Apply to settle in the UK - HM Forces category

Category of leave

Select the category in which you are applying for indefinite leave to remain.

Apply as a former HM Forces member

  • A former member of HM Forces on discharge under Appendix Armed Forces

Apply as a partner or child under transitional arrangements

Apply as a partner or child where:

  • the HM Forces member held entry clearance or limited leave to remain issued before 30 November 2013; or
  • the HM Forces member applied for leave to enter or remain before 1 December 2013

  Of a foreign or Commonwealth member of HM Forces (Part 7 transitional arrangements)

  Of a British citizen member of HM Forces (Part 8 transitional arrangements)

Apply as a partner or child under Appendix Armed Forces

Apply as a partner or child where:

  • the HM Forces member enlisted on or after 1 December 2013; or
  • the HM Forces member did not hold (and had not applied for) leave to enter or remain before 30 November 2013

  Of a British citizen member of HM Forces

  Of a foreign or Commonwealth member of HM Forces

  As a bereaved partner or child of a member of HM Forces

  The partner or child of a member of HM Forces who has been discharged

Apply as a former Gurkha soldier who was discharged before 1997, or their partner or child

  A former Gurkha soldier

  The widow of a former Gurkha soldier

  The partner or child of a former Gurkha soldier

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

Previous address history

Is this a UK address?

    Yes   No

If Yes

Enter a UK postcode

  Enter date in the format MM YYYY

Month

Year

When did you stop living at this address?

  Enter date in the format MM YYYY

Month

Year

If No

Address (line 2 of 3 - optional)

Address (line 3 of 3 - optional)

Town/City

Postcode

Province/Region/State

Country

When did you start living at this address?

  Enter date in the format MM YYYY

Month

Year

When did you stop living at this address?

  Enter date in the format MM YYYY

Month

Year

Other addresses in the past 2 years

Have you lived at any other addresses in the UK or abroad in the past 2 years?

    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

If Yes

Provide details

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

If No

Explain why you do not have family in any of these countries

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

If Yes

Provide details

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

If No

Explain why you do not have family in any of these countries

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

If Yes

Provide details

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

If No

Explain why not

This could include reasons you or your family would not be able to integrate into any of these countries

Exemption from immigration control

Have you been exempt from immigration control since your initial arrival in the United Kingdom?

  Non-exempt periods means any time that you were not a full-time (regular) serving member of HM Forces. This includes when you were undertaking your pre-selection assessments.

    Yes   No

Details of non-exempt periods

Tell us about any periods when you were not exempt from UK immigration control

  You should give as much information as possible, such as specific start and end dates if known and reasons why you were not exempt. You will be able to add additional periods after clicking 'Save and continue'.

Start date of non-exempt period

  Enter date in the format MM YYYY

Month

Year

End date of non-exempt period

  Enter date in the format MM YYYY

Month

Year

Enter the reason why you were not exempt

Add another period when you were not exempt from immigration control

Have there been any other periods when you were not exempt from immigration control since your initial arrival in the United Kingdom?

  Non-exempt periods means any time that you were not a full-time (regular) serving member of HM Forces. This includes when you were undertaking your pre-selection assessments.

Service details

Service number of HM Forces member

Enlistment or commission date of HM Forces Member

 Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

Details of HM forces member's discharge

What is the HM forces member's date of discharge?

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

Are there any special service related issues, such as serious injury, hospitalisation, medical discharge that you would like considered?

    Yes  No

If Yes

Please provide full details below

Extremist organisations and views

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

Extremist organisations

An organisation is concerned with extremism if for example it:

  • is concerned in vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of the law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs
  • calls for the killings of members of our armed forces, whether in this country or overseas

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

    Yes   No

If Yes

Give more information about the extremist organisation(s)

Maximum of 500 characters

Extremist views

Have you, by any means or medium, expressed views that:

  • oppose fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of the law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs
  • call for the killing of members of our armed forces, whether in this country or overseas

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

    Yes   No

If Yes

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

Absent without leave (AWOL)

During your military service, were you ever absent without leave?

    Yes   No

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

Consent for the Home Office to request verification checks for joint accounts or third party support

Is the account with a bank or utility company for which you have supplied information and supporting documentation held jointly by you and other people?

    Yes   No

If Yes

Each of those others should download, sign and return the following declaration:

Declaration of third party consent for joint bank or utility account holders

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

If we do not have their consent then we may not be able to take that evidence into account when considering your application, and so your application may be refused.

  • I understand that by ticking this check box I am giving consent to verification checks. I will provide a declaration signed by each of the other joint customers on an account with a bank or utility company

Does the account with the bank or utility company for which you have supplied information and supporting documentation relate to another person who is to provide you financial support?

     Yes  No

If yes

That person (or, if the account is a joint account, all customers) should download, sign and return the following declaration:

Declaration of third party consent for any person who is to provide you with financial support

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

If we do not have their consent then we may not be able to take that evidence into account when considering your application, and so your application may be refused.

  • I understand that by ticking this check box I am giving consent to verification checks. I will provide a declaration signed by each of the customers on an account with a bank or utility company relating to another person who is to provide me with financial support