Applying from abroad

[Martingazar]

I am currently abroad and decided to submit my application from my home country as I am visiting for a month. On the online application form I have entered all my absences during the past 5 years however there is no place where I am able to enter the date I left the UK in August for my current absence. Any advice with regards to this would be greatly appreciated.

[CR001]

You should apply when you are back in the uk. You need to declare all absence accurately in form on the date you apply. You can't do this if you are abroad.

[secret.simon]

Applying from abroad can be construed as failing the future intentions requirement and can lead to a refusal (and there is no appeal to a refusal, merely a reconsideration).

If the applicant is abroad or is about to go abroad for a continuous period of more than 6 months, you should normally refuse the application and advise the applicant to re-apply, on their return to the UK, for permanent residence. An exception may be made to the general rule, however, where any of the following apply:

the applicant is undertaking voluntary work such as with the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

the applicant is undertaking studies, training, or employment abroad which is necessary to pursue a UK based profession, vocation or occupation

the absence forms part of an established pattern, such as in relation to employment at sea and the applicant is primarily based in the UK