"Reset" the 2 year ILR window query

[senghlim]

Hi All,

One of the rules to maintain an ILR is that travel outside the UK should not be longer that 2 years. If one leaves the UK for more than 2 years, one's ILR status will end.

Does anyone know if there is a criteria around the length of time (or purpose) that one can come back to the UK within the 2 year period that allows for the 2 year period to be reset?

For example,you leave the UK for 1.5 years but then come back to the UK for a week to visit. As you've returned to the UK (albeit only for a week), does it mean the 2 year window is broken and you are granted another 2 years?

[zimba]

ILR is lost after you have been away for 24 consecutive months. There is no reset, clock, etc. So refrain from inventing any new terminology. As long as you were not outside the UK for 24 consecutive months, ILR status is maintained