General information, not a personal recommendation
Use these guides to understand published UK immigration requirements and questions to check. Confirm the current rule on GOV.UK and obtain regulated advice for your own circumstances.
Plain-English starting point
What the published framework generally means
Absence rules differ by settlement route. Build the complete travel history and test it against the exact route before assuming continuity is preserved.
Build the facts
Check these points now
- Which settlement route applies
- Every relevant absence date
- Reason for each significant absence
- Evidence supporting exceptional or work-related travel where relevant
Avoid assumptions
Watch for these risks
- Counting days by estimate
- Using the rules for the wrong route
- Ignoring older passport periods
- Leaving complex absence analysis until the application deadline
Official starting points
Read the current source
Personal circumstances?
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