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Thank you for the link. I read that already. I live in Republic of Ireland but I am non Visa National. I do have a house in UK and I go over to see it few times a year. I read that all the common travel area will be excluded from long residence calculation but I do have stamps Leave to Enter as Visitor on my passport for longer than 10 years. I read it on Point 8 in the link you provided about Indefinite Leave to Enter. I was wondering. Would my time as visitor qualify for long residence at all or not??
Sorry, I mean this link
Thank you for the information. I am a non visa national so I can travel to UK prior getting a visitor visa. I was studying in UK lawfully for few years than I went off to work in Ireland. My problem is about my visitor stamps. Actually, traveling from Republic of Ireland to UK has no immigration stamps because of common travel area arrangement between UK an Ireland. You might ask why do I visit UK few times per year. I do have a property in UK and I go over to visit for few years because of that and I have the property since 2001 and I pretty much go over every few months for the past 10 years. I have never had a Leave to Enter stamps from UK immigration by going over from Ireland to UK. All my Leave to Enter stamps are from being in UK at earlier years and every year when I go back to Aisa and pass throught London. The immigration officer in London had never refused to stamp on my passport as long as I show them my Irish Stamp on my passport. Also, I have been grant permanent residence in Ireland. I doubt UKBA will stop me to visit UK or refuse to stamp on my passport.vinny wrote:See also 3 more months left to complete 10 year long residence but..
I just spoke to Home Office in Croydon. The lady told me over the phone that Leave to Enter Visitor status or Travel between UK and any common travel area is not included even I do or dont have any Leave to Enter Visitor status. Anyone any comments?vinny wrote:See also 3 more months left to complete 10 year long residence but..
I would say I spend average 1.5 months per year there. Here is the question. If Leave to Enter as Visitor does not count towards to 10 years. Than I can wrap up all the discussion in this post and forget about it. It makes me wonder sometime that if the person answer the phone in Croydon knows what they are talking about anyway. The lady I spoke to, she said even I am in the common travel area, if I fly to anywhere in UK. It will be immigration officer stamps on my passport. I flew to Edinburgh, Glasgow and London before. As far as I remember, there were only couple of person on the exit gate from Home Office but they were never asked for any passport from any passengers. Should I turn myself into those people minding the exit gate and ask for a stamp?PaperPusher wrote:How long do you spend on each visit to your house in the UK, ie how many days a year have you been in the UK in the past few years?
I go to UK at least 2 or 3 times a year and every time is within 6 months. I only have the boat and plane tickets as proof. The problem is about the Visitor Status. Home Office just told me over the phone today that Leave to Enter as Visitor do not count towards to the 10 years rule. Also, they told me that if I fly from Republic of Ireland to UK, I would have been giving a stamp as visitor anyway but I have not been giving any stamps at all because Republic of Ireland is within the common travel area.sushdmehta wrote:Visitor status may be included though the onus is on the applicant to provide evidence of his stay in the UK during the 10 years in consideration.
1. On how many instances (approx.) in the last 10 years have you not travelled to UK mainland within 6 months of the last visit there?
2. Have you spent more than 18 months (in total) living outside the UK in the last 10 years?
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If you have been to the UK two or three times a year for one and a half months a time, that means the maximum time you have been in the UK in those years is four and a half months with seven and a half months spent out of the UK, this is using your figures.mktsoi wrote:nopeGreenie wrote:Have you been out of the UK for a total period of 18 months over the last 10 years?