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Apply to stay in the UK without time restrictions ('indefinite leave to remain') after being in the UK for 10 years - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, family members.
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Find out about changes to enveloped UK dwellings and related finance from 6 April 2017.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have permission to stay as a refugee, humanitarian protection or Discretionary Leave - fees, who's eligible, family members, how to apply.
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Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 16 May 2024.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mr Justice Edwin Johnson & Judge Jonathan Cannan on 04 March 2024
Derivative residence cards are no longer valid. Find out how to prove your right to live in the UK if you're the carer or child of a European citizen.
The grave of Leeds-born World War One soldier, Lieutenant (Lt) Charles Stewart Cautherley of 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, has now been marked more than a century after his death.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Judge Rupert Jones and Judge Guy Brannan on 08 May 2024
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wright on 28 March 2024.
Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in Kenya.
Final Report and Call for Evidence Response of HM Treasury’s review of Pool Reinsurance Company Limited
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Ward on 28 June 2023.
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Failed asylum seekers are now in scope for enforced removal to Rwanda, after a deal to extend the cohort was agreed between the UK and Rwanda.
Serosurveillance of convenient samples of the population can allow interpretations to be made about the collective occurrence of infection to date
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