ILR Approval date

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Dear Home Office,

Please can you confirm what date confirms a change of immigration status when changing from a limited leave to remain to an indefinite leave to remain (ILR). This information is NOT shown anywhere on the gov.uk website or enquirers page.

Would this be the date shown on the Approval letter from the Home Office or the date of issue shown on the BRP card?

In a case where the BRP card is sent over a month after the Approval Letter, perhaps due to an Home Office administrative error (note that the Approval Letter states that the BRP will be sent within 7working days) and the date of issue on the BRP card thus shows a date more than a month after the Approval Letter, what date constitutes the beginning of a person's change of status to permanent resident/ILR?

Therefore:
1. Will a person be eligible for applying for naturalisation 12months from the Approval Letter date or 12 months from the BRP card's date of issue?
2. Will a child born a month after the Approval Letter date BUT before the late BRP card's date of issue be a British Citizen?

Yours faithfully

Yours faithfully,

Mustafa

FOI Requests, Home Office

Dear Mustafa Ali

 

Please be aware that we have decided to handle your correspondence of 19
September 2019 outside the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
This is because it does not meet the criteria for a Freedom of Information
request, as it does not ask for recorded information.

 

Below is a link to the ICO guidance for the criteria for valid requests
under the Act:

[1]https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...

 

We will provide an answer to your query, but it will be answered outside
of the provisions of the Act.  You should expect to receive a response in
due course.

 

N McKenzie

Home Office

 

 

 

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Dear Sir/Madam,
 
Thank you for your enquiry dated 19th September regarding Freedom of
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Yours Faithfully,

Simon Brown
UK Visa and Immigration

 

 

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