UK Resident Visa explained

If you are somebody who has been living in the UK, left for a certain period of time, and are looking to re-settle, you are going to need a UK Returning Resident Visa. And once you have the visa, you can live there permanently. Although the application process, beginning from the documentation — the submission — and verification, it depends upon aspects like which country you are applying from, how long you’ve been outside and other factors.

The process and basic guidelines -

The process to apply for an application majorly depends on if you have been living outside the UK for more than 2 years, and if so, you will have to submit appropriate documentation to prove it. The procedure can long or short, depending on how good your application is. Generally, it takes 3 weeks for the visa to be processed.

It also involves a lot of documentation. If you don’t get this paperwork right, your application has a higher chance of rejection. The requirements are basic like — documents that prove you have been living in the UK, documents that provide proof on where you are currently and why you left the UK. It also requires your current and previous passports.

Another condition that you need to know before applying is that, while moving out of the UK, you must do not receive any public funding assistance to leave the country. If you have then, chances are they may reject your application, or ask you to justify why that was, etc.

If you do end up getting rejected, you have two options, you can either thoroughly go through the process again, or file for a judicial review which will examine, moreover, file a case and investigate as to why your application was rejected.

In any case, in such an event, SmartMove2UK has the best in the legal immigration department and a team of experts to overlook your documentation — we have a success rate of 99%, and we all know numbers don’t lie!

If you have previously been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and have been away from the UK for more than two years then you will need to apply for a Returning Resident visa.

We have UK immigration lawyers and experts based in India and UK — consulting clients online from all around the world over Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp and if they want to meet us in person, they can do that presently at our offices in Mumbai and Delhi.