| |
Immigration
Category
|
Required
period of stay in the UK
|
Categories
that can be combined to complete the required qualifying period
|
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,
Tier 2
|
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
|
Yes
|
|
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 so long as the residence of the applicant remains continuous throughout
|
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
|
|
36
|
EEA
nationals and their family members
|
5
years
|
Not
Applicable
|
Yes
|
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