at airport immigration today my wife was told that she would have to re-apply for ILR, because when we returned to the UK for a month during the summer she was (unbeknown to her) granted entry as a tourist as opposed to as a spouse with ILR. As your wife has ILR stamp in her passport, and there is ...

Assuming that is the case, would she then have to go right back to the beginning and request LLR status?

ILR may be lost if a person leaves the United Kingdom and on return is given leave to enter other than for an indefinite period. This may be because, e.g., they mistakenly seek to enter as a visitor, or the immigration officer believes that they do not intend to reside in the United Kingdom. Thanks...

I am a British national and have just returned to the UK with my wife (who has ILR) and daughter (who has British nationality) after spending a total of 1 year and 8 months overseas. We will now be staying in the UK permanently. The UKBA rules on "Returning residents" state that: "If you were settle...