Know The 7 Years ILR Child Immigration Rule (2026)
The Home Office once had a seven-year child policy known as DP5/96, which established that a child who has resided in the UK continuously for seven years should not be banned from the country without any other mitigating circumstances.This rule was dropped in December 2008. The Immigration Rules reinstated the seven-year requirement as a benchmark in family proceedings involving children as of 9th July 2012. The rules formally recognised a child’s residence for seven years as long enough for the child and parents to remain there.