# Indefinite leave to remain: UK Immigration Leave Rules

> The UK Immigration Leave Rules carries 3 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 28 to 180 day, read 26 September 2026.

WallChartBook · https://wallchartbook.com/datasets/uk-immigration-leave-rules/ · computed 2026-10-05

**Range of the published figures:** 28 to 180 day (range 28 to 180 day; 3 sources with a figure; 4 of 6 sources read publish one).

4 of the 6 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 26 September 2026.

## By route

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| route long-residence-qualifying-period | 10 year | 10 to 10 year | 1 |
| route long-residence-fee | 3,226 GBP | 3,226 to 3,226 GBP | 1 |
| route early-application-window | 28 day | 28 to 28 day | 2 |
| route family-route-fee | 3,226 GBP | 3,226 to 3,226 GBP | 1 |
| route citizenship-wait | 12 month | 12 to 12 month | 1 |
| route allowable-absence | 180 day | 180 to 180 day | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [GOV.UK ILR by long residence (10 years)](https://www.gov.uk/long-residence) | 3,226 GBP | long-residence-fee | 2026-09-26 |
| [GOV.UK ILR if you have family in the UK](https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-family) | 3,226 GBP | family-route-fee | 2026-09-26 |
| [Home Office guidance: calculating the continuous period for ILR](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk-accessible) | 180 day | allowable-absence | 2026-09-26 |
| [GOV.UK ILR if you have family in the UK](https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-family) | 28 day | early-application-window | 2026-09-26 |
| [Home Office guidance: calculating the continuous period for ILR](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk-accessible) | 28 day | early-application-window | 2026-09-26 |
| [GOV.UK ILR: your rights and status](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/indefinite-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk-your-rights-and-status) | 12 month | citizenship-wait | 2026-09-26 |
| [GOV.UK ILR by long residence (10 years)](https://www.gov.uk/long-residence) | 10 year | long-residence-qualifying-period | 2026-09-26 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (7)

- [GOV.UK ILR by long residence (10 years)](https://www.gov.uk/long-residence), read 2026-09-26: "Indefinite leave to remain £3,226"
- [GOV.UK ILR if you have family in the UK](https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-family), read 2026-09-26: "It costs £3,226 for each person applying."
- [Home Office guidance: calculating the continuous period for ILR](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk-accessible), read 2026-09-26: "No more than 180 days’ absences are allowed in a consecutive 12-month period."
- [GOV.UK ILR if you have family in the UK](https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-family), read 2026-09-26: "If you’re applying as a parent or a partner with a family visa, the earliest you can apply is 28 days before you meet the requirements for time spent in the UK."
- [Home Office guidance: calculating the continuous period for ILR](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk-accessible), read 2026-09-26: "Applicants can submit a settlement application up to 28 days before they would reach the end of the specified period."
- [GOV.UK ILR: your rights and status](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/indefinite-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk-your-rights-and-status), read 2026-09-26: "To apply for citizenship, you must usually have been living in the UK for at least 12 months after being granted indefinite leave."
- [GOV.UK ILR by long residence (10 years)](https://www.gov.uk/long-residence), read 2026-09-26: "Indefinite leave to remain if you’ve been in the UK for 10 years (long residence)"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [GOV.UK check if you can get indefinite leave to remain](https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Home Office UK visa fees table](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 6 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 2 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in day (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 26 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per settlement route: the qualifying period, the allowable absence, the fee and the evidence required, quoted from the Home Office's own page with its effective date; the derivation is the comparison across routes that the Home Office publishes only one route at a time - shortest to longest qualifying period, the fee against each, and the changed-since when the Immigration Rules or the fee table is amended

## Sources

- [GOV.UK check if you can get indefinite leave to remain](https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK ILR by long residence (10 years)](https://www.gov.uk/long-residence) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK ILR if you have family in the UK](https://www.gov.uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-family) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK ILR: your rights and status](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/indefinite-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk-your-rights-and-status) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Office UK visa fees table](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Office guidance: calculating the continuous period for ILR](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk-accessible) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [gov.uk](https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The UK Immigration Leave Rules carries 3 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 28 to 180 day, read 26 September 2026.
- 4 of the 6 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 26 September 2026.
- UK Immigration Leave Rules, route long-residence-qualifying-period: median 10 year across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- UK Immigration Leave Rules, route long-residence-fee: median 3,226 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- UK Immigration Leave Rules, route early-application-window: median 28 day across 2 sources, read 26 September 2026.
- UK Immigration Leave Rules, route family-route-fee: median 3,226 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- UK Immigration Leave Rules, route citizenship-wait: median 12 month across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- UK Immigration Leave Rules, route allowable-absence: median 180 day across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.

Cite as: "WallChartBook UK Immigration Leave Rules", updated 2026-10-05, https://wallchartbook.com/datasets/uk-immigration-leave-rules/.

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