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Visas: Skilled Workers

Asked by Connor NaismithLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 June 2025UIN 58451

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign nationals on UK work visas will (a) be eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain after five years and (b) have (i) provisions and (ii) routes for fast-tracking permanent residen

Answered by Seema Malhotra

We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.

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