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Indefinite leave to remain definition

What does Indefinite leave to remain mean? In legal practice, indefinite leave to remain (ILR) is the UK immigration status that allows a person to live, work and study in the UK without any time limit; it is commonly called settlement. The expression is defined in legislation as leave to enter or remain that is not limited as to duration (Immigration Act 1971, s 33(1)). ILR is normally granted in-country by the Home Office (UKVI); the equivalent granted before entry is indefinite leave to enter (ILE). Both amount to settled status under the Immigration Rules. Key features and significance: no time limit or conditions on employment or...

UK Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR): eVisa access, rights and benefits, maintaining and proving status, absence limits and returning residents, and route to British citizenship

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I’m delighted to confirm that you [ and your [ wife OR husband OR partner ] ] [ and your children ] have been granted Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK. You are now considered to hold settled status. Please refer to the attached Home Office email as confirmation.

The Home Office has provided your [ and your dependants’ ] ILR in digital form (an ‘eVisa’). As a result, you [ and your family members ] will not receive an endorsement in your passport [ s ] or any physical document evidencing your permission. Rather, your permission is tied to the biometric passport used for your ILR application. Please note that, although the details below are accurate as at today’s date, UK immigration and nationality law is routinely updated.

Accessing your eVisa

Kindly sign in to the Home Office’s view and prove service and send me either a PDF copy of your immigration status information, or a sharecode so that I can retrieve this myself...

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