[Mish]

Sorry I can't answer your questions but I just wanted to say that your agent really should have told you that when you get granted a BVE anything prior to that time does not count towards citizenship. Therefore, even if the BVE was granted on the same day as the 457 was cancelled anything prior to the day date of the BVE would not count towards citizenship. This is because in order for a BVE to be granted you need to be unlawful even for 1 minute.

 

[Mish]

The citizenship rules states that you must have been lawful for 4 years. Being unlawful even for 1 minute means you do not qualify for citizenship

What I know about BVE is that they are not good visas and any time before the BVE is granted is not counted towards citizenship.

We have quite a few people on this forum who end up on BVE (granted the same day as the previous visa cancelled) and they have always been advised that any time prior to the granting of the BVE does not count towards citizenship.

The immigration call centre do not always give the correct advice - we have seen people get visas rejected because of incorrect advice they received from the call centre.