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ILR Application Query - About History of Countries

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ILR Application Query - About History of Countries

Post by kalyanpradeep » Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:54 am

Hi Team,

Happy New Year.

I am applying for ILR Application and need your inputs on how to fill the history of countries in the ILR Application. I travelled to UK in 2015 for 1 Year on Teir 2 short term ICT Visa dependent and again in 2018 on Tier 2 Long Term ICT Visa. I got a Job and offered Skilled worked Visa in Jan 2020 and completed 5 years now. I also travelled to France and Italy for 3 days vacation each in July 2015 and Spet 2015.
As all my travels are before my Skilled worked visa, Do i need to mention all entries and exits or only some of them are applicable. Request to please assist on this to proceed with application further.

Also I have NARIC letter from Dec 2020 used for Skilled Worked Visa. Could you please let me know If I can reuse same for ILR Application or need to request new one.

Awaiting your suggestions to proceed with next steps.

Thanks,
Kalyan

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Re: ILR Application Query - About History of Countries

Post by zimba » Tue Jan 06, 2026 12:52 pm

Only the absences during the last 5 years matter. The rest is irrelevant. The old NARIC letter obtained under the red route can be reused
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Re: ILR Application Query - About History of Countries

Post by kalyanpradeep » Thu Jan 08, 2026 10:59 am

zimba wrote:
Tue Jan 06, 2026 12:52 pm
Only the absences during the last 5 years matter. The rest is irrelevant. The old NARIC letter obtained under the red route can be reused
Thanks for calrifying on the absenses, Now I am confused on what to enter for "Have you previously lived in a country outside the UK including your country of birth?" Do I need to include my travel history upto 2018 in this session. Really appreciate your response on this. Thanks.

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Re: ILR Application Query - About History of Countries

Post by zimba » Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:17 am

It is countries you LIVED in, not travelled to. It is self-explanatory
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Re: ILR Application Query - About History of Countries

Post by kalyanpradeep » Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:25 am

zimba wrote:
Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:17 am
It is countries you LIVED in, not travelled to. It is self-explanatory
Thank you again. I lived in UK from Feb 2015 to Oct 2015 (Tier 2 ICT Dependent) but I mention I first travelled to UK as May 2018 as that is the time when I came to UK on Tier 2 ICT dependent and then coverted to Skilled Worker Visa. So Can i Mention that I lived in India from Birth to Feb 2015 and again from Oct 2015 to May 2018. Do I need to mention any where about my visit to UK in 2015. Apologies to put some many queries on this as this is slightly confusing me. Thanks again

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Re: ILR Application Query - About History of Countries

Post by zimba » Thu Jan 08, 2026 5:35 pm

That question is unimportant. You are not required to provide any details. Just put in UK and India
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