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Immigration Controls: English Language

Asked by Rebecca Long BaileyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 28 May 2025UIN 53556

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system published 12 May 2025, in relation to which visa routes she is considering increasing the level of

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The White Paper states our intention to increase language requirements for Skilled Workers and workers where a language requirement already applies from B1 to B2 levels.

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