Hi
I read on UKBA site that it's OK to put in a Premium Service Application for ILR & to appear in person & have decision the same day at an application center so long as it is considered a "straightforward" application.

Would the fact that my step daughter will be legally adopted by myself already before my wife applies for ILR this coming April mean the application is still classed as straightforward ?

My own understanding is that my step daughter will no longer have the same immigration status as when she first arrived in the UK (i.e. as a dependent on my wife's LTR visa) and as such now my step daughter has her own right to stay through me being legally recognized under UK law as her parent / step father & her therefore havingf full legal status to stay in the UK indefinitely already before my wife applies.

Hope you can cast some light on this
thanks