only counting for ILR/permanent settlement is correct - also, I think the qualifying period starts from your first entry on the visa, and that the 'start date' is simply the first date on which you could enter on the visa - but I would definitely ask round at UKY.
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I'm a dual US/UK citizen who spent years dealing with UK immigration - I know they're primarily USAmerican focussed but the folks at UK-Yankee (http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?board=17.0) are pretty well-versed in answering these sorts of questions, so I'd definitely recommend asking there as there are a few members who're here on ancestry visas. From what I can recall off the top of my head, what was said upthread about the residency requirement only counting for ILR/permanent settlement is correct - also, I think the qualifying period starts from your first entry on the visa, and that the 'start date' is simply the first date on which you could enter on the visa - but I would definitely ask round at UKY.