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What is FLR/ILR??
« on: February 13, 2006, 10:42:14 PM »
I'm dumb, please tell me what FLR and ILR stands for.  I just know I need a spouse visa and am getting confused by the abbreviations!
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2006, 10:59:52 PM »
FLR= Further Leave to Remain..  you'll apply for this first.  It's valid for 3 years as a spouse.

ILR= Indefinite Leave to Remind.. you apply for this after your FLR is up and it's permanent residency.

You'll apply for FLR(M) for your spousal visa.
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2006, 09:20:27 AM »
Quote from: Kristi on February 13, 2006, 10:59:52 PM
FLR= Further Leave to Remain..  you'll apply for this first.  It's valid for 3 years as a spouse.

I believe that this visa (the first spousal one) is an LLR (Limited Leave to Remain) -- to further confuse things! [smiley=inquisitive.gif]  That's what it says on mine anyway -- and it's 2 years, not 3.  I would think it's the same for everyone on the spousal visas?  I remember some discussion (or confusion--lol) of this on another thread.

Garry and/or Victoria? :)
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2006, 09:22:20 AM »
my understanding was that LLR is for people who came in on a spouse visa after already being married, and FLR is what is granted when switching status in country from a fiance visa...
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2006, 09:23:23 AM »
Quote from: amarylis on February 14, 2006, 09:22:20 AM
my understanding was that LLR is for people who came in on a spouse visa after already being married, and FLR is what is granted when switching status in country from a fiance visa...

I switched status in the UK from a fiancee to a spousal visa, and the LLR is what I got.
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2006, 09:23:49 AM »
FLR is 2 years, I do know that.  I have mine and I renew in May (Got it in 2004)  (I never had a Fiancee Visa though)
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2006, 09:31:09 AM »
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2006, 09:32:14 AM »
And to complicate things even further, I got Indefinite Leave right off the bat because we'd been married over 4 years.  ;D
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2006, 09:36:08 AM »
Quote from: garry on February 14, 2006, 09:31:09 AM
Check the glossary project at http://www.transpondia.co.uk


Thanks garry!

So where are we getting FLR from?  Is that just the name of a form (paperwork)?
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Re: What is FLR/ILR??
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2006, 03:39:44 PM »
Quote from: carolyn_b on February 14, 2006, 09:36:08 AM
Thanks garry!

So where are we getting FLR from?  Is that just the name of a form (paperwork)?


At least partially.  But the passport stamps have been LLR since 2002.
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