UK ILR 180-Day Rolling Absence Calculator – 2026 HR Tool

It is a free online tool built for HR and global mobility teams tracking an employee's progress toward UK settlement. You add each trip the employee takes outside the UK, and the calculator evaluates that travel history against the 180-day rolling absence rule.

Rather than counting calendar years, it treats every date in the qualifying period as the end of a 12-month lookback, the same rolling-window method the Home Office uses, and surfaces the single heaviest window so you can see your position at a glance.

The 180-day rolling absence rule applies across the main UK routes that lead to Indefinite Leave to Remain, so the tool is relevant if your employee is on any of these:

• Skilled Worker visa
• Global Talent visa
• Health and Care Worker visa
• Innovator Founder visa
• Spouse or partner (family) route

You only need your employee's travel dates and a couple of reference dates, specifically:

• The visa or qualifying-period start date
• The first UK arrival date (optional)
• Each trip's departure date
• Each trip's return date
• A short purpose label for each trip (for example business travel or holiday)

After you add your trips, the result highlights the worst rolling 12-month window as a figure out of 180, alongside a green, amber or red status and the exact dates of that heaviest window. A progress bar marks the 130-day amber and 150-day red points up to the 180-day limit, and it displays the total whole days absent across all records.

If you also need to confirm the qualifying-period date, costs and wider eligibility, the UK ILR Eligibility Calculator covers that broader assessment.

For hands-on help managing the full settlement process, explore Jobbatical's United Kingdom immigration services.