Immigration Controls: Skilled Workers — Written Question

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's plans to extend the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain for skilled workers from 5 to 10 years will be applied to (a) prospective applicants only or (b) retrospec

Answer

Seema Malhotra

The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including indefinite leave to remain.This expansion of the Point-Based System will increase the standard qualifying period for settlement to ten years...

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