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PL 1.1. A person applying for permission to stay on the Private Life route must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form: Application to remain in the UK on the basis of family life or private life.

1. PL 1.2. An application for permission to stay on the Private Life route must meet all the following validity requirements:
   1. (a) any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid (unless the applicant has been granted a fee waiver in whole or in part); and
   2. (b) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
   3. (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality; and
   4. (d) the applicant must be in the UK on the date of application.
2. PL 1.3. If a private life claim is made under Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention and it is made:
   1. (a) at the same time as a protection claim or further submission in person after a protection claim has been refused; or
   2. (b) when the applicant is in detention (and the claim is submitted to a prison officer, custody officer or a member of Home Office staff at the place of detention); or
   3. (c) during an appeal (subject to the consent of the Secretary of State where applicable), the requirements at PL 1.1. and at PL 1.2. (a) and (c) will be waived.

PL 1.4. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for the Private Life route is invalid and may be rejected and not considered.

PL 2.1. The application must not fall for refusal under the suitability grounds for refusal for leave to remain as set out in S-LTR.1.2. to S-LTR.2.2. and S-LTR.3.1. to S-LTR.4.5. of Appendix FM of these rules.

PL 2.2. The application must not fall for refusal under paragraph 9.6.1. (sham marriage or civil partnership) of Part 9: grounds for refusal.

Residence requirements for a child on the Private Life route

1. PL 3.1. Where the applicant is aged under 18 at the date of application the following requirements must be met:
   1. (a) the applicant must have been continuously resident in the UK for at least 7 years; and
   2. (b) the decision maker must be satisfied that it would not be reasonable to expect the applicant to leave the UK.

PL 4.1. Where the applicant is aged 18 or over and aged under 25 at the date of application and arrived in the UK before the age of 18, the applicant must have spent at least half their life continuously resident in the UK.

1. PL 5.1. Where the applicant is aged 18 or over on the date of application:
   1. (a) the applicant must have been continuously resident in the UK fo
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