SETTLEMENT & INDEFINITE LEAVE TO REMAIN

The 10 Years Long Residence ILR route is open to individuals who have lived in the United Kingdom continuously and lawfully for 10 years or more.  The Long Residence route leads to a grant of indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), also known as settlement, allows a person to live in the UK without any time restriction on their stay. Partners, parents, children and certain adult dependent relatives may qualify for settlement through different family immigration routes.

Indefinite leave to remain, commonly referred to as ILR or settlement, is permission to live in the UK without an immigration time limit. A person who has indefinite leave to remain can generally live, work and study in the UK without having to make further applications to extend their immigration permission.

A person whose immigration status depends on a partner or parent may be able to obtain indefinite leave to remain (ILR) if the relevant relationship has broken down permanently because of domestic abuse.

The Bereaved Partner Visa route offers settlement to persons who have, or were last granted, permission as a spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner and whose partner has died.

If you previously held indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK, also known as settlement, but your settlement has lapsed following a continuous period of absence from the UK and Islands, you may be able to return to the UK for settlement by applying for a Returning Resident visa.

The UK offers two routes to settlement by investment in the UK, under the Tier 1 Investor and Tier 1 Entrepreneur categories of the points-based system.