How long can I spend abroad

[londoner1200]

I have a refugee status and have indefinite leave to remain. I have UK travel document. My question is how long can I continuously stay outside of the UK? Is it 6 months?

Thanks a lot

[CR001]

Which country are you planning to go to?? If you home country, that would be a problem.

You can stay out of the UK for as long as you want. Note however that ILR is lost automatically if you are absent from the UK for 2 or more years.

[secret.simon]

If you plan to apply for British citizenship, no more than 90 days in the year immediatly preceding the date of naturalisation application and no more than 450 days in the five years preceding that same date.

If you don't plan to apply for British citizenship, any continuous absence of two years leads to an automatic lapse of ILR, as mentioned above by CR001.

Even if you keep coming back to the UK regularly, if you are absent for long periods of time and keep leaving the UK after short stays, and if the Immigration Officer concludes that you are only visiting the UK regularly, not residing here, they can cancel your ILR at the airport.

[meself2]

Also, what happened to your British citizenship that you had a year ago?

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I claimed asylum and got my British passport via naturalisation about 10 years ago.