ILR As Civil Partner Of A Person Present And Settled In The UK

An application for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) can be made to the Home Office, UKBA on the completion of two years probationary civil partner visa which was issued as a civil partner of a person present and settled in the UK. The ILR application is submitted by using application form SET (M). The applicant has to provide evidence that the relationship is still subsisting and the applicant has been living with the settled partner (the sponsor) throughout the last two years probationary period of civil partner visa. It is also expected that both the applicant and the the sponsor demonstrate their intention to live with each other permanently. The applicant is required to pass Life in the UK Test in order to qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). The Immigration Rules also require that there must be sufficient funds and adequate accommodation available for the applicant to be maintained and accommodated in the UK without recousre to public funds.