ILR - 10 Years Long Residence

 After ten years of continuous and legitimate residency in the UK, you can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) based on ten years of continuous and lawful residence.

The application for a 10-year ILR residence permit is made using the SET application form (ILR). The applicant for ILR for ten years must meet the eligibility conditions outlined in paragraph 276B of the Immigration Rules.

 The residence in the UK must be both continuous and lawful for the purposes of ILR under the 10 year-long residence category.

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Exceptional Priority Service (Decision Within 24 Hours) 10 Years Long Residence for ILR

As expert immigration solicitors in London, Manchester, and Birmingham, we are registered with the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI), and its commercial partners UKVCAS Sopra Steria to provide Super Priority Service (SPS) for your application, which means that the Home Office UKVI will make a decision on your application within 24 hours of receipt.

Our ILR lawyers can prepare and submit your ILR application to the Home Office, UKVI via Super Priority Service (SPS), and you will receive a decision within 24 hours. This way, you won't have to wait months for a decision on your ILR application (sometimes years).

Requirements for ILR Based on Ten Years of Residence

Paragraph 276B of the Immigration Rules lays forth the requirements for indefinite leave to remain based on ten years of residence. The following are the conditions for ILR based on ten years of residence:

For an ILR application based on ten years of continuous and lawful residence in the UK, the applicant must have completed ten years of continuous and lawful residency in the UK.

 On this basis, an application for ILR can be lodged to the Home Office UKVI 28 days before the conclusion of ten years of residence in the UK.

Your 10-year qualifying term begins on the first of the following dates: when you landed in the UK with a visa; when you were granted leave to remain in the UK

Furthermore, for the purposes of a ten-year residency application, the ten-year period does not have to be the most recent ten years but can be any continuous period of ten years completed at any time within the ten-year period.

Refusing on the basis of public interest and desirability

In the public interest, there should be no reason why the applicant should be granted indefinite leave to remain on the basis of lengthy residence, taking into account his:

as well as age

connection strength in the United Kingdom; and

personal history, including character, behavior, associations, and work history; and

domestic conditions; and

situations of compassion; and

any assertions made on the individual's behalf

Refusing to Refuse on General Grounds for Refusal

Part 9 of the Immigration Rules specifies general grounds for denial. An applicant applying for ILR with less than ten years of continuous residence should not be denied based on general reasons for denial set out in Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.

Knowledge Of Life In The United Kingdom And The English Language

Unless the applicant for ILR under 10 years of continuous residence is under the age of 18 or beyond the age of 65, he or she must complete the Life in the UK test and the English test at level B1 (listening and speaking only).

If a person is over the age of 18 and under the age of 65, he or she may request an exemption from the Life in the UK test and English language requirement if he or she is unable to complete these requirements due to medical reasons.

Except when paragraph 39E applies, you are not currently in violation of immigration laws.

The applicant must not be in the UK in violation of immigration laws at the time of application. An applicant who has not overstayed for more than 14 days, on the other hand, can still continue

Previous Periods of Overstaying (Gap) Between Leave Periods

Any previous period of overstaying (gap) between periods of leave will also be disregarded, according to paragraph 276B(V), if the previous application was made before 24 November 2016 and within 28 days of the expiry of leave, or if the further application was made on or after 24 November 2016 and paragraph 39E of the Immigration Rules applied.

Absences from the United Kingdom Continuous residency is not broken if the applicant: is absent from the UK for 6 months or less at any one time; and had current leave to enter or remain in the UK when they left and when they returned - this can include leaving obtained at the port while returning to the UK as a visitor.