Immigration as per the Government of the UK

You may be able to apply if you have a work visa. You must usually have lived and worked in the UK for 5 years. If you have a tier 1 visa, it can be 2 or 3 years. If you have an Innovator or Global Talent visa, it can be 3 years.

You may be able to apply if you have a partner, parent or child or other relative settled in the UK - either as a British citizen of a person with indefinite leave to remain.

You may be able to apply if you've been living here for 10 years or more. There’s a different way to apply if you have a visa that’s on the basis of your private life.

You can apply if you’ve been living in the UK for 5 years. Some Commonwealth citizens have ‘right of abode’ in the UK. This means you can live or work in the UK without immigration restrictions. Check if you can apply to prove you have right of abode in the UK.

• If you're a refugee or have humanitarian protection or Discretionary leave
• If you're returning to the UK having previously had indefinite leave to remain
• If you have served previously in the armed forces

• Apply to the EU Settlement Scheme
• Prove you have a right of abode in the UK
• Apply to stay in UK as a stateless person