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Returning Resident visa documents checklist for Indian applicants

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An Indian applicant for the Returning Resident visa needs 10 document groups, starting with current and old passports, including the passport that carried the indefinite leave stamp or vignette, or the brp and the home office letter granting settlement and evidence of your settled status if your document was lost. Every item below is named the way Indian banks, offices and universities issue it, verified 8 October 2026.

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Documents checklist

Scan each document in colour; translations certified; bank statements on letterhead or stamped by the branch.

  1. 1Current and old passports, including the passport that carried the indefinite leave stamp or vignette, or the BRP and the Home Office letter granting settlement
  2. 2Evidence of your settled status if your document was lost: a Subject Access Request result, a No Time Limit decision, or an eVisa record
  3. 3Proof of the date you left the UK and your travel since: passport stamps, airline records and the Indian immigration arrival stamp
  4. 4Reason for the absence: parent's medical records and hospital discharge summaries, your child's school admission records, or a posting letter from your employer
  5. 5UK ties: council tax bills, mortgage statements or tenancy agreements, property deeds, HMRC records, pension statements and UK bank statements covering the absence
  6. 6Family in the UK: passports or BRPs of British or settled spouse, children or parents, with their addresses and a letter about your return
  7. 7Evidence of your plan to return: a job offer, enrolment of children in a UK school, or a letter from the family about where you will live
  8. 8Indian records that show the stay was temporary: a leave agreement, a rental rather than a purchase, or the sale of Indian assets ahead of the return
  9. 9Marriage certificate and birth certificates if your family will apply with you or as dependants
  10. 10A short written statement setting out the timeline of your absence and why you did not return earlier
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Related questions

How much does the Returning Resident visa cost?

£726 on gov.uk as of 8 October 2026. There is no health surcharge because the visa restores settlement. Priority settlement service, where offered, costs £500 extra.

I was away for 2 years and 3 months. Have I lost my ILR?

Yes. Indefinite leave lapses after 2 continuous years outside the UK, even by a few months. You need a Returning Resident visa or a new visa on another route. A short absence over the limit with strong UK ties is the easiest case to win.

What counts as strong ties?

Family who are British or settled, a home you own or rent, a UK job or business, a pension, bank accounts you kept open, children in UK schools, and regular visits during the absence. Officers look at the whole picture against the length of time away.

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