Enter your entry date to see the latest day you can stay as a UK visitor — and understand what Border Force actually checks.
Visitors to the UK — visa-free nationals and Standard Visitor visa holders alike — may stay up to 180 days per visit. Unlike Schengen, this is not a rolling 90/180 window: in principle each visit can last up to 6 months.
There is no fixed "180 days per year" law, but Border Force looks at your pattern of travel. Official guidance says you should not make the UK your main home through repeated or continuous visits. Spending more time in the UK than outside it over a rolling year is the classic red flag that leads to questioning, short admissions or refusal.
The UK is not part of the Schengen area, so UK days do not consume your Schengen 90/180 allowance — and vice versa. Many long-term travelers alternate between the two zones precisely for this reason.
Spend 183 days or more in the UK in a tax year and you are automatically a UK tax resident under the Statutory Residence Test — with worldwide income in scope. Fewer days can still catch you via ties tests. If you sail close to the line, count carefully or use the 183-day calculator.
Up to 180 days per visit, counting the day of arrival. The Standard Visitor route does not use a rolling window like Schengen.
Border Force may admit you, but repeated back-to-back long visits suggest you are living in the UK through visits, which is not permitted and can result in refusal.
No. The UK is outside the Schengen area; the two allowances are completely separate.
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