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If he finished 20 years, he can apply under the 20 year rule on long residence. This long residence doesn't have to be legal but just continuous. He will get a 2.5-year residence which he needs to renew 4 times to reach 10 years of lawful residence then he can apply for ILR (permanent residence). So the total between entry and ILR would be 30 years.The 20 year rule on long residence is contained at paragraph 276ADE(1)(iii) of the Immigration Rules. Under the 20 year rule, a person does not have to have lived in the UK lawfully, but simply “continuously”.
The definition of “continuous residence” is almost the same as for the 10 year lawful residence route. However, time spent in prison will not break continuous residence. Instead time in prison will simply not be counted towards the period of residence. Time before and after imprisonment can be aggregated to make up the full amount of time.
He could have regularised his status under family life ages ago before embarking on this gruelling journey of 20 years. Apart of claiming the leave under 20 years of route, he still can claim the similar entitlement with the same ILR clock (2.5 × 4 =10 yrs) under family life. For this purpose, he would have to weigh up as which would be relatively easier to acquire. Check the guidance about family life:Shanshan17 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:12 pmcan he do an application based only using his 4 children even though 1 is an adult? any advice would be appreciated.