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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff consider indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and leave to remain applications from people applying on the basis of long residence in the UK.
Published 17 October 2014 Last updated 11 April 2024 +show all updates
Guidance updated to reflect the introduction of the newly inserted Appendix Long Residence, which replaced the long residence rules in Part 7 of the Immigration Rules.
Updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules where time spent in the UK with leave as a visitor, short-term student, and seasonal worker (under current or predecessor routes) does not count as lawful residence.
Updated the guidance.
Guidance updated. Changes are detailed on page 4 of the PDF and section 1.3 of the accessible version.