United Kingdom Permanent Resident Visa

Permanent resident status in the UK provides any person who wants to live and work in the UK indefinitely an opportunity to do so. The interested person needs to acquire this permit to work or conduct business in the UK, without any time limits on their stay and immigration restrictions. 

By current immigration rules, this status is granted exclusively to a person who does not have the Right of Abode naturally.

This permit can lapse if the person spends more than 2 years outside the UK continuously after being granted permanent residence in the UK. 

To get UK PR, it is required to live in the UK for 5 years under one of the following categories:

• Tier 1
• Tier 2 of the points-based system: for the skilled professionals from overseas who has a valid job offer in the United Kingdom
• Businessperson
• Investor
• International students and Research Fellows
• Representative of an overseas newspaper, news agency, PR agency, or broadcasting organization
• A private servant in a diplomatic household
• Domestic worker in a private household
• Overseas government employee
• The self-employed lawyer or solicitor
• UK ancestry
• Highly skilled migrant under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)
• Retired person of independent means
• The sole representative of an overseas firm

One can also apply for UK PR if you have a family member or a partner who is British citizenship. 

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be able to submit proof of living in the UK for a pre-set time duration, legally or otherwise corresponding to their granted visas. The following table shows the period of stay in the UK to be completed the stated categories: