Return to UK and Indefinite Right to Remain
#1
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Return to UK and Indefinite Right to Remain
I am British and my Wife a US Citizen. In 2006 we married and she came to live with me in the UK and got Indefinite Right to Remain Status, Nat Ins No etc 2 years later.
In 2010, we decided to move to the USA, so after a lot of effort, I got a Green Card Perm Residency.
Since then, we have returned to the UK within 2 years, ie 2012, 2014, 2016, under the understanding that the wording of the various documents relating to this indicate that this allows us to maintain my wife's IRTR.
We are considering a move back when I reach pension age in 5 years time, but I would really like some clarification over whether the stamps in my wife's passport showing her returning to the UK every 2 years count for keeping her right to remain?
If they don't, we can save on two trips to the UK before we come over to go house hunting.
In 2010, we decided to move to the USA, so after a lot of effort, I got a Green Card Perm Residency.
Since then, we have returned to the UK within 2 years, ie 2012, 2014, 2016, under the understanding that the wording of the various documents relating to this indicate that this allows us to maintain my wife's IRTR.
We are considering a move back when I reach pension age in 5 years time, but I would really like some clarification over whether the stamps in my wife's passport showing her returning to the UK every 2 years count for keeping her right to remain?
If they don't, we can save on two trips to the UK before we come over to go house hunting.
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Re: Return to UK and Indefinite Right to Remain
I am British and my Wife a US Citizen. In 2006 we married and she came to live with me in the UK and got Indefinite Right to Remain Status, Nat Ins No etc 2 years later.
In 2010, we decided to move to the USA, so after a lot of effort, I got a Green Card Perm Residency.
Since then, we have returned to the UK within 2 years, ie 2012, 2014, 2016, under the understanding that the wording of the various documents relating to this indicate that this allows us to maintain my wife's IRTR.
We are considering a move back when I reach pension age in 5 years time, but I would really like some clarification over whether the stamps in my wife's passport showing her returning to the UK every 2 years count for keeping her right to remain?
If they don't, we can save on two trips to the UK before we come over to go house hunting.
In 2010, we decided to move to the USA, so after a lot of effort, I got a Green Card Perm Residency.
Since then, we have returned to the UK within 2 years, ie 2012, 2014, 2016, under the understanding that the wording of the various documents relating to this indicate that this allows us to maintain my wife's IRTR.
We are considering a move back when I reach pension age in 5 years time, but I would really like some clarification over whether the stamps in my wife's passport showing her returning to the UK every 2 years count for keeping her right to remain?
If they don't, we can save on two trips to the UK before we come over to go house hunting.
I would suggest the OP to get US citizenship before returning to the UK - this will make any trips to the US (whether long stay or short visits) easier. Green Cards can be revoked if the holder lived outside of the US for more than a year.
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/aft...esident#travel
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Re: Return to UK and Indefinite Right to Remain
In 2010, we decided to move to the USA, so after a lot of effort, I got a Green Card Perm Residency.
Since then, we have returned to the UK within 2 years, ie 2012, 2014, 2016, under the understanding that the wording of the various documents relating to this indicate that this allows us to maintain my wife's IRTR.
Since then, we have returned to the UK within 2 years, ie 2012, 2014, 2016, under the understanding that the wording of the various documents relating to this indicate that this allows us to maintain my wife's IRTR.
If your wife was asked at the border if she was returning to take up residence, and she said yes, then that was deception. If she was stamped in as a visitor (which would have been the correct procedure), then the ILR was revoked with the first visitor stamp.
The bottom line is, you have not been resident in the UK since 2010, and to try to claim otherwise is not in your best interest.
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Re: Return to UK and Indefinite Right to Remain
Many thanks, that was the clarification I wanted. I believe there is a different form for becoming a Permanent Resident again after having once been through the process.
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Re: Return to UK and Indefinite Right to Remain
As mentioned, from your posts, there is no way your wife will qualify, and rightly so.
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Re: Return to UK and Indefinite Right to Remain
I don’t think the form is any different from the one used to initially apply unless you are trying for a Returning Resident visa, which is very hard to get. We did the same. My husband lost his ILR having left the UK for more than two years as a resident. We had to start again and, of course, the requirements had become much more stringent.
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Re: Return to UK and Indefinite Right to Remain
I am British and my Wife a US Citizen. In 2006 we married and she came to live with me in the UK and got Indefinite Right to Remain Status, Nat Ins No etc 2 years later.
In 2010, we decided to move to the USA, so after a lot of effort, I got a Green Card Perm Residency.
Since then, we have returned to the UK within 2 years, ie 2012, 2014, 2016, under the understanding that the wording of the various documents relating to this indicate that this allows us to maintain my wife's IRTR.
We are considering a move back when I reach pension age in 5 years time, but I would really like some clarification over whether the stamps in my wife's passport showing her returning to the UK every 2 years count for keeping her right to remain?
If they don't, we can save on two trips to the UK before we come over to go house hunting.
In 2010, we decided to move to the USA, so after a lot of effort, I got a Green Card Perm Residency.
Since then, we have returned to the UK within 2 years, ie 2012, 2014, 2016, under the understanding that the wording of the various documents relating to this indicate that this allows us to maintain my wife's IRTR.
We are considering a move back when I reach pension age in 5 years time, but I would really like some clarification over whether the stamps in my wife's passport showing her returning to the UK every 2 years count for keeping her right to remain?
If they don't, we can save on two trips to the UK before we come over to go house hunting.
https://www.freemovement.org.uk/case...residents-ilr/