{"id":15883,"date":"2025-11-09T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T08:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/?p=15883"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T08:45:13","slug":"%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7-long-residence-uk-10-years-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/?p=15883","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Long Residence \u2013 UK (10 Years) \u2013 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Long Residence<\/strong> route allows individuals who have <strong>legally and continuously lived in the UK for 10 years<\/strong> to apply for <strong>Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)<\/strong>, regardless of the type of visas held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccb Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10 years of continuous lawful residence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No more than 540 days outside the UK.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All visas during this period must be valid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pass <strong>Life in the UK Test<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>English level B1 or above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean criminal record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcc4 Required Documents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current and previous passports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All visa records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bank statements for the 10-year period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employment contract or proof of income.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proof of continuous accommodation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life in the UK Test certificate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcb0 Fees (2025)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Type<\/th><th>Fee<\/th><th>Processing Time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Long Residence ILR<\/td><td>\u00a32,885<\/td><td>6 months<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priority Processing<\/td><td>\u00a33,385<\/td><td>5\u201310 days<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf93 Rights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Live and work in the UK without time limits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access NHS healthcare.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply for citizenship 12 months after ILR.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freedom to enter and exit the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26a0\ufe0f Loss of ILR<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Providing false or misleading information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Absence from the UK for over 2 consecutive years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serious criminal offences or immigration violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Overview The Long Residence route allows individuals who have legally and continuously lived in the UK for 10 years to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), regardless of the type of visas held. \ud83d\udccb Requirements \ud83d\udcc4 Required Documents \ud83d\udcb0 Fees (2025) Type Fee Processing Time Long Residence ILR \u00a32,885 6 months Priority Processing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1859],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1859"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15884,"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15883\/revisions\/15884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawhub.info\/eg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}