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10-Year Long Residence ILR: A Guide to Settlement
By Sophie Gibson - Legal Associate

In This Article 1. What Is 10-Year Long Residence ILR? 2. Continuous Residence Defined for 10-Year Long Residence ILR 3. Absence Rules for 10-Year Long Residence ILR 4. What if I Have Excess Absences? 5....

 Other Breaks in Continuous Residence: What to Avoid 6. When Does the Qualifying Period Start for 10-Year Long Residence ILR 7. When Can I Apply for Long Residence ILR? 8. Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK...

Big Changes to the 10 Year Long Residence ILR Rules
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

Since 11 April 2024, there has been a(nother) new Appendix to the Immigration Rules: Appendix Long Residence.   The Long Residence indefinite leave to remain route is for a person who has lived in the UK lawfully...

 and continuously for 10 years or more.  Long had the ‘long residence’ provisions been hidden in an all but abandoned section of the numbered Immigration Rules, and this route had been much litigated...

Long Residence and Human Rights Appeals
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

What happens when you complete 10 years’ long residence whilst a human rights appeal is pending?  This is essentially what the Upper Tribunal considered in OA and Others (human rights; ‘new matter’; s.120)...

 Nigeria [2019] UKUT 00065. Relevance of meeting the requirements of the Immigration Rules in a human rights appeal The first paragraph of the headnote, corresponding with paragraph 27 of the judgment,...

10 year ILR applications: discretion to waive breaks in continuous residence
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

This is an update to an article posted earlier this year, concerning breaks in continuous residence and applications for indefinite leave to remain under paragraph 276B of the Immigration Rules (the 10...

 year ILR rule). As we noted previously, in order to qualify for settlement on the basis of long residence, applicants have to demonstrate at least 10 years continuous and lawful residence in the UK. Continuous...

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