Why apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain?

• 0 Million ILR was issued in 2024
• Pathway to a British citizen
• Live in the UK for indefinite
• Free healthcare with an ILR visa
• Apply for British citizenship after 2 years

Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) allows foreign nationals to reside in the country permanently without any immigration restrictions. ILR is also known as settlement or permanent visa. ILR will allow applicant and family member to settle in the UK permanently without needing to apply for another visa to live, work and study. Indefinite Leave to Remain is the ultimate aim for many who comes to the UK to live, work or join family members and it represents the last step before gaining British citizenship.

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Benefits of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)  

• Stability to live in the UK for an indefinite time
• Access to public funds and services
• Financial benefits
• Pathway to British citizenship
• Bring family members to the UK
• Help with housing from the local authority
• Career allowance
• Child benefits of ILR visa
• Council Tax reduction
• Domestic rate relief (in Northern Ireland)
• Income support
• Income-based jobseeker’s allowance
• Income-related employment and support allowance
• Child tax credit for ILR spouse visa
• Working tax credit
• State pension credit
• No need to pay the immigration health surcharge
   

Types of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) status

Certain visas provide a route to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). Some of them offer visa routes to ILR in specific categories, such as:
 

UK Work visa that provide ILR pathways

• Tier 2, T2, International Sportsperson or Skilled Worker visa
• Scale-up Worker visa
• Global Talent visa
• Tier 1 Entrepreneur
• Investor visa
• Representative of an overseas business
• Turkish Worker or Businessperson visa
• Private servant in a diplomatic household with an International Agreement visa, or a domestic worker
   

Dependant’s pathway for ILR

This option is only available to those whose families are settled in the UK or have British citizenship or UK-settled status. Here are the pathways:

• Spouse visa (partner visa)
• Parent visa
• Child dependent visa
• Adult dependent relative visa
• Private life route
   

Nationality

If there is an ancestry visa holder, they can apply for ILR after five years in the UK.
 

Additional ways to IRL routes:

• Discretionary leave
• Status as a refugee or humanitarian protection
• Returning residents who have previously held ILR are refugees or have humanitarian protection or Discretionary Leave
• Armed forces personnel
   

When to apply for ILR?

There are three routes through which an applicant can apply for an ILR:
 

ILR after 2 or 3 years

Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) is available to visa holders under specific business routes after 2-3 years. These include:

• Innovator visa
• Entrepreneur visa
• Investor visa
• Global talent visa
   

Five year Route to ILR

This route is for applicants who have legally stayed in the US for five years; they can apply for an ILR. Below are the following visas available for Five year Route to ILR:

• Skilled worker visa, the minister of religion T2 visa or the Tier 2 (minister of religion) visa, the sportsperson T2 visa or the Tier 2 (sportsperson) visa
• Business visas include the Turkish Worker or Businessperson Visa
• Global Talent Visa (in some cases)
• Scale up visa
• Innovator Visa
• Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Visa
• Family members include spouse, parents, children, and dependent adults
• Tier 5 (International Agreement) visa
• Ancestry visa
   

10 Years Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) route

For this route, an applicant must have resided in the UK for at least ten consecutive years. They can apply for the ten-long residency route regardless of the sort of visa they apply with as long as that person is residing legally in the UK during that time.

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Eligibility Criteria to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

• Reside in the country for a continuous period
• Not being absent from the UK exceeding 180 days in any 12 months of the qualifying period
• Passing the life in the UK test
• Proof of language proficiency

Requirements to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

• Valid passport
• Biometric residence permit
• Birth certificate
• Immigration status
• Life in the UK test
• English language test certificate
• Proof of continuous residing in the country
• Proof of sufficient funds

Steps to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

Step 1: Check the criteria for the visa

Step 2: Choose the type of visa to apply for ILR

Step 3: Sort out the requirements

Step 4: Apply for the ILR

Step 5: Receive the ILR
 

Processing fees of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

The standard application processing time for ILR in the UK is £2,885 per person, including dependents. This fee is non-refundable.
 

Processing time of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

The processing time for an ILR application in the UK is around 6 months.
 

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