Apply to settle in the UK - HM Forces category
- Category of leave
- Apply as a partner or child under transitional arrangements
- Apply as a partner or child under Appendix Armed Forces
- Your duty to give all reasons for wanting to stay in the UK
- Previous address history
- Other addresses in the past 2 years
- Your social, cultural and family ties
- Exemption from immigration control
- Details of non-exempt periods
- Add another period when you were not exempt from immigration control
- Service details
- Details of HM forces member's discharge
- Extremist organisations and views
- Absent without leave (AWOL)
- Check your answers
- 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
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
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