UntildUK Standard Visitor
A UK Standard Visitor stay is usually allowed for up to six months. A longer visa validity does not allow an equally long visit.
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United Kingdom: travel & residency rules
Find the United Kingdom day-count rules relevant to your stay, with calculators, counting assumptions and official sources.
At a glance
How each rule works
UK permanent residence application — days abroad
Many UK settlement routes use a limit of 180 days outside the country within any twelve-month period.
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UK citizenship — five-year absences
The general UK naturalisation route normally allows up to 450 absence days over the five-year required residence period.
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UK citizenship — final-year absences
UK naturalisation normally includes a limit of 90 days outside the country in the year before applying.
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UK EU Settlement Scheme status — five-year absence
Ordinary EU Settlement Scheme settled-status holders can spend up to five consecutive years abroad without losing that status.
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UK Skilled Worker permanent residence — days abroad
An application for UK permanent residence through the Skilled Worker immigration category includes a continuous-residence requirement.
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UK EU Settlement Scheme status — Swiss family absence
The continuous-absence period for Swiss citizens and their family members with settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme is four calendar years.
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UK tax residence — personal day limit
UK residence depends on automatic overseas tests, automatic UK tests and a sufficient-ties test based on UK connections. The tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April. At least 183 UK days meets an automatic UK test, but lower totals can also establish residence.
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UK permanent immigration permission — two-year absence
Ordinary UK permanent immigration permission generally expires after more than two uninterrupted years abroad.
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UK long residence application — historical days abroad
The UK long-residence route has transitional absence rules around 11 April 2024.
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