A United Kingdom (UK) resident status is offered to those who may wish to stay in the United Kingdom or those who may wish to acknowledge the United Kingdom as their place of permanent stay. To this end, there are various qualifying factors, which are used to determine whether the residency status would be offered, or not.
For instance, one needs to have achieved a given amount of time living in the UK. This may be based on ancestry which attracts a five years, stay, work permit which also attracts a five years stay, investors, writers, composers, artists as well as those establishing a business are expected to have stayed for a period not less than five years in the united kingdom. Marriage is another factor, which may necessitate the resident status. Both married and unmarried partners are expected to have spent at least two years in the United Kingdom for them to be offered the residence status.
An indefinite leave to remain is also considered for those who may have stayed in the United Kingdom illegally or in a combination of both legal and illegal means. To this end, one is granted the residence status if he/she lived for 14 years in such a state. A legal stay on any basis that previously attracted a ten years period also grants an applicant a chance for acquiring an indefinite leave to remain. The duration of time one stays or lives in the United Kingdom therefore is the main driving force that determines whether an individual may be offered a residence status. However, one has other restrictions based on their conduct in their future stay. For instance, one is not expected to stay out of the country for a period not exceeding two years. If that happens then one is expected to consider UK as their place of residence and they maintain their ties to the United Kingdom.
Other means may be used to attain the resident status especially if one was previously granted the permanent resident status. This is by applying for citizenship via naturalization, which is granted on the premise that one had stayed in the UK for a period not less than one year as a permanent residence status. The factors discussed above point at the fact that duration of stay and personal conduct are the main determinants of attainment of a permanent resident status.
For instance, one needs to have achieved a given amount of time living in the UK. This may be based on ancestry which attracts a five years, stay, work permit which also attracts a five years stay, investors, writers, composers, artists as well as those establishing a business are expected to have stayed for a period not less than five years in the united kingdom. Marriage is another factor, which may necessitate the resident status. Both married and unmarried partners are expected to have spent at least two years in the United Kingdom for them to be offered the residence status.
An indefinite leave to remain is also considered for those who may have stayed in the United Kingdom illegally or in a combination of both legal and illegal means. To this end, one is granted the residence status if he/she lived for 14 years in such a state. A legal stay on any basis that previously attracted a ten years period also grants an applicant a chance for acquiring an indefinite leave to remain. The duration of time one stays or lives in the United Kingdom therefore is the main driving force that determines whether an individual may be offered a residence status. However, one has other restrictions based on their conduct in their future stay. For instance, one is not expected to stay out of the country for a period not exceeding two years. If that happens then one is expected to consider UK as their place of residence and they maintain their ties to the United Kingdom.
Other means may be used to attain the resident status especially if one was previously granted the permanent resident status. This is by applying for citizenship via naturalization, which is granted on the premise that one had stayed in the UK for a period not less than one year as a permanent residence status. The factors discussed above point at the fact that duration of stay and personal conduct are the main determinants of attainment of a permanent resident status.
