After ILR can i stay out of the country for 5 years?

[ash210]

Hi All,
I am planning to move to some other country as soon as i get my ILR, like US is there a rule in UK that i should visit UK every ??? or can i stay out of the country as long as i want and still have my ILR intact?
I dont want to apply for british passport as there are more cons than pros
Please let me know
Kind Regards

[raghu_tallam]

Upto 2 yrs you can be outside the country.

What's the cons by the way? I thoughts advantages of British passport outweigh disadvantages.

[ash210]

Hi,
I think the cons apply to me and not necessarily to everyone
I want to expand our business in india and being a british citizen is not that easy as i wont be a indian citizen, i can be OCI but thats renewing every year
and i will travel to saudi arabia often and again being a british citizen is not better than being indian
Regards

[raghu_tallam]

You do not need to renew OCI card every year. It's a life time card. With OCI You have all of the rights of indian citizen, except you can not purchase argriculturals lands in india mainly; you can not vote in india, but this is going to change very soon as a NRI voting bill is being passed in indian parliament.

[raghu_tallam]

A detailed comparison of OCI and PIO:
http://www.immihelp.com/nri/pio-vs-oci.html

[geriatrix]

See also Returning residents.


regards

[ash210]

Thanks to both of you
I know what i should do now
Regards