Written Question·Home Office·UIN 68831

Visas: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Liz Saville Roberts

Plaid CymruDwyfor Meirionnydd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made with Cabinet colleagues of how many (a) prison service, (b) DWP and (c) general civil service staff members with Skilled Worker visas will lose their visa eligibility due to

Answer

Seema Malhotra
Under the current transitional arrangements, existing Skilled Worker visa holders are exempt from the changes to the skills threshold introduced on 22 July and can continue to extend in their current occupations.