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Visas: Skilled Workers

Asked by Sorcha EastwoodAllianceHome OfficeTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 82818

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed extension of the qualifying period for Indefinite Leave to Remain under the Skilled Worker route will apply to people already residing in the UK under that route.

Answered by Mike Tapp

We will be consulting on the new settlement rules later this year. Details of how this initiative will work will be provided around that consultation.

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