Independent ILR guidance
Plain-English guides for planning an ILR application, checking the evidence and separating current rules from future proposals.
The guidance file
33 published guides
Separate permission to study from England home fees and student finance, check residence dates and prepare evidence for a new or revised assessment.
Read the guideYou can visit Europe with ILR if you meet the destination's entry rules. ILR alone does not remove a Schengen visa requirement; check your passport and UK return evidence.
Read the guideChoose the correct rental proof after ILR, generate an R share code, understand old passport evidence and resolve failed landlord checks in England.
Read the guideCheck whether separation affects already-granted ILR, a pending application or a dependant visa, and organise the status evidence and next steps that matter.
Read the guidePlan a job change after ILR: confirm your grant, prove your right to work, close the old sponsorship record and distinguish pending applications from settlement.
Read the guideAfter renewing your passport, update the UKVI account that holds your ILR eVisa and confirm the new document is linked before travel. Changes abroad and pending visa decisions need extra checks.
Read the guideCheck when ILR removes the NRPF barrier, which benefit rules still apply, how habitual residence and savings are assessed, and when a sponsor undertaking changes the answer.
Read the guideCheck when Section 3C lets you keep working during a pending ILR application, which old conditions continue, and how HR should verify your right to work.
Read the guideCheck why an eVisa still shows an old visa or wrong status after ILR, choose the correct official service, preserve evidence and protect urgent work or travel tasks.
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