Elderly parent been granted ILE/ deadline to enter UK

[Nazz]

Hi my mother has been granted ILE, is it tue that once granted ILE (The Entry Clearance should be used to enter the UK within three months of issue).
Does it mean that she has to enter UK within 3 months of the date of issue of ILE?

Please read the paragrapgh below

2. Indefinite Leave to Enter
In terms of your status in the UK, Indefinite Leave to Enter and Indefinite Leave to Remain are exactly the same. The Indefinite Leave to Enter Entry Clearance means, in terms of your current immigration status in the UK, that there is no time limit on your stay in the UK.
The end date shown on an Indefinite Leave to Enter Entry Clearance (EC) vignette is a guide to the holder for travel purposes only, or relates to the validity dates of the passport/travel document in which the vignette is endorsed.
The validity and activation of the Entry Clearance is determined by the dates noted on the Entry Clearance vignette not by any ink stamp endorsed in the passport or travel document by a UK Immigration Officer at the port of entry.
The Immigration Officer's stamp merely indicates when the Entry Clearance was used to enter the UK but the Entry Clearance is still valid without an on-entry stamp.
The Entry Clearance should be used to enter the UK within three months of issue but can be used after this date at the discretion of the Immigration Officer.
Once the expiry date noted on your EC is passed it is not necessary for the holder of Indefinite Leave to Enter status to apply within the UK for Indefinite Leave to remain status as they are effectively the same thing and your "No time limit "status remains extant.

Last question;

Can an elderly parent register with GP once in UK, and hence be entitled to NHS treatement?

[Nazz]

does anybody know if an elderly parent granted Indefinite leave to enter can register with GP and have access to NHS treatment once arriving in England

[NT1234]

Nazz,

Yes you mother will be able to access GP and any other NHS service free of charge. There is absolutely no restriction on her visa - there is no resource to public fund restriction. Its the same visa as ILR if you're here already, and you would be entitled to NHS etc.

This is one of the reasons why its a very difficult visa to obtain as there is no restriction on what you can do and get-you are entitled to the use of NHS free of charge. I must say this though to you that there is test they apply and thats whats called an ordinary resident. She has to show that she intend to make the UK her home. Reading the requirement of this sounds worse than it is so i can tell you there is nothing to worry about.

Take her to your GP with her passport and a proof of address, register her and in a week time you are going to get a letter from some other department . i cant quite remember what they are called (think some kind of foreign office dept) but they essentially make sure the NHS service is not being use free of charge by people who this should not be for. So immediately as you register her with a local GP this will trigger some kind of response by this department and they are going to ask you to send in a copy of her passport, and i cant quite remember if proof of address too.

Though you would have provided this for the GP when register, these people/department dont seem to communicate with each other. Provide the evidence they've asked for and you are fine.

I had to do this for my mum in the past few months. She is registered with the local GP, Specialist at the hospital (this is when i got the letter from the foreign office dept so you may not even get this if its just the GP you want to register her at as they would have taken all the evidence at the GP at the time but maybe you'll still get this as it could be a normal procedure).

Happy festive season with the family and your mother - i know how special this is.

[NT1234]

Also as per your first post - i had a similar question a few months ago, how long an they take to travel. My mum had an illness and it was not straighforward to just book a flight for her next week to come over, we had to make sure it was Ok with her doctor back home and ensure all the necessry test etc had been done and she was oK to travel. I spoke to the UKBA who advised me that its best to do this sooner rather than later though i have been told there is no length of time by someone on this forum. Because of my mum's condition i was told leaving it for a few months would not be an issue but i would say " you get the visa, grab it and leave as soon as she can". Its still not a guarantee that you are allowed in the UK, the only guarantee i would say is when you're here physically.

What i would say also dont take too long to bring her over unless its a medical reason. What i happen to find out is that though you may get this visa to allow entry into the UK, the final decision is with the immigration officer at the airport. And very often as an elderly parent they try not to give you a lot of hassle (though they will still question her), its best to avoid any unnecessary ones.

[Nazz]

Thanks NT1234 for all the feedback, why did you write that the visa my mother has is not a grantee to let her in UK, as Indefinte Leave to Enter is stamped on her passport?

Thanks Again for you feedback she will fly to UK in 2 month after the date of issue of ILE as tickets in december are very expensive.

[vinny]

She should be okay.

[NT1234]

Nazz, if you read my post carefully you would have seen what i said to you. A visa is not an absolute guranatee to live in the UK (fact whether you want to believe this or not), the final decision is with the immigraion official at the port of entry.

But as Vinny said which i repeat in my post also there should not be an issue with this.