ILR

abbreviation for

1. indefinite leave to remain: an immigration status permitting a person to work or study in the UK without limit of time
2. Independent Local Radio

Example Sentences

Jeanell Hippolyte, 41, whose two children were born in the UK, challenged the Home Office's refusal to review its decision, after ILR was given to her brothers and father because of the latter's Windrush status.

From BBC

Her brothers arrived in the UK in 2007, the court heard, and had ILR applications refused but overstayed, breaching immigration rules, until they successfully applied under the Windrush Scheme in 2019.

From BBC

In written submissions, her barrister Chris Buttler KC said her father's ILR status was not officially granted until 2003, and that she left the UK because the Home Office failed to issue identity status documents to her father which confirmed this.

From BBC

Ms Hippolyte "did not make an application because she did not know that her father had ILR" status, Mr Buttler said.

From BBC

“It’s kind of like that but for more it’s ILR - in real life.”

From Washington Times