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Leave to enter is the permission given by British immigration officers for entry to the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies. [1] Under the Immigration Rules (a key piece of immigration legislation in the UK), anyone who is does not have right of abode requires leave to enter.
(This restriction does not apply if the applicant entered the UK at any time prior to 1 August 1988 and was the only wife of the husband who had been allowed to enter the UK.) Right of abode was limited to CUKCs and Commonwealth citizens, therefore certain people with connections to the UK were not eligible even if they had a UK-born parent.
BOTCs only have visa-free entry to the UK if they have a certificate of right of abode or if they have obtained and are travelling on a full British Citizen passport. Otherwise a visa is not required for a visit of up to six months, for example as a General Visitor or as a Short-Term Student, but a visa is required for other study, for work ...
Holders of a UK multiple-entry visa issued for at least 6 months, a UK residence permit issued for at least 12 months, a UK biometric residence permit, or an EU family permit; Holders of an indefinite leave to remain or a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode in the United Kingdom who have not been absent from the UK for more than 2 ...
Canada: Visa not required [36] 6 months Visa Free Access only to BOCs with right of abode in the UK. ETA required if arriving by air. Not applicable to BOCs with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. [37] Cape Verde: Visa on arrival [38] Central African Republic: Visa required [39] Chad: Visa required [40] Chile: Visa not required [41] 90 days
[1] [2] [3] The visa policy does not apply to any of the British Overseas Territories, who generally apply their own visa policies. Anyone who does not have right of abode in the United Kingdom (British citizens and some Commonwealth citizens, but not some categories of British national) requires leave (permission) to enter the UK.
A residence permit [1] [2] [3] (less commonly residency permit) is a document or card required in some regions, allowing a foreign national to reside in a country for a fixed or indefinite length of time. These may be permits for temporary residency, or permanent residency. The exact rules vary between regions.
When indefinite leave is granted to persons outside the United Kingdom it is known as indefinite leave to enter (ILE). It approximates to the concept of permanent residency ( PR ) in other countries, but that term had a different and specific meaning under the EU law on freedom of movement while the UK was in the EU.