The 180-day absence rule doesn’t apply to people with a spouse or partner visa
 

Is this true? I can't find anything in the rules.

Re: The 180-day absence rule doesn’t apply to people with a spouse or partner vi
 

Have a read of this thread https://britishexpats.com/forum/citi...e-visa-937063/

Re: The 180-day absence rule doesn’t apply to people with a spouse or partner vi
 

if you read this document regarding the 180 days absences you'll see what category of visa holder it refers to:

https://assets.publishing.service.go...d-v22.0ext.pdf

This guidance tells you how to calculate the 5-year continuous lawful period in the UK requirement for applicants applying for settlement on the following routes: • domestic workers in private households, paragraph 159G
• dependants of a Tier 1 Entrepreneur and T1 Investor, paragraph 319AA
• tier 1 (Entrepreneur), paragraph 245DF and Appendix A Table 6
• tier 1 (Investor) 245E to 245EF and Appendix A Table 9A
• retired person of independent means (paragraph 269) The following categories are also covered by this guidance which allow accelerated settlement:
• tier 1 (Entrepreneur) (paragraph 245DF)
• tier 1 (Investor) (paragraph 245EF)