10 years ILR route for ICT + Skilled Worker combined stay - UK born child

[safuvan]

Hello,

A huge thanks to all the informative posts. After going through them I still have a question.

Me, my wife and daughter arrived in the UK on 17-August-2016. I was on ICT visa and my wife & kids were my dependents.

My son was born in the UK in July 2017. He was issues ICT dependent visa soon after.

I switched to Skilled Worker Visa and my family switched to SW dependent visa in March 2024.

My questions:

From all my reading it is my understanding that me, my friend ife and daughter can apply for ILR under Long Residence route as we would be soon finishing total 10 years of legal stay (8 years on ICT and 2 years on SW visas). I will work out the earliest date by following the advise (I think it will be around 20-Juky-2026). I am guessing I can start the application sooner and then make the payment / submit after 20th July?

For my son - first of all, is he eligible along with us as he would have finished only 9 years by July 2026? Do I need to wait another year for him? If this is true, as soon as we get our ILR, will his current SW dependent visa be invalid and should we shift him to a new dependent visa based on our new status?

Alternatively, will he be eligible for British passport once me and my family wife gets our ILR? This would be massively helpful in terms of saving the ILR cost for one applicant. If this is possible, I am guessing we don't need to worry about him moving from current SW dependant to ILR dependent during the short application period while he waits for his British citizenship?

Finally, my daughter is a USA citizen. Is there anything different for her due to this? Or will she simply follow the same path as me and my wife wife?

Many thanks!

[zimba]

•You can start an ILR application whenever you want, you do NOT have an application unless you submit it.

• ILR under the long residence has nothing to do with your dependants/partner/children. Each applicant must apply on your own and qualify on your own using form SET(LR)

READ --> Long Residence settlement route (effective 11 April 2024)

• Children do NOT have a residence requirement for ILR. Children can settle with, or after both parents settle. So if the parents settle, the child can settle on their own (in your child's case not under the long residence but instead under the skilled worker rules using form SET(O) or the family rules using form SET(F))

• A child visa does not randomly become invalid as a side effect of parent's change of status. The child visa remains valid until expiry

• As your child is a UK born child, the moment one parent becomes settled, then the child has entitlement to be registered as a British citizen using form MN1. Such a child does NOT need to have ILR or even have a valid visa status. So you can save time and money

• ONLY British citizens can apply for a British passport. So, unless successfully registered as British, your child cannot get a British passport. Application to get a British passport is a NOT the same as an application for naturalisation/registration

• Non-UK born children must get ILR and can only become registered as British when one parent is already British and the other parent is at least settled, via discretion

[safuvan]

Many thanks for your response, it is highly appreciated.

Based on everything I gathered now, I will file 3 applications together (myself and wife - SET LR, and my US born daughter SET O). Once 3 of us gets ILR, we will register for MN1 I hope this is sensible, and the most pragmatic approach.

Is there any advantage between SET O vs SET F? I hope both can be applied along with mine and wife's (need not being one after the other?).

[zimba]

SET(O) and SET(F) can both be used however the eligibility is determined based on different rules but both lead to ILR for the child. All applications can be applied at the same time

[safuvan]

Hello,

Can I please ask two follow-up clarifications?

1. Will my daughter (who will also finish 10 years stay along with us) not going via Set LR? I understand each applicant under LR needs to qualify individually. Hence I initially thought each one of us will need to apply for LR (except my UK both child)?

2. For the LR route isn't there an option to apply for £500 premium service, or does it have to be only the super priority £1000 service?

[zimba]

1. The long residence route is also possible. Again, each route has its own requirements

2. There is no priority option for that route, only super priority option (subject to capacity)

READ --> There’s a limit on how many people can apply for a faster decision

[safuvan]

Hi Zimba,

I am struggling to get super priority appointments (for me, wife and daughter). Since this is an LR application we only have the Super priority option.

1. Do you know if the appointments are released around 1am each day? I read a lot, and I see some conflicting information out there. Are the slots released each day of the week? Any information you can share will be helpful.

I also have a question about answering two of the questions about 'Friends in the country of birth, nationality, or any other country wher you lived more than 5 years', and then 'are you a part of any social groups or do you have social ties to your country of birth, nationality, or any other country where you lived more than 5 years'. Mmm y obvious question is - can I count my background / ties / friends in the UK? I certainly lived here 10 years and most of my ties are currently in the UK. But the way the question is framed. I am not sure if I am supposed to respond to only with reverse to other countries?

[zimba]

I already shared the link above. There is no rule on when and how they are made available. There is a limit on how many can apply for such service

Those questions are not relevant at all to your ILR. Just provide minimal information

[safuvan]

Thanks again.

I have two questions on the English language requirement for our upcoming SET(LR) applications:

1. My case: I met the English requirement via an Ecctis statement when I was granted my Skilled Worker visa (May 2024). Since my lawful residence has been continuous since then, do I need to prove English again for my SET(LR) application, or can I simply rely on having "previously met" the requirement in that earlier successful application?

2. My wife's case: She's relying on her Ecctis Visa & Nationality Statement (issued under the old service, before it was replaced by QLS on 1 May 2025). Ecctis has confirmed to us directly that the statement doesn't expire, and Home Office's own guidance says pre-May-2025 Ecctis statements are still checked by caseworkers via the same Ecctis Online Verification Portal. Has anyone actually submitted an application relying on an old-format statement like this, and did it go through without issue?

Thanks in advance.

[zimba]

Neither of you should face any issues with what you already got