Written Question·Home Office·UIN 82818
Visas: Skilled Workers
Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Sorcha Eastwood
Alliance — Lagan Valley
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.
Answer
Mike TappWe will be consulting on the new settlement rules later this year. Details of how this initiative will work will be provided around that consultation.