Why did this not seem threatening to me? Why did I not feel the suspicion in the air? Why did I remember nothing? So many police? Such silence? So much sleuthing? So much progress? Such prosperity? An elderly woman? The rains hanging suspended above the odor of smoke? The likelihood of remaining in the UK also varies by age. Among those issued visas in 2014, young people age 18 to 29 were less likely than other age groups to still have temporary or permanent leave to remain after five years (Home Office, 2020); this group is also most likely to have come on student visas, which do not offer a direct route to settlement. Children under the age of 18 were the most likely to still have valid leave to remain or settlement at the end of the fifth year after arrival (40%); these children primarily come as dependents of someone on a temporary visa (Home Office, 2020). Evidence gaps and limitations You can include time you’ve spent on any other visas which lead to indefinite leave to remain. You must have had a visa based on your private life for at least one year on the day you apply. Knowledge of language and life in the UK That was how I learned that this had been her home. Once upon a time. The boss’s late father used to work for the old woman’s husband. During the riots, the boss’s family had sheltered the old woman’s family. “As long as we’re here, no one can touch you,” they had promised. Numerous houses all around had been burned to the ground, but the solid walls of this house were only slightly grazed. But the old woman’s father and grandfather did not return to their home. The boss’s family members had said the situation had gone beyond the pale, they could give them no guarantee now, they must flee. And they fled. Handed the house over for a song. But the old woman survived. She still came.

Because I should mention this: there’s nothing quite like the rain here, and it’s not as if I’ve never seen rain before. But it’s almost like it doesn’t exist here. an EEA or EU Settlement Scheme family permit - you must apply within 3 months of arriving in the UK

under the EU Settlement Scheme, in which case you will need to confirm they are ordinarily resident in the UK; or

Ordnance Survey (OS) Maps: These can show how an area developed over time, and help establish when your house was built. Copies of OS maps from the 1840s onwards can generally be found at county record offices and local studies libraries.She stayed put as the old stuff was continuously removed. Once I heard her saying, “That carving is on walnut wood.” It was during that time that that old woman also began to appear amid the dust and rubble. We were busy, we’d already forgotten her, but when we saw her appear, out of the blue, we spoke among ourselves, if we said anything at all. The old woman had abandoned the bench and come over here. Once the gate had been demolished, one could consider it open. No one stopped her, she just slipped in wherever she wished, fearing neither the falling of the beams, nor the blinding of the dust storm. She’d stand near the walls as they were torn down; or near the uprooting of the alcoves and wardrobes; or the shredding of the carpets, curtains and tapestries; and then she’d leave. However, EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members who do not have indefinite leave to enter or remain are capable of being considered ordinarily resident if:

Being "settled" in the UK is defined in an immigration context and means a person who has indefinite leave to enter or remain, meaning they are free from any restriction on the period for which they remain in the UK, or is an Irish national in the UK who is treated as a settled person by virtue of the Ireland Act 1949. If you have a family member in the UK with pre-settled or settled status, you might be able to apply to join them in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme. The decision as to whether someone is ordinarily resident is for the relevant NHS body to make. This therefore means that relevant bodies will need to determine whether a person is "lawfully resident" as part of the test for ordinary residence.

An eligible family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland is the same as a relevant family member of an EEA citizen as defined in Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules. The Home Office will only grant pre-settled or settled status to someone who it is satisfied is an eligible family member. ↩ If you get pre-settled status, you can live and work in the UK for up to 5 years. After you’ve lived in the UK for 5 years, you should apply for settled status to stay for longer. For one whose era was indeed bygone, she must have felt even more of a thrill upon seeing the old building. It must have been a moment of excitement during the course of her meaningless daily routine, when an idle child had cursorily read the magazine and placed it before her—and she must have thought, Oh , this is where I go for walks. And then she must have come to stand at the gate, magazine in one hand, staff in the other, eyes this way, then that. On us, then down. Why, it’s the same building! The sort of thrill that only occurs to a child or an old person. Light and spontaneous.