You are allowed to spend time outside of the UK so long as these periods of absence do not exceed 6 months at any one time. It does not matter how much time you spend outside of the UK in total during the required 5-year continuous residence period provided you return each time after a maximum of 6 months.
What happens if you have spent longer than 6 months abroad?
Periods spent abroad which exceed 6 months do not automatically disqualify you from acquiring Permanent Residence. The Home Office has some discretion when deciding what constitutes an actual departure from, and thus genuine interruption of, your continuous stay in the UK.
Certain circumstances, such as maternity leave, military service in your home country or time spent abroad which was necessary for your work or education, may be disregarded and not interrupt the 5-year period.
However, it is important that you provide strong justification and supporting evidence for any long periods of absence from the UK in order to avoid them breaking your continuous 5-year residence in the UK.
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Permitted absences of up to 6 months
You are allowed to spend time outside of the UK so long as these periods of absence do not exceed 6 months at any one time. It does not matter how much time you spend outside of the UK in total during the required 5-year continuous residence period provided you return each time after a maximum of 6 months.
What happens if you have spent longer than 6 months abroad?
Periods spent abroad which exceed 6 months do not automatically disqualify you from acquiring Permanent Residence. The Home Office has some discretion when deciding what constitutes an actual departure from, and thus genuine interruption of, your continuous stay in the UK.
Certain circumstances, such as maternity leave, military service in your home country or time spent abroad which was necessary for your work or education, may be disregarded and not interrupt the 5-year period.
However, it is important that you provide strong justification and supporting evidence for any long periods of absence from the UK in order to avoid them breaking your continuous 5-year residence in the UK.
First, they made fun of Americans. Now, it's the Brits' turn:
https://www.algora.com/Algora_blog/2022/07/19/would-be-british-pm-rishi-sunak-wef-front-man
How many months a year does Akshata have to live outside of the UK to maintain that status?