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Calculating Continuous Residence Requirements

A Smith made this Freedom of Information request to Home Office

The request was refused by Home Office.

From: A Smith

13 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide me with copies of any casework instructions which
refer to or deal with the way in which the continuous residence
requirements are calculated under the Immigration Rules.

Yours faithfully,

Anne Smith

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From: Freedom Of Information Team ( IND )
Home Office

30 September 2009

Dear Anne Smith

Your request has been passed on this team and is being dealt with under
the Freedom of Information Act.

Your FOI request is not quite clear, could you clarify what category of
`continuous residence' you are referring to. Is your query in relation
to employment, long residence or another immigration category.

When you clarify your query we will aim to send you a full response in
twenty working days of its receipt. I look forward to hearing from you
shortly.

Please note however that if we do not receive appropriate clarification of
your request within two months from the date of this letter we will
considered this request to be closed.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

UK Border Agency

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From: A Smith

30 September 2009

Dear Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),

The category of "continuous residence" I was referring to was
employment.

Yours sincerely,

A Smith

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From: A Smith

4 October 2009

Dear Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),

My query relates to employment.

Yours sincerely,

A Smith

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From: Employment Policy

15 October 2009

Dear Ms Smith

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the above. Your request has been
passed to the Regional Operational Policy team as this subject falls
within our remit.

The information requested is already in the public domain and can be
accessed via our website www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Please refer to the following links:-
[1]http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/siteco...

[2]http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/siteco... -
Section 1'Settlement' and section 6a 'Points Based System Tier 1
Settlement'

[3]http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policy...

[4]http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policy...

I hope this information is helpful.

Regards

Suzanne

Suzanne Mycock
NEYH Regional Operational Policy Team
UK Border Agency
Vulcan House - Iron
PO Box 3468
Sheffield
S3 8WA

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From: A Smith

6 November 2009

Dear Employment Policy,

The links did not display correctly in your reply. For instance the
page:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/siteco...

Receives a "page not found" result. Could you please upload in a
word document or some other way so that the links work?

Yours sincerely,

A Smith

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From: Employment Policy

12 November 2009

Dear A Smith

Thank you for your e-mail. We have included settlement guidance
(Indefinite Leave to Remain) for the employment categories (work permits
and Points Based System).

The following links will take you to the various Immigration Directorate
Instructions (IDIs) according to the category you are interested in.
You will need to click on the relevant Annex as annotated.

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/d...
hapter5
Click on Annex F 'settlement guidance general'

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/d...
hapter6
Click on section 1 - settlement
Click on section 6a - Points Based System, Tier 1, settlement guidance

The following links take you directly to the Immigration Rules for the
different employment routes. You will need to scroll down to the
guidance for 'Indefinite Leave to Remain' according to the employment
route you are interested in.

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/...
part5/

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/...
part6/

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/...
part6a/

We have tried these links and they do appear to work, however, if you
have any queries please let us know.

Kind Regards

NEYH Regional Operational Policy Team
UK Border Agency
Vulcan House - Iron
PO Box 3468
Sheffield
S3 8WA

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