In January, UK’s Home Office announced changes to how it will calculate absences in connection with applications for permanent residence, or, “Indefinite Leave to Remain.” Qualified Applicants must now demonstrate a continuous period of residence in the UK in any rolling twelve-month period. The new rule no longer provides an exception which resets an applicant’s time of absence if the period in question overlaps into a new year. Under the new rule, no more than 180 days of absence are allowed in any consecutive 12-month period for a total of five years.