Application tracking
How to track your Indefinite Leave to Remain application
Use official updates, your application date, and waits shared by readers to understand where your Indefinite Leave to Remain application stands.
6 months
Updated Jul 18, 2026
Collecting data
0 reviewed submissions so far.
Pending
No same-month summary yet.
Indefinite Leave to Remain timing signals in one view
Compare the official estimate with reviewed timelines from similar applicants.
Official wait
6 months
This is the current official timing. Reader reports are shown separately.
Updated Jul 18
Check your UKVI account and biometrics status first
For Indefinite Leave to Remain, the official status page is still the best place for account updates, missing documents, decisions, and appointment notices. Use public wait data for context, but do not let it override a direct message from the agency.
Compare the same settlement route and application month
Use the calculator on the United Kingdom service page to enter yourbiometrics appointment date. That lets you compare with people who started in the same month, which is usually more useful than comparing with everyone at once.
Right now, this service has 0 reviewed submissions and a shared-wait status of Collecting data.
Share ILR milestones after biometrics, requests, or a decision
Reader submissions are reviewed before they affect public wait numbers. Sharing your wait helps future applicants see whether their wait is typical, early, or later than similar applications.
Help improve the wait data
Share your Indefinite Leave to Remain biometrics timeline
Share the date that starts your timeline so other readers can compare similar waits. It takes about a minute, and submissions are reviewed before they affect public wait numbers.
Before comparing ILR waits
- Separate the wait before invitation or eligibility from the wait after the application is submitted.
- Record the exact submission date, completeness check, biometrics, medical, additional-document requests, and final decision.
- Compare your case with the same program and the same start month rather than with broad national averages.
- Use official estimates for baseline expectations and waits shared by readers for real applicant experience.
Read the 6-month settlement standard from biometrics
UKVI service standards count from the biometrics appointment, not from submitting the online form; add your document and appointment time before comparing.
Standards differ by where you apply: work and student routes are 3 weeks outside the UK but 8 weeks inside; family visas outside the UK run to a 24-week standard.
Priority and super-priority services, where offered, buy a faster decision but do not change eligibility. Settlement and naturalisation share a 6-month standard.
Keep immigration timing in context
- This guide is queue context, not immigration or legal advice.
- Official agency messages and document requests should always override a public estimate.
- Compare your case only with the same route, category, filing month, and case stage where possible.
ILR questions applicants actually ask
Why is Indefinite Leave to Remain different from the official estimate?
Official estimates are broad benchmarks. Individual waits can vary because of missing documents, identity checks, appointment availability, workload, and local office capacity.
When should I trust waits shared by readers?
Use waits shared by readers as context once enough similar people have shared their experience. Official agency messages should still come first.