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It does not, this is incorrect information. Visiting the UK for short periods does not maintain the status of ILR. The rule is clear, if you have not live (been settled) in the UK for 2 years, ILR is lost. A key word is to remember that ILR = settled in the UK. A visitor is NOT settled in the UK.definitely the clock resets after every visit back to the UK.
This should be fine as long as it is obviously a temporary contract, and it is equally obvious that you still consider the UK your home, which it sounds like it does. A couple of questions: Where will you be located? Is the contract directly with UN, or another employer (perhaps based in the UK?).bjbatra wrote:I am an Indian national with ILR. I have been offered a 1 year work-contract abroad with the UN.
Right. I should have said "the clock resets after every return to the UK" - would this be more accurate?It does not, this is incorrect information. Visiting the UK for short periods does not maintain the status of ILR. The rule is clear, if you have not live (been settled) in the UK for 2 years, ILR is lost. A key word is to remember that ILR = settled in the UK. A visitor is NOT settled in the UK.
Well it doesn't really matter how we categorize it. It only matters how the Border Agent categorizes it any time you arrive in the country. If they decide right then that you are not a resident, then that's it. You may just have to make a hard decision about where your home is really going to be, and stick to it. With exit checks now in place, this will no longer be just a matter of how the Border Agent is feeling that day. They'll know your travel history within seconds, both in and out. If this travel very obviously does not fit within the spirit of the ILR you have been granted, then you know the answer. It might take a couple of years for it to finally happen, but it will be an inevitable loss of this status. If it still questionable (half, or barely more, of your time spent in the UK with big swathes spent outside in one country otherwise), well it could go any way. If most of your time is still spent in the UK, and it is obvious from your travel that this is your home no matter where else in the world you happen to be the rest of the time, then you will probably be waived through no problem. It just depends. You probably know better than we do what your travel will look like.theroyale wrote:Right. I should have said "the clock resets after every return to the UK" - would this be more accurate?It does not, this is incorrect information. Visiting the UK for short periods does not maintain the status of ILR. The rule is clear, if you have not live (been settled) in the UK for 2 years, ILR is lost. A key word is to remember that ILR = settled in the UK. A visitor is NOT settled in the UK.
If I have a business that has interests both in the UK and another country and I spend time living and working in both countries, how would you categorise my time in the UK?
Permanent Residence is actually a relatively new concept on the stage of world immigration and, perhaps surprisingly, only about 60-70 countries offer anything like it, each with their own variations. The number of people on the planet who truly might be considered 'settled' simultaneously in two countries has got to be vanishinigly small when compared with the number of immigrants overall. I doubt the UKBA is going to feel any pressure on this topic for a long long time, if ever.theroyale wrote:... I still do think that in a globalised age this idea of "settled" is a grey area, that there are many people who may be 'settled' in terms of both home and work life in two countries simultaneously. So it would be great if the rule was further articulated and clarified by UKBA at some point.
Maybe so but anecdotally there is a first-world bias to this small number, i.e. there is a higher proportion of Americans/Canadians/Australians who may want to have such an arrangement, and now that Brexit is happening there may be a number of EU folk too. Anyway that is all speculation.The number of people on the planet who truly might be considered 'settled' simultaneously in two countries has got to be vanishinigly small when compared with the number of immigrants overall. I doubt the UKBA is going to feel any pressure on this topic for a long long time, if ever.