United Kingdom - Permanent Residency - Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR - Under 18)
Listen to our RECENT WEBINAR where our two British nationality experts - Philip Gamble and Mishal Patel - discuss the ways in which children under 18 can have rights to British nationality.
Any child under the age of 18 can be granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (or ILR) where:
- the child is resident in the UK;
- the child is under 18 years of age; AND
- both parents hold a "Settled Status" in the UK.
The "Settled Status" includes anyone who a) is a British citizen, b) is an Irish citizen who is ordinarily resident in the UK, or c) has permanent residency status.
Where the child is being brought up by a single parent (and the other parent plays no role in the financial and/or emotional wellbeing of the child), and this parent has the "Settled Status", then the child can be granted ILR.