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Visas: Families

Asked by Claire HannaSocial Democratic & Labour PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 December 2025UIN 98456

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people living in the UK on family visas will be exempt from the sustained economic contribution requirement under proposed changes to earned settlement.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The new earned settlement model is currently subject to an ongoing public consultation, due to conclude on 12 February 2026. Details of the earned settlement model will be finalised following that consultation.

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