10 year route??

[zizzy]

I came to the UK in 1992 on a 1 year working Visa. After one year, situation in my home country made it impracticable for me to return home. I then applied to remain in the UK as an asylum seeker but my application was rejected and I was asked to return home. Through my solicitor, I made a further application to stay in the UK. I was asked to come to an immigration reporting office in London once a month to sign on while my application was being heard. That application went on for the next 20 years! During this time, to support myself, I survived on hand outs and working illegally with my national insurance number I had when I was legal in the UK. I also reported to this centre diligenltly for 20 years as required. In 2012, I heard that the Government was going to try to clear a back-log of 400,000 asylum cases. Not long after I heard this, I received a form in the post (from my lawyer) from the home office asking to fill and return to them. Just personal stuff such as DOB,name,current address etc to sign and return. A few months later, I got another letter from the home office telling me that my application for asylum had been cancelled but I was being given "leave to remain". I was asked to take the letter to 'biometric centre' where my finger prints and picture were taken and a few weeks later, a biometric "residency card" came in the post in which I was given a 3 year leave to stay due to expire next month (August 2015). I was wondering what form to fill or how to apply to extend my leave to remain. Someone advised me that I had to go through the "10 year private route" but Im not sure. Someone else told me that I have to apply as an asylum seeker again. Can anyone advise me on what to do? I apologise about the long post but I wanted my situation to be understood. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[Obie]

You do not have to go through any 10 years route.

28 days before the 3 years expire , you can apply for a further 3 years of leave, and after that expires , you will be able to qualify for ILR

[Zee ali]

I came to the UK in 1992 on a 1 year working Visa. After one year, situation in my home country made it impracticable for me to return home. I then applied to remain in the UK as an asylum seeker but my application was rejected and I was asked to return home. Through my solicitor, I made a further application to stay in the UK. I was asked to come to an immigration reporting office in London once a month to sign on while my application was being heard. That application went on for the next 20 years! During this time, to support myself, I survived on hand outs and working illegally with my national insurance number I had when I was legal in the UK. I also reported to this centre diligenltly for 20 years as required. In 2012, I heard that the Government was going to try to clear a back-log of 400,000 asylum cases. Not long after I heard this, I received a form in the post (from my lawyer) from the home office asking to fill and return to them. Just personal stuff such as DOB,name,current address etc to sign and return. A few months later, I got another letter from the home office telling me that my application for asylum had been cancelled but I was being given "leave to remain". I was asked to take the letter to 'biometric centre' where my finger prints and picture were taken and a few weeks later, a biometric "residency card" came in the post in which I was given a 3 year leave to stay due to expire next month (August 2015). I was wondering what form to fill or how to apply to extend my leave to remain. Someone advised me that I had to go through the "10 year private route" but Im not sure. Someone else told me that I have to apply as an asylum seeker again. Can anyone advise me on what to do? I apologise about the long post but I wanted my situation to be understood. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Use FLR O form to extend your stay for next 3 years visa

Thank you.

[zizzy]

Thank you for all the replies. My leave to remain expires in 26 days so I guess the clock has started ticking for me. I have downloaded form FLR (0) and will print out tomorrow. One more question I want to ask is, what is the difference between Form FLR (FP) and form FLR (0)?


Thank you