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Practitioners’ guide to the UK Long Residence (10-year) route: eligibility, continuous residence, absences, evidence, applications, settlement, variations and challenges under Appendices Long Residence and Continuous Residence (from April 2024)

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Practice notes

The Long Residence route within the Immigration Rules

This route enables applicants to seek further leave to remain or settlement (indefinite leave to remain, ILR) on the basis of ten years’ continuous and lawful residence in the UK. This Practice Note provides an overview of the pathway and signposts the applicable Immigration Rules, Home Office policy materials, application forms, fees, and other application information. Originating as a concession outside the Rules, it was introduced to ensure compliance with Article 3(3) of the 1955 European Convention on Establishment, a Council of Europe treaty that the UK ratified on 14 October 1969. Following the simplification programme, from 11 April 2024 the governing provisions sit in Immigration Rules: Appendix Long Residence, while criteria concerning continuity of residence now appear in Immigration Rules: Appendix Continuous Residence. The Long Residence route applies to individuals who have resided lawfully in the UK for an unbroken period of at least ten years. The Appendix sets out validity, eligibility and suitability requirements for both permission to stay and settlement applications, and in many instances these overlap or are identical. In practice, the framework mirrors across permission to stay and settlement, with overlapping tests and aligned standards for applicants...

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