| Permanent Residence |
Following table gives full
information on the required duration of stay for a particular immigration
category, different leaves that can be combined to make the required period of
time and whether or not life in the UK test is necessary for the applicants or
not.
|
Sr.
No.
|
Immigration
Category
|
Required
period of stay in the UK
|
Leaves
that can be combined to make the required period of time
|
Life
in the UK
Test
|
|
1
|
Work
Permit Holder
|
5 years
|
HSMP, Writer,
Composer, Artist and Self Employed lawyer
|
Yes
|
|
2
|
Highly
Skilled Migrant
|
5 years
|
Work
Permit and Innovator
|
Yes
|
|
3
|
Tier 1
(General)
|
5 years
|
HSMP,
Work Permit, Innovator, Self employed lawyer, Writer, Composer & Artist
|
Yes
|
|
4
|
Tier 1
(Entrepreneur)
|
5 years
|
Business
Person & Innovator
|
Yes
|
|
5
|
Tier 1
(Investor)
|
5 years
|
Investor
|
Yes
|
|
6
|
Tier 2
|
5 years
|
Member of
Operational ground staff of overseas owned Airlines, Minister of Religion,
Work permit, Representative of Overseas Newspaper etc., Tier 1 (except Tier 1
PSW) & Tier 2
|
Yes
|
|
7
|
Self Employed
Lawyer
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
8
|
Innovator
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
9
|
Business
Person
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
10
|
Investor
|
5 years
|
None
|
|
|
11
|
Writer
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
12
|
Composer
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
13
|
Artist
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
14
|
Ancestry
Visa
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
15
|
Representatives
of Overseas newspapers, News Agencies etc.
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
16
|
Sole
Representatives
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
17
|
Oversees
Govt. Employees
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
18
|
Domestic
workers
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
19
|
Private
servants in Diplomatic households
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
20
|
Minister
of Religion
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
21
|
Airport
based operation ground staff of
overseas owned Airlines
|
5 years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
22
|
Retired
Person of Independent means
|
5 years
|
None
|
No
|
|
23
|
Long
Residence – legal
|
10 Years
|
All visas
as far as the leave of the person remains continuous.
|
Yes
|
|
24
|
Long
Residence – Illegal
|
14 Years
|
Not
Applicable
|
Yes
|
|
25
|
Gurkhas
discharged from HM Forces
|
4 Years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
26
|
Foreign /
Commonwealth citizen discharged from HM Forces
|
4 Years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
27
|
Refugee
|
5 Years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
28
|
Discretionary
Leave to remain
|
6 Years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
29
|
Humanitarian
Protection
|
3 Years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
30
|
Spouses
of persons present and settled in the UK
|
2 Years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
31
|
Unmarried
partners of persons present and settled in the UK
|
2 Years
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
32
|
Victim of
Domestic Violence (Spouses / Unmarried partners of settled persons only)
|
No time
mentioned
|
Not
Applicable
|
No
|
|
33
|
Bereaved
Partners (Spouses / unmarried partners of settled persons only)
|
No time
mentioned
|
Not
Applicable
|
No
|
|
34
|
Persons
having right of access to their child
|
1 Year
|
None
|
Yes
|
|
35
|
Elderly
Dependants
|
Not
Applicable
|
Not
Applicable
|
No
|
There is a
different set of requirements for each of the above-listed immigration
category, to fulfil and one has to be very careful while making their
applications. We offer quality services to our clients in advising them on the
documents required, on the law, procedure and merits of their applications. We
have an excellent success rate and have got extensive experience of dealing in
complicated immigration matters of our client. Please book a consultation with
us for the full assessment of the merits and the probabilities of success of
your applications.
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