Indefinite Leave to Remain and UK Ancestry Visa

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wafrank Francis

Indefinite leave to remain has no restrictions on your work or length of your stay and to qualify you must have been in the UK for a certain length of time. This differs depending on your current visa status. Indefinite leave to remain is an immigration status granted to a person who does not hold a right of abode in the UK, but has been admitted to the UK and is free to take up employment or study. It can be granted to people who have previously held a UK visa in a category leading to settlement visa for either 2 years or 5 depending on a particular settlement. The indefinite leave to remain visa class offers one a permanent residency. You can be eligible to apply for naturalization as a British citizen. There are some requirements that need to be met to keep your indefinite leave to remain status. If you do not meet these requirements your indefinite leave may be withdrawn.

You may wish to consider applying for an indefinite leave to remain under any of the following circumstances;

Shortly prior to the expiry of a 2 years marriage visa

Shortly prior to the expiry of a 5 year ancestry visa

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Once having spent continuous 5 year in UK as a writer, composer or artist

Having spent continuous 5 years in the UK as a retired person of independent

Having held work permit status for 5 years

Having legally spent 10 years in the UK

Having spent continuous 5 years as an investor

Having spent 14 years

Commonwealth nationals who have a grandparent who was born in the UK may enter the UK for a period of 5 years on a UK ancestry visa. The visa will open up the entire job market to you and will not carry the restrictions as a UK work permit. You may have to prove your relationship with certain documents. The main criteria are that you are able to support yourself without access to public funds and you are willing and able to work.

After a continuous stay of 5 years on an ancestry visa you are eligible to apply for a permanent residency as long as you still meet the requirements of their visa and demonstrate that they have been employed during this time and not traveled outside the UK for longer than the permissible time periods. Successful applicant of ancestry visa can create their own business. Application for the visa can only be made from the country where you normally reside. You cannot travel to the UK and make your application there. It is your responsibility to satisfy the entry clearance officer that you qualify under the immigration rules in the category.

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