Leave to Remain
Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
Full Residency, or Permanent Residency is correctly known as "Indefinite Leave to Remain." (ILR). It can be applied for in several ways depending upon the applicant's UK Immigration Status when applying.
ILR allows the holder to remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period, on condition that they intend to remain present and settled in the UK. If a person who holds the ILR status then elects to leave the shores of the UK for a continuous period of two years or more, it is usually deemed by the authorities that the person is no longer present and settled in the UK. In this instance, it can result in the person losing their ILR status.
The ILR allows the holder to work without restriction in the UK. It allows the holder to exit & re-enter the UK multiple times.
Some ways in which a person may apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain:
Advice
Always
- Shortly prior to the expiry of a 2 year Marriage Visa.
- On the basis of being married or in a relationship akin to marriage for four years or more with a British Citizen or individual who has no time restriction on their stay in the UK
- Shortly prior to the expiry of a 4-year Ancestry Visa.
- Once having held Work Permit status in the UK for 5 years.
- Once having legally spent 10 years in the UK.
- Once having spent 14 years in the UK.
- Once having spent continuous five years in UK as a representative of an overseas newspaper, news agency, or broadcasting organisation.
- Once having spent continuous five years in UK as a Minister of Religion, Missionary, or Member of a Religious Order.
- Once having spent continuous five years in UK as a retired person of independent means.
- British Overseas Citizen may enter the UK if he/she can produce a "Special Voucher," issued by a British Government Representative, or valid Entry Clearance for settlement, upon arrival to the UK.
- An EEA national, (except a student) and the family member of said EEA national may apply for ILR if they have been issued with a residence permit or residence document for five years. They need also to have remained, and will continue to do so, in the UK for four years in accordance with the 1994 EEA Order.
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Once you have then been issued with the ILR and have held it to a point at which you can state that over the most recent 5 years, you have not spent more than 450 days in total outside of the UK; you are considered to be a full British citizen,
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