If you and wish to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain UK or ILR visa UK via work or business categories, you need to complete the application process online using the following form:-

In order to meet the continuous residence requirement of Indefinite Leave to Remain UK or ILR visa UK, applicant should not be outside UK for more than 180 whole days in any of the five consecutive 12 month periods, preceding the date of the application for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). Only whole days away from the UK will be counted towards the absence calculation. Part day absences, for example, less than 24 hours, are not counted.The specified continuous period is counted backwards from the date of the ILR application.

For example, if the date of application is 1st December 2018, the 12 months period would start from 1st December 2018 to 31st December 2017 and every consecutive year counting backwards.

Applicants under Tier 1 category, Anucersty visa, PBS Dependants applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain UK or ILR visa UK, there is no requirement to give a reason for absences if they do not exceed 180 days in a consecutive 12 month period. For other categories including Tier 2 General absences must be consistent with, or connected to, the applicant’s sponsored or permitted employment or the permitted economic activity being carried out in the UK - for example, business trips or short secondments.

Short visits outside the UK on weekends or other non-working days must be counted towards the 180 day limit. Evidence in the form of a letter from the employer which sets out the reasons for the absences, including annual leave, should be provided. Where short visits outside the UK, on weekends or other non-working days have taken place, evidence from the employer should be provided to confirm the applicant’s normal working pattern and show the absences occurred during a non-working period.

If the absences are connected to other employment outside the UK, which demonstrates the UK employment is secondary, the continuous period requirement is broken and this may affect the applicant's application for settlement visa UK.

There is no requirement that applicant needs to employed or working for the full five (5) years to qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain UK or ILR visa UKIndefinite . As long as the applicants meet the relevant points for the Indefinite Leave to Remain, they will be eligible.

Applicants can apply for settlement visa UK if they have spent a continuous period of five (5) years lawfully in the UK as a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Migrant granted before 6th April 2010.

From the 1st October 2012, certain immigration and nationality decisions were exempt from S4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As a result, the concept of a conviction becoming "spent" no longer applies when making an assessment of good character.  The Good Character or Criminality test is applied to all persons over the age of ten (10) year who are applying for settlement visa UK.

Some of the following issues that are considered against the ‘Good Character’ requirement are -

• • They have not respected, and/or are not prepared to abide by the law; or
  • They have been involved in or associated with war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, or other actions that are considered not to be conducive to the public good ;
  • Their financial affairs were not in appropriate order; or
  • Their activities were notorious and cast serious doubt on their standing in the local community; or
  • They had been deliberately dishonest or deceptive in their dealings with the UK Government;  or
  • They have assisted in the evasion of immigration control; or

If applicants submit their application before their authorised stay ends, their existing immigration status will continue until their application is decided, even if the decision is not made until after the end of their permitted stay. Applicant can continue to work until their case is decided if the conditions of their existing leave allow them to do so.

Foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area making certain applications to the Home Office have to apply for a biometric residence permit. This applies to both postal applications and applications made in person (known as ‘premium applications’). The biometric residence permit is a residence permit which holds a migrant’s biographic details (name, date and place of birth) and biometric information (facial image and fingerprints), and shows their immigration status and entitlements while they remain in the UK. This also means that a UK visa will no longer be stamped in applicant’s passport and all applicants will be issued one of the new Biometric visa cards instead.  These cards look very similar to a (pink) UK driving license except they have a microchip on the back.

Applicants who wish to extend their stay in the UK by post, the Home Office will send them a letter asking them to enrol their biometrics after the Home Office have received their application. Applicants will be able to enrol their biometric information one of the Post Offices offering this service across the UK using their walk-in service.

Applicants who are submitting their application in person can do this at one of the Public Enquiry Offices by using the premium service. Applicants will enrol applicants’ biometric information at the same time as making their application.

For application submitted overseas, the applicants have to provide their biometric enrolment at one of the Visa Facilitation Centres. However, they will continue to receive a sticker (vignette) in their passport.

In line with the Home Office service standards for processing UK visa applications, they decide 90 per cent of the applications within 3 weeks, 98 per cent within 6 weeks and 100 per cent within 12 weeks of the application date.

Applicants apply for the Same Day at one of Public Enquiry Office (PEO) in the UK; the application is normally decided on the same day.