Thanks CR001, with regards to my IRL being independent from my spouse - i'm fully aware of that, my spouse doesn't mind me staying and even if she did there is nothing she could do about that. But i'm a bit funny like that :) I was worried that intense scrutiny will be applied and i would be refused ...

Thanks Casa, I'm still resident in the UK, although i have spent quite a bit of time away in the past year. I understand that if I state that i'm no longer a resident when questioned next time by the immigration officer when entering UK - i'll get what i want, but that will leave me in a position of ...

I know this is an unusual question as usually people want to move in the opposite direction, however i am currently contemplating giving up my UK residence permit (which i had for the past 6 years, 17 years in the UK in total). I have several reasons for doing that, one of them is that i'm divorcing ...