Find out if you can apply to settle in the UK

What's your situation?

Choose the option which describes you best. If you have a visa as the dependant of someone else, select their visa.

Choose the option which describes you best. If you have a visa as the dependant of someone else, select their visa.

  • You're an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen
  • You're the family member or partner of a British citizen
  • You're the family member or partner of someone who has settled in the UK
  • You have a visitor visa
  • You have a study visa
  • You have a work visa
  • You have a UK Ancestry visa
  • You have a Retired Person visa
  • You've been settled in the UK before
  • You have Discretionary Leave
  • You're in or have been in HM Forces
  • You're on the 10-year Private Life route
  • You've been in the UK legally for 10 years (Long Residence)
  • None of these

Apply to settle in the UK: long residence

Your location

Coronavirus (COVID-19): UKVCAS and SSCs

The majority of UKVCAS appointment locations have now resumed. Check latest guidance on when you can book an appointment. UKVCAS customers whose biometrics can be reused will receive instructions via email and will be not be required to book an appointment.

Service and Support Centres are currently offering a reduced number of appointments because of coronavirus (COVID-19) and it may take longer than usual to get an appointment. UKVI will contact you by email to notify you when and how to book an appointment. Please check gov.uk for more information. SSC customers whose biometrics can be reused will receive instructions via email and will be not be required to book an appointment.

Are you currently in the UK?

    Yes  No

You cannot use this form because you are not currently in the UK.

This form is only for people who are applying within the UK.

You must apply for a visa using the forms which can be found here.

Your duty to give all reasons for wanting to stay in the UK

You must include all your reasons for wanting to stay in the UK on this application.

If you apply later giving reasons you could give now you may lose the right to appeal a refusal of that application.

You can give your additional reasons in the space provided at the end of this application if needed.

  • I understand I must provide all my reasons for wanting to stay in the UK on this application and will do so

Register an email

Enter an email address and password so you can save your answers. You will then be emailed a unique link to let you log back in to your application at a later point, if needed.

Throughout your application, you can select the option to 'Return to this application later' in order to re-send the link to your latest saved application.

Emails sent to this address may contain personal sensitive information. We will send a verification email to this email address. This email address must be verified by clicking the link in the verification email before the application can be submitted

Email address

Create a password

Your password must be 8 characters or longer and include a letter and a number or symbol.

Repeat your password

A verification email has been sent

We have sent a verification email to:

This email address must be verified by clicking the link in the email before the application can be submitted.

Change email address

Resend verification email

Registration email address

Who does this email belong to?

  • The applicant
  • An immigration adviser based in the UK

  Immigration advisers can advise you on matters relating to immigration and citizenship. For more information, click here

  • Someone else

Immigration adviser

Do you have an immigration adviser based in the UK?

Immigration advisers can advise you on matters relating to immigration and citizenship. For more information, click here.

    Yes   No

Check your answers

Check the information below before you continue to the next section.

Your name

Enter your name, as shown in your current passport or travel document.

Your given name is usually your first name. Your family name is the surname that is shared by your family. If you have middle names, include these with your given name. If your name has a suffix (e.g. Jr), include this with your given name. If you have a patronymic name include it with your given names. You must tell us all your given names.

Title:

  Mr

  Mrs

  Miss

  Ms

  Doctor

  Reverend

Given name(s)

Family name

Any other names

In addition to the names already provided, are you now or have you ever been known by another name?

  You must provide all your names. For example, if you changed your name after marriage or have a different name that you use for professional purposes.

    Yes   No

Contact Email

Can we use this email address to contact you?

If possible, we will use this email as your correspondence address. We will use this to contact you about your application and may use it to contact you about your immigration status after your application has been decided. If your application is successful, we may issue a biometric residence permit (BRP) to you. We will use this email address to make the arrangements to deliver the BRP to you. Emails may go to your spam, junk or trash folders.

You must notify us immediately if your email changes. Find out how to change your details here.

    Yes  No

Enter an email we can use to contact you.

 Emails sent to this address may contain sensitive personal information. We will send a verification email to this email address. This email address must be verified by clicking the link in the verification email before the application can be submitted.

Telephone Number

Only include numbers, and for international numbers include the country code. We may contact you by telephone if we have any further questions about your application, or about your immigration status after your application has been decided. This may be a home, work or mobile number.

You must notify us immediately if the contact telephone number you provide as part of this application changes.Find out how to change your details here.

  • I cannot be contacted by telephone

Where do you use this telephone number?

  You can select more than one option

  • For use whilst in the UK
  • For use whilst out of the UK

Postal Address

Provide your postal address

  We may use this address to send sensitive personal information and important documents such as your biometric residence permit. If we can’t contact you by email, we will use this postal address. We may use this address for correspondence about your application and may use you to contact you about your immigration status after your application has been decided.

  You must notify us immediately if your postal address changes. Find out how to update your details here

Enter a UK postcode

Enter address manually

Choose an address

Address (line 1 of 3)

Town/City

Is this where you live?
   Yes   No

When did you start living at this address?

  Enter the date format in MM/YYYY

Month

Year

Provide your living address

Enter a UK postcode
Enter address manually

When did you start living at this address?

  Enter the date format in MM/YYYY

Month

Year

Your gender and relationship status

What is your gender, as shown in your passport or travel document?

  Male

  Female

  Unspecified

What is your relationship status?:

  Single

  Married or a civil partner

  Unmarried partner

  Divorced or civil partnership dissolved

  Separated

  Widowed or a surviving civil partner

Your nationality, country and date of birth

Country of nationality

  Type the name of a country; use the arrow keys to navigate and 'enter' to select one.

If you have previous or additional nationalities, you will be able to add these later in the application.

Country of birth

  Type the name of a country; use the arrow keys to navigate and 'enter' to select one.

Place of birth

  Enter your place of birth (for example, the city or province), as shown on your passport or travel document.

Date of birth

  For example, 31 3 2020

Day

Month

Year

Your passport (United States of America)

Do you have a valid passport?

  Use your passport to complete this section. If you cannot supply your current and valid passport as part of your application, select No.

Passport number

Issuing authority

  On your passport this could also be referred to as 'country of issue' or 'place of issue'.

Issue date

  For example, 31 3 2020

Day

Month

Year

Expiry date

  For example, 31 3 2020

Day

Month

Year

Confirm you can provide this passport

I can provide this passport if required

Your identity card (United States of America)

Do you have a valid national identity card?

  This includes identity cards, issued from non-UK governments. This does not include driving licences. If you have an internal passport, provide the details here.

    Yes    No

National identity card number

  Provide the number as shown on your identity card

Issuing authority

  On your identity card, this could also be referred to as 'country of issue' or 'place of issue'.

Issue date (if applicable)

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

Expiry date (if applicable)

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

Your other nationalities

Do you currently hold, or have you ever held, any other nationality or citizenship?

  You must provide all the nationalities that you currently hold or have ever held.

    Yes   No

Your Home Office reference number

Do you have any Home Office reference numbers?

 If you have previously made an application to remain in the UK, you can find a reference number on letters from the Home Office, called 'Our Ref' or 'Case ID'. If not known, select 'No'.

    Yes  No

Enter any Home Office reference numbers

Your National Insurance number

What is your current National Insurance number?

  Example QQ 12 34 56 C

  • I do not have a National Insurance number

Time in the UK

How long have you lived in the UK?

Year(s)

Month(s)

Date you first entered the UK

When did you first enter the UK?

  This is the date you entered the UK when the period of stay you are basing this application on started.

Day

Month

Year

EEA national exercising treaty rights

Have you spent time in the UK as a European Economic Area (EEA) national exercising treaty rights?

  You must provide details of the treaty rights exercised during your 10 years of continuous residence

    Yes   No

Details of your treaty rights

Provide details about the treaty rights exercised, starting with the most recent.

  • Employment or self-employment

ob title

Company name

Type of business (if self-employed)

Address

Address (line 1 of 3)

Address (line 2 of 3 - optional)

Address (line 3 of 3 - optional)

Town/City

Postcode

Start date

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

End date (if applicable)

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

  • Study

Name of school, college or university

Enter a UK postcode

 Find UK address

Enter address manually

Start date

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

End date (if applicable)

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

  • Economic self-sufficiency

Start date

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

End date (if applicable)

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

  • Retirement

Start date

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

End date (if applicable)

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

  • Permanent incapacity

Start date

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

Family member of an EEA national exercising treaty rights

Have you spent time in the UK as the family member of an EEA national exercising treaty rights?

  You must provide details of the treaty rights exercised during your 10 years of continuous residence

    Yes   No

Time spent in Crown Dependencies

Have you spent any part of your 10-year continuous period with leave to enter or remain in the Crown Dependencies?

  The Crown Dependencies are the Isle of Man and the Balliwicks of Jersey and Guernsey

    Yes   No

Time spent outside the UK

Since you started living in the UK have you spent time outside the UK?

Tell us about all absences however short, including any periods of time you have spent on the Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey

    Yes   No

Your social, cultural and family ties

Do you have any family in your country of birth, nationality or any other country where you have lived for more than 5 years?

    Yes  No

Provide details

   List their names, where they live, how you are related to them, and what type of contact you have with them

  Maximum of 500 characters

Do you have any friends in your country of birth, nationality or any other country where you have lived for more than 5 years?

    Yes  No

Provide details

   List their names, where they live, how you are related to them, and what type of contact you have with them

  Maximum of 500 characters

Are you part of any social groups or do you have other cultural ties in your country of birth, nationality or any other country where you have lived for more than 5 years?

  This could include social networks or connections to any of these countries

    Yes   No

Provide details

  List the social networks or connections, where they are located and your involvement with them

  Maximum of 500 characters

Your children

Do you have any children aged 18 years or under who are living in the UK?

    Yes   No

Life in the UK test

Have you passed the Life in the UK test?

    Yes   No

Enter your Life in the UK test unique reference number

  If you took your test before 17 December 2019, your reference number is at the top of your result letter and is 7 numbers long.

  If you took your test after 17 December 2019, your reference number will be in the email sent to you with your result, it will be in this format: ABC/111111/111111/111111111


Your employment

Are you currently employed or self-employed?

 You can select more than one option

  • I am employed (includes full and part-time work)
  • I am self-employed
  • I am unemployed
  • I am retired
  • I am a student

Immigration history

For either the UK or any other country, have you ever been:

  • Refused a visa
  • Refused entry at the border
  • Refused permission to stay or remain
  • Refused asylum
  • Deported
  • Removed
  • Required to leave
  • Excluded or banned from entry

Convictions and other penalties

At any time have you ever had any of the following, in the UK or in another country?

  Only select one answer at a time. If you need to give more than one answer, you can do so on another page.

  • A criminal conviction
  • A penalty for a driving offence, for example disqualification for speeding or no motor insurance
  • An arrest or charge for which you are currently on, or awaiting trial
  • A caution, warning, reprimand or other penalty
  • A civil court judgment against you, for example for non payment of debt, bankruptcy proceedings or anti-social behaviour
  • A civil penalty issued under UK immigration law
  • No, I have never had any of these

You must tell us about spent as well as unspent convictions. You must tell us about any absolute or conditional discharges you have received for an offence.

War crimes

You must read all of the information on this page before answering.

In either peace or war time have you ever been involved in, or suspected of involvement in, war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide?

    Yes  No

More information about your involvement

  Maximum of 500 characters

  • I have read all of the information about war crimes, including the guidance

Terrorist activities, organisations and views

You must read all of the information on this page before answering.

Have you ever been involved in, supported or encouraged terrorist activities in any country?

    Yes   No

Give more information about your terrorist activities

  Maximum of 500 characters

Have you ever been a member of, or given support to, an organisation which has been concerned in terrorism?

    Yes   No

Give more information about the terrorist organisation(s)

  Maximum of 500 characters

Have you, by any means or medium, expressed views that justify or glorify terrorist violence or that may encourage others to commit terrorist or other serious criminal acts?

    Yes   No

Give more information about your terrorist views

  Maximum of 500 characters

  • I have read all of the information about terrorist activities, organisations and views, including the guidance

Extremist organisations and views

You must read all of the information on this page before answering.

Have you ever been a member of, or given support to, an organisation which is or has been concerned with extremism?

    Yes    No

Give more information about the extremist organisation(s)

  Maximum of 500 characters

Have you, by any means or medium, expressed any extremist views?

    Yes   No

Give more information about your extremist views

  Maximum of 500 characters

  • I have read all of the information about extremist organisations and views, including the guidance

Person of good character

Have you, as a part of your employment or otherwise, undertaken paid or unpaid activity on behalf of a non-UK government which you know to be dangerous to the interests or national security of the UK or its allies?

    Yes   No

Give further details

  Maximum of 500 characters

Have you ever engaged in any other activities which might indicate that you may not be considered to be a person of good character?

    Yes   No

Give further details

  Maximum of 500 characters

Is there any other information about your character or behaviour which you would like to make us aware of?

    Yes   No

Give further details

  Maximum of 500 characters

Your biometric residence permit (BRP)

Have you ever had a biometric residence permit for the UK?

A biometric residence permit (BRP) is a card with your name, nationality and picture. It describes your entitlement to be in the UK.

    Yes   No

Your UK immigration status

Do you have a visa, leave to enter or remain or other permission to be in the UK?

    Yes   No

Your visa or leave to enter or remain

What is the end date of your most recent visa, leave to enter or remain or other permission to be in the UK?

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

Check your answers

Check the information below before you continue to the next section.

Other reasons for wanting to stay in the UK

Do you have any other reasons for wanting to stay in the UK?

 For example, include any information you wish to be considered about the welfare or best interests of any children who will be affected by the decision or medical evidence such as evidence of serious ill health.

  • I do not have any other reasons for wanting to stay in the UK
  • I have other reasons for wanting to stay in the UK

For example, evidence of an active relationship with a child or parent or medical evidence such as evidence of serious ill health.

Documents

From the list of documents below, provide as many as you can. Tick each document to confirm that you have read the requirement, even if you cannot send it. If you are unsure about any of the evidence, read the guidance relevant to your application.

  • The United States of America passport, identity card or official letter for Mr Brayn White to prove the level of English language required
  • The passport issued by United States of America for Mr Brayn White
  • All previous passports, travel documents or national identity cards that you have used to travel to or remain in the UK
  • Evidence of Mr Brayn White's immigration status in the UK

Providing your documents

You must provide your documents after you submit your application, these can be originals or copies. Any passports provided must be originals.

You will be able to upload copies of your documents on our commercial partner's website, or you can take your documents to your biometrics appointment to be scanned and uploaded by our commercial partner for a fee. You'll be told how to book an appointment and upload your documents after you submit your application.

You do not need to send any physical documents to the Home Office or UK Visas & Immigration unless you are advised to do so.

Your application may be rejected if you do not provide all mandatory documents. If your application is rejected due to documents not being provided, it will not be considered and an administration fee for each person included in the application will be deducted from your refund.

Check your answers

Check the information below before you continue to the next section.

Verification consent

The Home Office will check that the information and supporting documentation from a bank or utility company that you supply as part of this application is correct. You must download, sign and return the following declaration to confirm that you consent for the Home Office to request verification checks:

Declaration of consent for the Home Office to request verification checks

You should download and print this declaration now. A copy will also be available to download once you have paid for your application.

  • I will provide a declaration signed by me to confirm my consent for the Home Office to request verification checks

Declaration

By sending this application, you confirm that to the best of your knowledge and belief the following is correct:

  • the information relating to the application
  • the supporting evidence

I understand that the data I have given can be used as set out in the privacy policy

I consent to organisations, including financial institutions, providing information to the Home Office when requested in relation to this application.

I have discussed with any other applicants that I am acting on behalf of, and confirmed that the contents of the application are correct and complete.

I agree to the terms and conditions.

I understand that if false information is given, the application can be refused and I may be prosecuted, and, if I am the applicant, I may be banned from the UK.

I confirm that:

  • I am the applicant aged 18 or over
  • I am the applicant aged under 18
  • I am the parent or legal guardian of the applicant who is aged under 18 and completing and submitting the form on their behalf
  • I am submitting the form on behalf of the applicant

Check your answers

Check the information below before you continue to the next section.

Choose a service

Select a service from the options below. You will not be able to change this after you have submitted your application.

Standard service : pay 2408.20 GBP, most people get a decision within 6 months of submitting their on-line application

The amount you pay for each service option includes the 19.20 GBP biometrics enrolment fee for each applicable person on this application.

UK Visas and Immigration will contact you if it will take longer to process your application.

Your payment provider

You are paying

2408.20 GBP - Mr Brayn White's application for Set (LR)

2408.20 GBP in total

Choose your card provider

  Visa

  MasterCard

  American Express

  Maestro

  Diners Club International

Before you continue

You should only move to the next page if you have checked your answers and you are ready to submit your application. Once you select ‘Continue to Worldpay’ you will not be able to return and edit your application.

Continue to Worldpay to make a secure payment. You will be able to download a copy of your application form after payment has been taken.

Worldpay

 Order summary

Reference:        

Description:        Set (LR)

Amount (GBP):

£2,408.20

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Cardholder's name *

Brayn White

Expiry date *

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