How does a Commonwealth Citizen with UK ancestry apply for permission?
Persons seeking entry under this provision must have Entry Clearance. Those with permission to stay in another immigration category may not alter their status into this category. Leave to enter or remain will be given initially for a 5-year period. At the end of that period, an application for indefinite leave to remain can be made. The spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner and children under 18 of a Commonwealth citizen coming to the UK on the basis of UK ancestry do not have employment restrictions placed upon them and are therefore also able to work. The Home Office would like to abolish any special rights for Commonwealth citizens but, as at the time of writing, they have failed to remove the special status of Commonwealth citizens with UK born grandparents. vi) Students From, as yet, an unspecified date in March 2009, students other than student visitors will need to be sponsored by a recognised educational body under Tier 4 of the PBS. For the moment, students are admissible
