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Information about what it means to have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK, also known as settlement.

• Updated: 2 June 2025

There are different ways to apply for indefinite leave to remain (settle in the UK) - check if you're eligible

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.

• Overview

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) if you have:…

• Eligibility

  You must have a residence card if you have protection status (either…

• Family applying as dependants

  Your family members can apply for indefinite leave to remain as your…

• Apply

  You should apply during the last month of your current permission to be in…

• Family reunion

  Your partner or child cannot apply to join you in the UK through family…

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 01 August 2025.

• Updated: 9 September 2025

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Statistics on relative deprivation in small areas in England

• Updated: 26 September 2019

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a speech at the Holocaust Memorial Day UK National Ceremony today.

• Updated: 27 January 2025

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Stanley Beresford Thompson and Violet Adriana Thompson migrated from Barbados and Guyana respectively as part of the post-war rebuilding of the mother country. My father fought in the second world war and distinguished himself with medals of valour. My mother...

• Updated: 21 June 2019